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Late Seoul mayor says in his will he feels sorry to people

SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - A will left by late Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon says he feels "sorry to all people" and asks his body to be cremated. Park's body was found early Friday hours after he was re...

Jul 9, 2020

Singapore polls open; governing party set to extend power

SINGAPORE - Wearing masks and plastic gloves, Singaporeans began voting Friday in a general election that is expected to return Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's long-governing party to power. About 1,...

Jul 9, 2020

Bolivia's interim president has COVID-19 but ‘feels strong’

LA PAZ, Bolivia - Interim Bolivian President Jeanine ez says she has tested positive for the new coronavirus but feels strong and will continue working from isolation. Her infection comes amid a spike...

Jul 9, 2020

Venezuela socialist party boss announces he has COVID-19

CARACAS, Venezuela - Venezuelan socialist party chief Diosdado Cabello has announced that he is sick with COVID-19. The man considered the second-most powerful person in Venezuela after President Nico...

Jul 9, 2020

Ex-Trump lawyer Michael Cohen back in federal prison

NEW YORK - President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer and fixer, Michael Cohen, was returned to federal prison, weeks after his early release to serve the remainder of his sentence at home becaus...

Jul 9, 2020

Police: Mother admits to starving daughter, dumping body

SILVER SPRING, Md. - A Maryland woman accused of starving her 15-month-old daughter for more than three weeks has been charged with first-degree murder in the toddler's death, police said Thursday. Ki...

Jul 9, 2020

Country musician Charlie Daniels honoured at memorial service

MOUNT JULIET, Tenn. - Country Music Hall of Fame musician Charlie Daniels received military honours at a memorial service in Tennessee on Wednesday night. The country music icon, who penned the hit "T...

Jul 9, 2020

Authorities: 1 dead after tornado hits western Minnesota

DALTON, Minn. - Severe storms that swept through parts of the Midwest produced at least one powerful tornado that damaged farms and killed one person and injured two others in western Minnesota, autho...

Jul 9, 2020

Meghan tries to prevent 'friends' being named in suit

LONDON - The Duchess of Sussex asked a British court Thursday to prevent a newspaper from publishing the names of five friends who defended her while speaking to an American magazine under the shield ...

Jul 9, 2020

Police: 5 arrested in Los Angeles death of rapper Pop Smoke

LOS ANGELES - Three men and two juveniles have been arrested in connection with the February home-invasion death of rising rapper Pop Smoke in Los Angeles, police said Thursday. The 20-year-old New Yo...

Jul 9, 2020