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Uganda cops surround offices of Bobi Wine's opposition party
KAMPALA, Uganda - The opposition party of Ugandan presidential challenger Bobi Wine said on Monday that police have prevented top officials from going to their headquarters in the capital, Kampala, as...
Jan 18, 2021
Japan urges South Korea to drop wartime compensation demands
TOKYO - Japan's foreign minister accused South Korea on Monday of worsening already strained ties by making "illegal" demands for compensation for the sexual abuse of Korean women and use of forced la...
Jan 18, 2021
Aid effort intensifies after Indonesia quake that killed 84
MAMUJU, Indonesia - Aid was reaching the thousands of people left homeless and struggling after an earthquake that killed at least 84 people on an Indonesian island where rescuers intensified their wo...
Jan 18, 2021
Three experts on how well Canada has fought COVID-19 and how we could do better
OTTAWA - As new cases of COVID-19 surge across Canada, the federal government and the provinces have been imposing stricter measures to try to limit the illness's spread. The Canadian Press interviewe...
Jan 18, 2021
Japan's PM vows Olympics will be proof of victory over virus
TOKYO - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga vowed Monday to get the pandemic under control and hold the already postponed Olympics this summer with ample coronavirus protection. In a speech opening...
Jan 18, 2021
Italian PM Conte seeks to save his government from falling
ROME - Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte was fighting for his political life Monday with an address to the lower chamber of Parliament that aims to shore up support for his government, which has come und...
Jan 18, 2021
Italy court weighs extradition to Vatican in fair trial case
ROME - A Milan court on Monday begins weighing whether to extradite an Italian woman to the Vatican to face embezzlement-related charges in a case that could test whether Italy considers the Vatican a...
Jan 18, 2021
Navalny's arrest adds to tension between Russia and the West
MOSCOW - Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny's arrest as he arrived in Moscow after recovering from his poisoning with a nerve agent drew criticism from Western nations and calls for his release,...
Jan 18, 2021
Israel moves to rein in rights group over 'apartheid' use
TEL AVIV, Israel - Israel's education minister says he is banning groups that call Israel an "apartheid state" from lecturing at schools - a move that targets one of the country's leading human rights...
Jan 18, 2021
Dramatic drop in Saudi executions after laws changed in 2020
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Saudi Arabia, for years one of the world's most prolific executioners, dramatically reduced the number of people put to death last year, following changes halting executi...
Jan 18, 2021