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Video of Floyd arrest may appear early at ex-cop's trial
MINNEAPOLIS - A former Minneapolis police officer goes on trial Monday in George Floyd's death, and jurors may not wait long to see parts of the bystander video that caught Derek Chauvin's knee on Flo...
Mar 29, 2021

No Oscars or sensitive art spark Hong Kong censorship fears
HONG KONG - Decisions in Hong Kong not to display a politically sensitive photograph in a museum exhibition and not broadcast the annual Academy Awards for the first time in decades have prompted conc...
Mar 29, 2021

Newlywed militant suspects blamed in Indonesia church attack
MAKASSAR, Indonesia - A recently married couple with suspected militant links used pressure cooker bombs to blow themselves up outside a Roman Catholic cathedral during Palm Sunday Mass, Indonesian of...
Mar 29, 2021

Happy Monday? England embarks on major easing of lockdown
LONDON - It's being dubbed Happy Monday. England is embarking on a major easing of its latest coronavirus lockdown that came into force at the start of the year, with families and friends able to meet...
Mar 29, 2021

Paris court convicts, fines pharma firm for deadly diet pill
PARIS - A Paris court handed millions of euros (dollars) in fines to a French pharmaceutical company on Monday for its role in one of the nation's biggest modern health scandals, finding it guilty of ...
Mar 29, 2021

Obama family matriarch has died in a Kenyan hospital at 99
NAIROBI, Kenya - Sarah Obama, the matriarch of former U.S. President Barack Obama's Kenyan family has died, relatives and officials confirmed Monday. She was at least 99 years old. Mama Sarah, as the ...
Mar 29, 2021

Merkel faults German 'perfectionism' for current virus woes
BERLIN - German Chancellor Angela Merkel has blamed her country's difficulties during the coronavirus pandemic - from the slow vaccine rollout to the back-and-forth over lockdown rules - partly on "a ...
Mar 29, 2021

China pressures brands to reject reports of Xinjiang abuses
BEIJING - China stepped up pressure Monday on foreign shoe and clothing brands to reject reports of abuses in Xinjiang, telling companies that are targeted by Beijing for boycotts to look more closely...
Mar 29, 2021

Tributes paid to Czech billionaire killed in chopper crash
PRAGUE, Czech Republic - Politicians and friends in the Czech Republic have paid tribute to Petr Kellner, the country's richest man, who was killed in a helicopter crash in Alaska. He was 56. Kellner ...
Mar 29, 2021

AP sources: SolarWinds hack got emails of top DHS officials
Suspected Russian hackers gained access to email accounts belonging to the Trump administration's head of the Department of Homeland Security and members of the department's cybersecurity staff whose ...
Mar 29, 2021