Disney laying off 28,000 workers at California, Florida theme parks due to pandemic
ORLANDO, Florida — The Walt Disney Co. is planning to lay off 28,000 workers in its theme parks division in California and Florida. The company has…
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Kuwait’s Cabinet says oil-rich nation’s crown prince, Sheikh Nawaf Al Ahmad Al Sabah, has been sworn in as ruling emir
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Kuwait’s Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al Ahmad Al Sabah has become the oil-rich nation’s new ruling emir. The…
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Britain has imposed sanctions on Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, his son and six others over crackdown
LONDON (AP) — Britain and Canada have imposed sanctions on Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, his son and other senior government officials…
Continue Reading Kuwait state television says its 91-year-old ruler, Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah, has died
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah, the ruler of Kuwait who drew on his decades as the oil-rich nation’s top…
Continue Reading Top Emirati official writes on Twitter that United Arab Emirates plans to send unmanned spacecraft to the moon in 2024
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A top official in the United Arab Emirates says his country plans to send an unmanned spacecraft to the moon in…
Continue Reading Japan’s NTT Corp to spend $38 billion to buy out, take private its mobile unit NTT DoCoMo as it restructures for 5G era
MITO, Japan (AP) — Japanese telecoms giant Nippon Telegraph & Telephone, or NTT, says it will spend $38 billion to buy out and take private its…
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Push is on for pre-election stimulus deal as Dems unveil new $2.2 trillion plan
WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, who have cut several major deals during the coronavirus…
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Mexico ups virus death ‘estimate’ – but says definitive toll will take 2 years to compile
MEXICO CITY, Mexico — Mexico upped its “estimated” Covid-19 deaths to 89,612 on Monday, and boosted estimates of its total number of cases to…
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Northern California sheriff says 3 dead in fast-moving wildfire near wine country
REDDING, California — Northern California’s wine country was blanketed by fire again Monday as strong winds fanned flames in the already…
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Worldwide death toll from coronavirus tops 1 million
NEW DELHI, India — The worldwide death toll from the coronavirus has eclipsed 1 million. The milestone, recorded by Johns Hopkins University, comes…
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Trump unveils plan to ship millions of virus tests in school re-opening push
WASHINGTON, DC — President Donald Trump announced Monday that the federal government will begin distributing millions of rapid coronavirus tests to…
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Dow rallies to close up 410 points on stimulus package hopes
NEW YORK, NY — The stock market rallied on Monday, ignoring negative headlines that weighed on the market over the past few weeks in favor of hoping…
Continue Reading Iraqi security officials say 3 civilians killed, 2 seriously wounded in rocket attack outside Baghdad airport
BAGHDAD (AP) – Iraq’s military says five Iraqi civilians have been killed and two severely wounded after a Katyusha rocket hit near Baghdad airport.…
Continue Reading Russia’s Alexei Navalny confirms that German Chancellor Angela Merkel visited him in the hospital
MOSCOW (AP) – Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has confirmed reports that German Chancellor Angela Merkel visited him in a Berlin…
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Uber wins court appeal against London license refusal, clears way for ride-hailing service to keep working in UK capital
LONDON (AP) – Uber can keep operating in London after the ride-hailing company won a court appeal on Monday against the refusal by transit…
Continue Reading India’s Health Ministry says reported coronavirus cases in the country have surpassed 6 million
NEW DELHI (AP) – India’s confirmed coronavirus tally has reached 6 million cases, keeping the country second to the United States in number…
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Trump has paid little to no income taxes, NYT says his returns show
NEW YORK, NY — President Donald Trump paid just $750 in federal income taxes the year he ran for president and in his first year in the White House,…
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Judge blocks Trump order banning TikTok from mobile app stores
WASHINGTON, DC — A federal judge on Sunday postponed a Trump administration order that would have banned the popular video sharing app TikTok from…
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Biden keeps lead over Trump, fueled by sizable gender & education gaps in new ABC News Poll
WASHIGNTON, DC — In a race defined by economic views and pandemic fears, and riven by wide gender and education gaps, Joe Biden retains a…
Continue Reading Armenia’s military says it shot down 2 Azerbaijani helicopters in fighting around separatist Nagorno-Karabakh region
YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — Fighting erupted anew Sunday between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces over the disputed separatist region of…
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Trump nominates conservative Judge Amy Coney Barrett for U.S. Supreme Court
WASHINGTON, DC — President Donald Trump nominated Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the U.S. Supreme Court on Saturday, capping a dramatic reshaping of…
Continue Reading Senate to hold confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett starting Oct. 12
WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Lindsey Graham says he hopes his committee will approve Amy Coney Barrett’s nomination to…
Continue Reading Prime minister-designate resigns in crisis hit Lebanon amid political impasse over government formation
BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s prime minister-designate resigned Saturday amid a political impasse over government formation, dealing a blow to French…
Continue Reading Judge removes Trump’s public lands steward, says former industry attorney was in post unlawfully
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) – A federal judge has ruled that the Trump administration’s leading steward of public lands has been serving unlawfully…
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Trump tells congressional Republicans he’s picked Amy Coney Barrett for Supreme Court seat
WASHINGTON, DC — President Donald Trump told congressional Republicans and others that he intends to nominate Federal Judge Amy Coney…
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Most Americans say next Supreme Court justice should be chosen by election winner: ABC News poll
WASHINGTON, DC — A majority of Americans oppose efforts by President Trump and the GOP-led Senate to fill a Supreme Court vacancy before the…
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Making history: The late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg lies in state at U.S. Capitol
WASHINGTON, DC — The late U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg became the first woman and first Jewish person to lie in state at the U.S.…
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China says it got WHO support for coronavirus vaccine emergency use
China gained the “understanding and support” from the World Health Organization before starting a controversial emergency use program for…
Continue Reading 89-year-old pizza delivery driver gets $12,000 tip surprise from ‘TikTok Family’
The tables quickly turned for an 89-year-old pizza delivery driver who received a surprise delivery of his own from “regulars” on his…
Continue Reading Breonna Taylor’s relatives are expected to speak Friday, and their attorney says he hopes a federal probe ‘finally gets justice’
Breonna Taylor’s family is expected to speak publicly Friday for the first time since Kentucky’s attorney general announced that no…
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