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In Denmark, some school classes resume amid lockdown easing
COPENHAGEN - Danish schools on Monday resumed teaching younger children - from pre-school to the fourth grade - as Denmark has seen a steady reduction in COVID-19 infection numbers in recent weeks. Ho...
Feb 08, 2021
US plans to reengage with UN rights council, reversing Trump
WASHINGTON - The United States announced plans Monday to reengage with the much-maligned U.N. Human Rights Council that former President Donald Trump withdrew from almost three years ago, as the Biden...
Feb 08, 2021
Water fired at crowd as anti-coup protests swell in Myanmar
YANGON, Myanmar - Police fired a water cannon Monday at hundreds of protesters in Myanmar's capital who are demanding the military hand power back to elected officials, as demonstrations against last ...
Feb 08, 2021
Australian leader dismisses reports of China-built city
CANBERRA, Australia - The Australian prime minister on Monday dismissed as "speculative" reports that a Chinese company plans to build a new industrial island city near Australia's porous sea border w...
Feb 08, 2021
Trump impeachment trial to open with sense of urgency, speed
WASHINGTON - Donald Trump's historic second impeachment trial is opening this week with a sense of urgency - by Democrats who want to hold the former president accountable for the violent U.S. Capitol...
Feb 08, 2021
Pope seeks 'Copernican revolution' for post-COVID economy
ROME - Pope Francis urged governments on Monday to use the coronavirus crisis as a revolutionary opportunity to create a world that is more economically and environmentally just - and where basic heal...
Feb 08, 2021
Swedes acquitted of desecrating sunken ferry with robot dive
STOCKHOLM - Two Swedish nationals were acquitted Monday of desecrating a sunken ferry by sending down a robot in the Baltic Sea to film the wreck of one of Europe's deadliest maritime disasters. In it...
Feb 08, 2021
Snow, ice disrupt transport in central, northern Europe
BERLIN - Transport disruption in Germany and the Netherlands persisted into a second day on Monday as heavy snowfall and icy temperatures gripped parts of central and northern Europe. Some Dutch child...
Feb 08, 2021
Israeli PM pleads not guilty as corruption trial resumes
JERUSALEM - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pleaded not guilty on Monday as his trial on corruption charges resumed in a Jerusalem courtroom just weeks before national elections in which he ...
Feb 08, 2021
Utah police: Avalanche killed 4 local backcountry skiers
SALT LAKE CITY - Four backcountry skiers in their 20s died when one of the deadliest avalanches in Utah history hit a popular canyon, police said Sunday. Four other people also were buried in the Satu...
Feb 08, 2021
