World
September 14, 2020
In this photo taken from video and released by Russian Presidential Press Service, Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Belarusian President A

Putin backs Belarus leader with cash and warm words

World
September 2, 2020
US further restricts Chinese diplomats travel

US further restricts Chinese diplomats travel

The Trump administration on Wednesday stepped up its battle with China by further restricting the ability of Chinese diplomats to travel, hold meetings with academics and host cultural events in the United States.
World
August 13, 2020
Trump to host Israeli leader, UAE prince within weeks

Trump to host Israeli leader, UAE prince within weeks

The historic deal delivered a key foreign policy victory to President Donald Trump as he seeks re-election.
Coronavirus
August 11, 2020
Experts concerned about Russia's virus vaccine

Experts concerned about Russia's virus vaccine

The announcement on Tuesday came despite international skepticism.
World
August 8, 2020
Protesters clash with police in Beirut demonstration

Protesters clash with police in Beirut demonstration

Fury mounted in Lebanon in the wake of the massive explosion which devastated much of Beirut, as protesters on Saturday poured into the streets to call for political change.
World
August 7, 2020
First responders inspect the wreckage of an Air India Express jet, which was carrying more than 190 passengers and crew from Dubai, after it crashed b

Air India flight skids off runway, killing 17

The Boeing 737 split in two while landing Friday in heavy rain in southern India.
World
August 6, 2020
Funerals, mobile hospitals after Beirut explosion

Funerals, mobile hospitals after Beirut explosion

Smoke was still rising from the shattered port area of Beirut on Thursday morning, following the explosion almost two days ago that killed at least 135 people.
World
August 5, 2020
Trump reconsiders claim that Beirut was attacked

Trump reconsiders claim that Beirut was attacked

Speaking at the White House, he said: "In any event, it was a terrible event. And a lot of people were killed."
World
August 5, 2020

How you can help after explosion in Beirut

World
August 5, 2020
Utter devastation after huge explosion in Beirut

Utter devastation after huge explosion in Beirut

Residents of Beirut confronted a scene of utter devastation on Wednesday, a day after a massive explosion at the port rippled across the Lebanese capital.
World
August 4, 2020
Trump: Explosion in Beirut was likely an 'attack'

Trump: Explosion in Beirut was likely an 'attack'

President Donald Trump says U.S. military generals have told him that the massive explosion that rocked Beirut was likely a bomb.
World
August 4, 2020
Blasts rock Beirut, with widespread damage, injuries

Blasts rock Beirut, with widespread damage, injuries

Massive explosions rocked downtown Beirut on Tuesday, flattening much of the port. Witnesses saw many people injured by flying glass and debris.
World
August 4, 2020
3 men rescued from tiny Pacific island after writing SOS in sand

3 men rescued from tiny Pacific island after writing SOS in sand

The men had been missing in the Micronesia archipelago for nearly three days when their distress signal was spotted.
World
July 21, 2020
U.S.: Chinese hackers targeting COVID-19 research

U.S.: Chinese hackers targeting COVID-19 research

The Justice Department on Tuesday accused two Chinese hackers of stealing hundreds of millions of dollars of trade secrets from companies across the world and more recently targeting firms developing a vaccine for the coronavirus.
World
July 20, 2020
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, right, looks over papers with French President Emmanuel Macron during a round table meeting at an EU summit in Brusse

EU nations clinch $2.1T budget, virus aid deal after 4 days

Weary but relieved, European Union leaders finally clinched an unprecedented 1.82 trillion euro ($2.1 trillion) budget and coronavirus recovery fund early Tuesday, somehow finding unity after four days and as many nights of fighting and wrangling over money and power in one of their longest summits ever.
World
July 15, 2020
Profile of a killer: Unraveling the deadly new coronavirus

Profile of a killer: Unraveling the deadly new coronavirus

Countless hours of treatment and research, trial and error now make it possible to take much closer measure of the new coronavirus and the lethal disease it has unleashed.
World
July 14, 2020
Trump slams Biden as a 'gift' to China

Trump slams Biden as a 'gift' to China

In the Rose Garden, Trump launched one of his most sweeping arguments yet against his presumptive Democratic rival.
Nation
July 14, 2020
Trump rescinds rule on foreign college students

Trump rescinds rule on foreign college students

The administration faced eight federal lawsuits and opposition from hundreds of universities.
Local
July 14, 2020

Border ban keeps Minnesotans from their Canadian getaways

Canada's ban on discretionary crossings by Americans began March 21 as part of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's mission to send the highly contagious virus into further retreat. A recent poll of Canadians showed overwhelming support for telling leisure-seeking Americans: Stay out.
World
July 14, 2020
Trump signs order rebuking China over Hong Kong

Trump signs order rebuking China over Hong Kong

It's part of the administration's offensive against China for what Trump calls unfair treatment by the rising Asian superpower.

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