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US employers laid-off 7.7 million workers in April

BALTIMORE - U.S. employers laid-off 7.7 million workers in April - a deep the economic hole that was created by the closure of thousands of offices, restaurants, stores and schools during the pandemic...

Jun 9, 2020

Feds commit $8.9M in foreign aid for reproductive health services amid COVID-19

OTTAWA - Canada is dedicating $8.9 million in new international aid to ensure women and girls around the world have safe access to abortion and reproductive health services during the C...

Jun 9, 2020

Bahrain activist Nabeel Rajab released from prison

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - A prominent human rights activist in Bahrain was released Tuesday amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Nabeel Rajab left prison and will serve the rest of his sentence ...

Jun 9, 2020

George Floyd, whose death energized a movement, to be buried

HOUSTON - The black man whose death has inspired a worldwide reckoning over racial injustice will be buried in Houston Tuesday, carried home in a horse-drawn carriage. George Floyd, who was 46 when he...

Jun 9, 2020

Israeli model Bar Refaeli signs plea bargain for tax evasion

JERUSALEM - Israeli top model Bar Refaeli signed a plea bargain agreement with authorities on Tuesday to settle a long-standing tax evasion case against her and her family. The deal will require Refae...

Jun 9, 2020

Still beside the queen at 99: Prince Philip to mark birthday

LONDON - There certainly won't be fuss. Count on that. When Britain's Prince Philip reaches the grand age of 99 on Wednesday, he will spend it quietly and in much the same way he's spent most of his a...

Jun 9, 2020

Salzburg Festival will go on this year but in shortened form

The Salzburg Festival will be one of classical music's few offerings in the summer of the coronavirus pandemic, staging a reduced 100th anniversary celebration with capacities limited to about 50%. Eu...

Jun 9, 2020

France announces $16.9 billion in aid to aviation industry

PARIS - France's government has announced 15 billion euros ($16.9 billion) in aid for the virus-battered aerospace industry, including plane maker Airbus and national airline Air France. Finance Minis...

Jun 9, 2020

Thousands mourn George Floyd in Texas amid calls for reform

HOUSTON - The last chance for the public to say goodbye to George Floyd drew thousands of mourners Monday to a church in his native Houston, as his death two weeks ago continues to stoke protests in A...

Jun 8, 2020

Thousands of LA protesters won't be charged over curfew

Los Angeles prosecutors won't charge thousands of protesters who were arrested after violating curfew and other orders by police in the city that's made the most arrests during U.S. demonstrations ove...

Jun 8, 2020