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Shock, sympathy, criticism: World reacts to Trump infection

TOKYO - News that the world's most powerful man was infected with the world's most notorious disease drew instant reactions of shock, sympathy, undisguised glee and, of course, the ever-present outrag...

Oct 2, 2020

Trump joins growing list of virus-infected world leaders

JOHANNESBURG - President Donald Trump has tested positive for the coronavirus, joining a small group of world leaders who have been infected. Trump is 74, putting him at higher risk of serious complic...

Oct 2, 2020

The Latest: WH doctor says Trump will continue with duties

WASHINGTON - The Latest on President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump testing positive for the coronavirus (all times local): 1:40 a.m. President Donald Trump's White House doctor has issued ...

Oct 2, 2020

U.S. President Trump and first lady test positive for COVID-19

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump have tested positive for the coronavirus, the president tweeted early Friday. Trump's positive test comes just hours after the Whi...

Andrew Snook Oct 1, 2020

Top White House official tests positive for coronavirus

WASHINGTON - Hope Hicks, one of President Donald Trump's closest aides, has tested positive for the coronavirus. Hicks, who serves as counsellor to the president and travelled with him to a Wednesday ...

Oct 1, 2020

Hong Kong police arrest 60 for protesting on China holiday

Hong Kong police arrested at least 60 people on suspicion of unauthorized assembly on China's National Day holiday Thursday after crowds gathered on the streets of a popular shopping district chanting...

Oct 1, 2020

25 years after UN women's meeting, equality remains distant

TANZANIA, Tanzania - Twenty-five years ago, the world's nations came together to make sure that half of Earth's population gained the rights, power and status of the other half. It hasn't happened, an...

Oct 1, 2020

EU leaders seek end to embarrassing Belarus sanctions clash

BRUSSELS - European Union leaders sought Thursday to end an embarrassing standoff that prevents them from imposing sanctions on senior officials in Belarus who stand accused of falsifying presidential...

Oct 1, 2020

Armenia says it shot down Azerbaijani drone near capital

YEREVAN, Armenia - Armenia's military said its rockets shot down an Azerbaijani drone near the capital on Thursday night, as heavy fighting persisted in the conflict over the separatist region of Nago...

Oct 1, 2020

Pandemic takes toll on business of pisco producers in Peru

ICA, Peru - In the house where for decades she has bottled pisco, the grape brandy of South America's Pacific coast, Rosa Grados has thousands of stored litres that she has not sold because of the cor...

Oct 1, 2020