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Voter voices: Georgians weigh in on crucial Senate runoffs

ATLANTA - Voters across Georgia cast their ballots Tuesday to decide which party will control the U.S. Senate. The election has dominated the airwaves in the state for weeks and both sides have launch...

Jan 05, 2021

Khashoggi doc, too explosive for streaming, debuts on-demand

NEW YORK - Even before "The Dissident" made its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival, director Bryan Fogel had a sense that his explosive Jamal Khashoggi documentary was going to be a tough sell. Th...

Jan 05, 2021

WHO 'disappointed' at Chinese delays letting experts in

GENEVA - The head of the World Health Organization said Tuesday that he is "disappointed" Chinese officials haven't finalized the permissions to allow a team of experts into China to examine the origi...

Jan 05, 2021

US factories grew in December at fastest pace since mid-2018

WASHINGTON - American factories grew in December at the fastest pace in more than two years as manufacturing continued to weather the pandemic better than the battered services sector. The Institute f...

Jan 05, 2021

Larry King, hospitalized with COVID, moved out of ICU

LOS ANGELES - Veteran talk show host Larry King, suffering from COVID-19, has been moved out of the intensive care unit at a Los Angeles hospital and is breathing on his own, a spokesman said on Monda...

Jan 05, 2021

Former head of China state asset firm sentenced to death

BEIJING - The former head of state-owned China Huarong Asset Management Co. Ltd. was sentenced to death Tuesday for bribe taking in one of the harshest punishments for economic crimes in recent years....

Jan 05, 2021

Loyal soldier Pence torn between Trump, Constitution

WASHINGTON - He has been President Donald Trump's most loyal soldier, dutifully backing the unpredictable leader through one chaotic situation after another. Now Vice-President Mike Pence finds himsel...

Jan 05, 2021

England faces lockdown that will last at least six weeks

LONDON - England is facing a third national lockdown that will last at least six weeks, as authorities struggle to stem a surge in COVID-19 infections that threatens to overwhelm hospitals around the ...

Jan 05, 2021

Where is Jack Ma, China's e-commerce pioneer?

BEIJING - China's best-known entrepreneur, e-commerce billionaire Jack Ma, made his fortune by taking big risks. The former English teacher founded Alibaba Group in 1999, when China had few internet u...

Jan 05, 2021

Hong Kong's top judge cautious on calls for judicial reform

Hong Kong's outgoing top judge said Tuesday that calls for reform of the city's judiciary cannot be based on dissatisfaction with court rulings, as pro-Beijing figures and state-owned media step up cr...

Jan 05, 2021