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Singapore leader calls for early elections despite pandemic

Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong is calling for new elections to seek a fresh mandate despite the coronavirus pandemic. Lee says in a televised speech that he has advised the country's preside...

Jun 23, 2020

Asian shares advance, tracking Wall Street tech rally

TOKYO - Asian shares were higher on Tuesday, recovering from some early losses as regional markets tracked a late rally on Wall Street led by technology shares. Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 added 0.5%...

Jun 23, 2020

Virus cases at Djokovic's event put sports under scrutiny

BELGRADE, Serbia - Novak Djokovic's charity tennis exhibition series, combined with an overall softening of coronavirus restrictions in Serbia and Croatia, has been followed by an increase in the numb...

Jun 22, 2020

AP source: Players' board rejects 60-game season by 33-5

NEW YORK - The executive board of the Major League Baseball Players Association rejected a proposed 60-game schedule by a 33-5 vote, daring Commissioner Rob Manfred to give a unilateral order for the ...

Jun 22, 2020

US moves to restrict Chinese media outlets as 'propaganda'

WASHINGTON - The Trump administration added four Chinese media outlets Monday to a list of organizations that should be considered "foreign missions" because of their ties to the government and the Co...

Jun 22, 2020

Saudi Arabia to hold 'very limited' hajj due to virus

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Saudi Arabia said Tuesday that because of the coronavirus only "very limited numbers" of people will be allowed to perform the annual hajj pilgrimage that traditionally d...

Jun 22, 2020

Joel Schumacher, director of 'St. Elmo's Fire,' dies at 80

NEW YORK - Joel Schumacher, the flamboyant journeyman director who dressed New York department store windows before shepherding the Brat Pack to the big screen in "St. Elmo's Fire" and steering the Ba...

Jun 22, 2020

Golden Globes set Feb. 28 for pandemic--delayed ceremony

LOS ANGELES - The Golden Globes is refusing to let the pandemic get in the way of its party. The ceremony will be held Feb. 28, 2021, in Beverly Hills with previously announced hosts Tina Fey and Amy ...

Jun 22, 2020

Viggo Mortensen's career to be honoured by Spanish festival

MADRID - The career of Viggo Mortensen, Aragorn in the popular trilogy "Lord of the Rings" and a protagonist in the Academy Award-winning "Green Book," will be honoured at this year's San Sebastian Fi...

Jun 22, 2020

FBI investigating noose left in NASCAR stall of Black driver

Federal authorities on Monday confirmed they are investigating the discovery of a noose found in the Talladega Superspeedway garage stall of Bubba Wallace, NASCAR's only Black full-time driver who suc...

Jun 22, 2020