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Already flooded, South Florida feeling wrath of Eta

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Beaches and coronavirus testing sites were closed, public transportation shut down and some evacuations in place early Monday after Tropical Storm Eta made landfall in the Flor...

Nov 09, 2020

Pakistan's supreme court orders release of detained TV mogul

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan's supreme court on Monday granted bail to the owner and editor-in-chief of country's largest independent group of newspapers and television stations, months after his arrest in a ...

Nov 09, 2020

China holding off sending congratulations in US election

BEIJING - China said Monday it has taken note of Joe Biden's declaration of victory in the U.S. presidential election but is holding off on sending any message of congratulations. Foreign ministry spo...

Nov 09, 2020

World markets rise on relief over U.S. election outcome

TOKYO - World markets advanced Monday as investors evinced relief over the end of U.S. presidential election limbo after Joe Biden was declared the president-elect. France's CAC 40 jumped 1.7% in earl...

Nov 09, 2020

EXPLAINING RACE CALLS: How AP called the race for Biden

WASHINGTON - Democrat Joe Biden captured the presidency on Saturday when The Associated Press declared him the victor in his native Pennsylvania at 11:25 a.m. EST. That got him the state's 20 electora...

Nov 08, 2020

BTS, Lady Gaga win top awards at MTV Europe Music Awards

The South Korean pop group BTS won a leading four awards including best song for "Dynamite" and best group at the MTV Europe Music Awards Sunday night, while Lady Gaga took the best artist prize. BTS ...

Nov 08, 2020

Eta expected to be hurricane and strike Florida Keys

HAVANA - A strengthening Tropical Storm Eta sliced across Cuba Sunday and was aimed at the southern tip of Florida, where a hurricane warning was posted for a storm that has left scores of dead and ov...

Nov 08, 2020

Americans pivot from red-hot Trump to Biden's seasoned cool

WASHINGTON - In a crystallizing moment at the last presidential debate, Donald Trump and Joe Biden fielded a question about people of colour who live alongside chemical plants and oil refineries that ...

Nov 08, 2020

Americans pivot from red-hot Trump to Biden's seasoned cool

WASHINGTON - In a crystallizing moment at the last presidential debate, Donald Trump and Joe Biden fielded a question about people of colour who live alongside chemical plants and oil refineries that ...

Nov 08, 2020

Iran's president calls on Biden to return to nuclear deal

TEHRAN, Iran - Iran's president called on President-elect Joe Biden to "compensate for past mistakes" and return the U.S. to Tehran's 2015 nuclear deal with world powers, a state-run news agency repor...

Nov 08, 2020