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Malaysian police grill Al Jazeera over report on immigrants

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Malaysian police grilled a group of reporters and staff from news broadcaster Al Jazeera on Friday over a documentary on the treatment of undocumented immigrants that official...

Jul 10, 2020

Lawmakers vote to close down Philippines' largest TV network

MANILA, Philippines - Philippine lawmakers voted Friday to reject the license renewal of the country's largest TV network, shutting down a major news provider that had been repeatedly threatened by th...

Jul 10, 2020

Late Seoul mayor says in his will he feels sorry to people

SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - A will left by late Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon says he feels "sorry to all people" and asks his body to be cremated. Park's body was found early Friday hours after he was re...

Jul 09, 2020

Singapore polls open; governing party set to extend power

SINGAPORE - Wearing masks and plastic gloves, Singaporeans began voting Friday in a general election that is expected to return Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's long-governing party to power. About 1,...

Jul 09, 2020

Bolivia's interim president has COVID-19 but ‘feels strong’

LA PAZ, Bolivia - Interim Bolivian President Jeanine ez says she has tested positive for the new coronavirus but feels strong and will continue working from isolation. Her infection comes amid a spike...

Jul 09, 2020

Venezuela socialist party boss announces he has COVID-19

CARACAS, Venezuela - Venezuelan socialist party chief Diosdado Cabello has announced that he is sick with COVID-19. The man considered the second-most powerful person in Venezuela after President Nico...

Jul 09, 2020

Ex-Trump lawyer Michael Cohen back in federal prison

NEW YORK - President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer and fixer, Michael Cohen, was returned to federal prison, weeks after his early release to serve the remainder of his sentence at home becaus...

Jul 09, 2020

Police: Mother admits to starving daughter, dumping body

SILVER SPRING, Md. - A Maryland woman accused of starving her 15-month-old daughter for more than three weeks has been charged with first-degree murder in the toddler's death, police said Thursday. Ki...

Jul 09, 2020

Country musician Charlie Daniels honoured at memorial service

MOUNT JULIET, Tenn. - Country Music Hall of Fame musician Charlie Daniels received military honours at a memorial service in Tennessee on Wednesday night. The country music icon, who penned the hit "T...

Jul 09, 2020

Authorities: 1 dead after tornado hits western Minnesota

DALTON, Minn. - Severe storms that swept through parts of the Midwest produced at least one powerful tornado that damaged farms and killed one person and injured two others in western Minnesota, autho...

Jul 09, 2020