World

Final goodbye: Recalling influential people who died in 2020

In a year defined by a devastating pandemic, the world lost iconic defenders of civil rights, great athletes and entertainers who helped define their genres. Many of their names hold a prominent place...

Dec 7, 2020

Bob Woodward to take on final days of Trump's presidency

NEW YORK - Bob Woodward's next book finds him in the familiar world of documenting a presidency's ending. Woodward is teaming with Washington Post colleague Robert Costa on a book about the waning day...

Dec 7, 2020

Adin Steinsaltz, groundbreaking Talmud translator, dies

JERUSALEM - Rabbi Adin Even-Israel Steinsaltz, a prolific Jewish scholar who spent 45 years compiling a monumental and ground-breaking translation of the Talmud, has died. He was 83. The Steinsaltz Ce...

Dec 7, 2020

California unveils smartphone tool to trace virus cases

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - California is rolling out a voluntary smartphone tool to alert people if they spent time near someone who tests positive for the coronavirus as cases and hospitalizations soar thr...

Dec 7, 2020

With traditional venues shut, Berlin artists take to streets

BERLIN - With theatres and concert halls shuttered to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, some Berlin artists are taking their performances to the streets of the German capital in an effort to keep...

Dec 7, 2020

Dry autumn in Germany forces Rhine shippers to cut loads

BERLIN - Months of low rainfall have left Rhine short of water, forcing inland shippers on Germany's longest river to reduce their loads by half to avoid running aground. German news agency dpa on Mon...

Dec 7, 2020

Netflix rejects calls to add disclaimer to The Crown

LONDON - Netflix has "no plans" to add a disclaimer to "The Crown" stating that its lavish drama about Britain's royal family is a work of fiction. In a statement Saturday, Netflix said it has always ...

Dec 7, 2020

Universal Music buying Bob Dylan’s entire song catalogue

Bob Dylan's entire catalogue of songs, which reaches back 60 years and is among the most prized next to that of the Beatles, is being acquired by Universal Music Publishing Group. Tthe deal covers 600...

Dec 7, 2020

Sinovac aims for 600 million dose capacity for COVID vaccine

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Chinese vaccine company Sinovac announced Monday that it is planning to complete a new facility to double its annual vaccine production capacity to 600 million doses by the end of the...

Dec 7, 2020

Iran says US 'got the message' on tense exchanges in Gulf

TEHRAN, Iran - Iran said Monday it was glad the United States "got the message" and modified its behaviour in the Persian Gulf, after the top U.S. Navy official in the region said his forces had reach...

Dec 7, 2020