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Asia Today: Outbreak grows in Sydney’s beach suburbs

SYDNEY, Australia - The outbreak in Sydney's northern beach suburbs has grown to 70 cases with an additional 30 in the last 24 hours, and authorities say they may never be able to trace the source. Wh...

Dec 20, 2020

EU-UK trade talks floundering over fish as cutoff day nears

BRUSSELS - Deep into a crucial weekend of negotiations, a breakthrough on fishing rights remained elusive for the European Union and Britain, leaving both without a trade agreement that would dull the...

Dec 20, 2020

Official: Large car bomb kills 9 in Afghan capital

KABUL - A car bomb blast that rocked Afghanistan's capital Sunday morning killed at least nine people, according to the Afghan Interior Ministry. Interior Minister Masoud Andarabi told reporters at th...

Dec 20, 2020

Nepal president dissolves Parliament; elections next spring

KATHMANDU, Nepal - Nepal's president dissolved Parliament on Sunday after the prime minister recommended the move amid an escalating feud within his Communist Party that is likely to push the Himalaya...

Dec 20, 2020

Thousands line up for tests amid Thailand virus outbreak

SAMUT SAKHON, Thailand - Thousands of people lined up for coronavirus tests in a province near Bangkok on Sunday, as Thai authorities scrambled to contain an outbreak of the virus that has infected ne...

Dec 20, 2020

Dutch ban UK flights, fearing the new coronavirus variant

THE HAGUE, Netherlands - The Netherlands is banning flights from the U.K. for at least the rest of the year in an attempt to make sure that a new strain of coronavirus that is sweeping across southern...

Dec 20, 2020

AP source: Rose Bowl denied exemption to allow fans for CFP

The Rose Bowl was denied a special exemption from the state of California to allow a few hundred fans to attend the College Football Playoff semifinal Jan. 1, putting the game staying in Pasadena in s...

Dec 19, 2020

Israeli PM joins world leaders getting COVID-19 vaccine

TEL AVIV, Israel - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was vaccinated against the coronavirus on live television Saturday, becoming the first Israeli and one of the world's leaders to be inocula...

Dec 19, 2020

Former Mississippi Gov. William Winter dies at 97

JACKSON, Miss. - Former Mississippi Gov. William Winter, a Democrat who pushed to strengthen public education and improve race relations, has died. He was 97. Winter, who was governor from 1980 to 198...

Dec 19, 2020

Russia to give icon that sparked controversy back to Bosnia

MOSCOW - Russia said Saturday it will return an Orthodox icon presented to the Russian foreign minister in Bosnia, a gift that has triggered a protest from Ukraine. The presiding Serb member of Bosnia...

Dec 19, 2020