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Ukrainian president rejects prime minister's resignation

KYIV, Ukraine - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy rejected his prime minister's offer to resign and asked him to stay on the job Friday after he was caught on tape saying Zelenskiy - a former si...

Jan 19, 2020

Royal rift: UK monarchy will look smaller when dust settles

LONDON - Prince Charles, the future king, has long been seen as a potential modernizer who wants a more modest monarchy in line with other European royal households - and the streamlining process has ...

Jan 19, 2020

World's biggest yearly human migration begins again in China

BEIJING - As the Lunar New Year approaches, Chinese travellers flocked to train stations and airports Friday to take part in a nationwide ritual: the world's biggest annual human migration. Around 3 b...

Jan 18, 2020

Trump campaign tries robust outreach to expand his appeal

WASHINGTON - Selfies on a "Women for Trump" bus tour through Iowa. Volunteer training at a "Black Voices for Trump" organizing session in Philadelphia. A vice-presidential headliner at a "Latinos for ...

Jan 18, 2020

China reports 2nd death from virus behind pneumonia outbreak

BEIJING - A second person has died from a new coronavirus that has caused an outbreak of pneumonia in central China, health authorities said. A 69-year-old man surnamed Xiong fell ill with the respira...

Jan 18, 2020

Mexico readies for Central American migrants at south border

CIUDAD HIDALGO, Mexico - Border security forces in southern Mexico were preparing Friday for the expected arrival of hundreds of Central Americans travelling through Guatemala and vowed to prevent a r...

Jan 18, 2020

Iran's top leader strikes defiant tone amid month of turmoil

TEHRAN, Iran - Iran's supreme leader lashed out at Western countries as he led Friday prayers in Tehran for the first time in eight years, dismissing "American clowns" who he said pretend to support t...

Jan 18, 2020

Andrew Yang's wife details alleged sexual assault by doctor

WASHINGTON - The wife of Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang says she was sexually assaulted by an obstetrician while she was pregnant with the couple's first child. Evelyn Yang said in an i...

Jan 18, 2020

Grammys CEO Deborah Dugan put on 'administrative leave'

NEW YORK - The Recording Academy has placed Deborah Dugan, its president and CEO of just six months, on administrative leave following an allegation of misconduct by a senior leader at the organizatio...

Jan 18, 2020

Correction: Australia-Dinosaur Trees story

CANBERRA, Australia - In a story on Jan. 17, 2020, about specialist firefighters who have saved the world's last remaining wild stand of a prehistoric tree from Australia's wildfires, The Associated P...

Jan 18, 2020