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Group: Pakistani Baloch dissident buried amid high security
QUETTA, Pakistan - A Pakistani dissident and woman rights activist who died in exile in Canada last month was brought home and laid to rest in her home village in the southwestern Baluchistan province...
Jan 25, 2021
Asia Today: Australia OKs Pfizer vaccine, to begin in Feb.
SYDNEY, Australia - Australia's medical regulator has approved use of its first coronavirus vaccine, paving the way for inoculations to begin next month. The Therapeutic Goods Administration on Monday...
Jan 25, 2021
Judge orders Uganda's Bobi Wine freed from house arrest
KAMPALA, Uganda - A judge ruled on Monday that Ugandan security forces cannot detain presidential challenger Bobi Wine inside his home, rebuking authorities for holding the candidate under house arres...
Jan 25, 2021
Biden plans to sign order for govt to buy more US goods
BALTIMORE - President Joe Biden plans to sign on Monday an executive order that aims to boost government purchases from U.S. manufacturers, according to administration officials. The United States has...
Jan 25, 2021
India, China soldiers brawl again along disputed frontier
SRINAGAR, India - Indian and Chinese soldiers brawled last week along the countries' disputed border, Indian officials said Monday, as a monthslong standoff between the nuclear-armed rivals continued....
Jan 25, 2021
Dutch politicians condemn weekend rioting as curfew started
THE HAGUE, Netherlands - Politicians and local leaders on Monday condemned rioters who clashed with police in about 10 towns and cities across the Netherlands a day earlier, on the second night of a c...
Jan 25, 2021
Samsung scion Lee won't appeal prison sentence for bribery
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - Samsung scion Lee Jae-yong and prosecutors have decided not to appeal a court ruling that convicted him for bribing South Korea's former president for business favours, con...
Jan 25, 2021
Group: Pakistani Baloch dissident buried amid high security
QUETTA, Pakistan - A Pakistani dissident and woman rights activist who died in exile in Canada last month was brought home and laid to rest in her home village in the southwestern Baluchistan province...
Jan 25, 2021
EU weighs response to Navalny arrest, protest crackdown
BRUSSELS - European Union foreign ministers on Monday debated the 27-nation bloc's response to the arrest of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny and a weekend police crackdown that saw thousands ...
Jan 25, 2021
Russia confirms it won't appeal Olympic team restrictions
MOSCOW - The Russian anti-doping agency confirmed Monday that it will not file an appeal to further loosen restrictions on its teams at the Olympics and other major sports events. The Court of Arbitra...
Jan 25, 2021