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Jussie Smollett to make 1st court appearance on new charges

CHICAGO - Former "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett is due to make an initial court appearance Monday on a new set of charges alleging that he lied to police about being targeted in a racist and homophobi...

Feb 24, 2020

Auschwitz Museum upset at scene in Amazon series "Hunters"

WARSAW, Poland - The museum of the Nazi German Auschwitz death camp is objecting to a scene in a new Amazon TV series that shows a murderous game of human chess being played there, insisting that no s...

Feb 24, 2020

South Sudan's rivals form unity government meant to end war

JUBA, South Sudan - South Sudan opened a new chapter in its fragile emergence from civil war Saturday as rival leaders formed a coalition government that many observers prayed would last this time aro...

Feb 24, 2020

B. Smith, model turned lifestyle guru, dead at 70

NEW YORK - Barbara "B." Smith, one of the nation's top black models who went on to open restaurants, launch a successful home products line and write cookbooks, has died at her Long Island home at age...

Feb 24, 2020

China postpones key political meetings because of virus

BEIJING - China announced Monday it has postponed its most important political meetings of the year because of the outbreak of the new virus, a significant step for an authoritarian government that ha...

Feb 24, 2020

Italy tries to contain virus as neighbours fear its spread

CODOGNO, Italy - Police manned checkpoints around quarantined towns in Italy's north on Monday as authorities sought to contain cases of COVID-19 virus that have made Italy the focal point of the outb...

Feb 24, 2020

Iran now says 6th person dead of new virus

TEHRAN, Iran - Iranian officials Saturday reported a sixth death from the new virus that emerged in China. The governor of Markazi province told the official IRNA news agency that tests of a patient w...

Feb 24, 2020

Iran says 4 more died of new virus; total death toll at 12

TEHRAN, Iran - Iranian state TV says the death toll in the country from the new coronavirus has risen to 12, after four more people died. The TV quoted lawmaker Asadollah Abbasi as saying on Monday th...

Feb 24, 2020

S. Korea reports 161 new virus cases, bringing total to 763

SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - South Korea has reported 161 new cases of the new virus that has spread rapidly in the region surrounding its southwest city of Daegu, bringing its total number of cases to...

Feb 23, 2020

Infections climb in South Korea as world fights virus

SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - South Korea reported an eight-fold jump in viral infections Saturday with more than 400 cases mostly linked to a church and a hospital, while the death toll in Iran climbed...

Feb 23, 2020