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King and queen of Belgium commemorate Brussels attacks
BRUSSELS - The king and queen of Belgium paid tribute Monday to the victims of the suicide bombings that killed 32 people and injured hundreds more in the Brussels subway and airport exactly five year...
Mar 22, 2021
Tool created to aid cleanup from Microsoft hack in broad use
WASHINGTON - A tool designed to help businesses protect themselves from further compromises after a global hack of Microsoft email server software has been downloaded more than 25,000 times since it w...
Mar 22, 2021
Greece orders private doctors to join COVID-19 battle
ATHENS, Greece - Greece's health minister is requisitioning the services of private sector doctors from certain specialties in the wider Athens region to help fight a renewed surge in coronavirus infe...
Mar 22, 2021
Japan charges Americans with helping Ghosn flee, jump bail
TOKYO - Japanese prosecutors charged two Americans, Michael Taylor and his son Peter, Monday in the escape of former Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn to Lebanon, while he was out on bail. Tokyo District P...
Mar 22, 2021
Germany looks set to extend lockdown measures again
BERLIN - German authorities are expected to extend lockdown measures again on Monday and possibly tighten some restrictions as they face a steady rise in new coronavirus infections. Chancellor Angela ...
Mar 22, 2021
Dozens of towns isolated by flooding in Australian state
CANBERRA, Australia - Hundreds of people have been rescued from floodwaters that have isolated dozens of towns in Australia's most populous state New South Wales and forced thousands to evacuate their...
Mar 22, 2021
Israeli election seen as referendum on divisive Netanyahu
JERUSALEM - Israelis vote Tuesday in their fourth parliamentary election in just two years. Once again, the race boils down to a referendum on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Netanyahu, who has ser...
Mar 22, 2021
Clashes in English city of Bristol leaves 20 police injured
LONDON - A protest in the west England city of Bristol against new policing legislation descended into violence that left at least 20 officers injured, two of them seriously, police said Monday. The p...
Mar 22, 2021
On federal death row, inmates talk about Biden, executions
CHICAGO - On federal death row, prisoners fling notes on a string under each other's cell doors and converse through interconnected air ducts. A top issue these days: whether President Joe Biden will ...
Mar 22, 2021
Republic of Congo candidate Kolelas dies of COVID-19
BRAZZAVILLE, Republic of the Congo - Republic of Congo's top presidential opposition candidate Guy Brice Parfait Kolelas, who was hospitalized with COVID-19 complications on election day, has died, a ...
Mar 22, 2021
