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Hong Kong protesters, facing arrest, won’t leave university

HONG KONG - A small but determined group of protesters is remaining inside a Hong Kong university campus, resisting pleas to turn themselves in to police. At least a few dozen were believed to still b...

Nov 20, 2019

Police surround last holdouts at Hong Kong campus protest

HONG KONG - A small band of anti-government protesters, their numbers diminished by surrenders and failed escape attempts, remained holed up at a Hong Kong university early Wednesday as they braced fo...

Nov 20, 2019

Diplomat says of Trump Ukraine call: ‘I remember it vividly’

WASHINGTON - The phone call State Department official David Holmes overheard between President Donald Trump and Ambassador Gordon Sondland lasted just two minutes. But it won't be easily forgotten. "I...

Nov 20, 2019

It’s World Children’s Day and anniversary of child rights

TANZANIA, Tanzania - It's World Children's Day and teenage actress Millie Bobby Brown and former soccer star David Beckham are urging people everywhere to listen to youngsters and ensure their rights ...

Nov 20, 2019

In Musgraves’ Christmas special, her grandma steals the show

NEW YORK - Grammy winner Kacey Musgraves knows who the real star is in her family - her grandmother. That's why the singer put the woman she calls Nana in her upcoming holiday special, "The Kacey Musg...

Nov 20, 2019

Trump July 26 call mostly focused on rapper, Sondland says

WASHINGTON - Ambassador Gordon Sondland says a July cellphone call with President Donald Trump "primarily discussed" rapper A$AP Rocky, who was imprisoned in Sweden earlier this year. Sondland told a ...

Nov 20, 2019

AP source: FBI has asked for interview with whistleblower

WASHINGTON - The FBI has requested an interview with the whistleblower whose complaint fueled the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump and Ukraine. That's according to a person familiar wit...

Nov 20, 2019

Prince Andrew’s efforts to put scandal behind him backfire

LONDON - Prince Andrew's effort to put the Jeffrey Epstein scandal behind him may have instead done him irreparable harm. While aides are trying to put the best face on his widely criticized interview...

Nov 20, 2019

US angers Palestinians with reversal on Israeli settlements

WASHINGTON - The Trump administration on Monday said it no longer considers Israeli settlements in the West Bank to be a violation of international law, reversing four decades of American policy and f...

Nov 20, 2019

Prince Andrew to step back from public duties

LONDON - Britain's Prince Andrew says he is stepping back from public duties with the queen's permission. Andrew said it has become clearto him in recent days that his association with convicted sex o...

Nov 20, 2019