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Asia Today: Philippine cases hit 500K amid vaccine struggles
MANILA, Philippines - Coronavirus infections in the Philippines have surged past 500,000 in a new bleak milestone with the government facing criticism for failing to immediately launch a vaccination p...
Jan 18, 2021
Winter weather hits parts of Europe, from Poland to Turkey
WARSAW, Poland - Extreme cold and snow have hit large parts of Europe, with freezing temperatures causing causing railroad tracks in Poland to crack and snow blanketing most of the Turkish city of Ist...
Jan 18, 2021
Uganda cops surround offices of Bobi Wine's opposition party
KAMPALA, Uganda - The opposition party of Ugandan presidential challenger Bobi Wine said on Monday that police have prevented top officials from going to their headquarters in the capital, Kampala, as...
Jan 18, 2021
Japan urges South Korea to drop wartime compensation demands
TOKYO - Japan's foreign minister accused South Korea on Monday of worsening already strained ties by making "illegal" demands for compensation for the sexual abuse of Korean women and use of forced la...
Jan 18, 2021
Aid effort intensifies after Indonesia quake that killed 84
MAMUJU, Indonesia - Aid was reaching the thousands of people left homeless and struggling after an earthquake that killed at least 84 people on an Indonesian island where rescuers intensified their wo...
Jan 18, 2021
Three experts on how well Canada has fought COVID-19 and how we could do better
OTTAWA - As new cases of COVID-19 surge across Canada, the federal government and the provinces have been imposing stricter measures to try to limit the illness's spread. The Canadian Press interviewe...
Jan 18, 2021
Japan's PM vows Olympics will be proof of victory over virus
TOKYO - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga vowed Monday to get the pandemic under control and hold the already postponed Olympics this summer with ample coronavirus protection. In a speech opening...
Jan 18, 2021
Italian PM Conte seeks to save his government from falling
ROME - Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte was fighting for his political life Monday with an address to the lower chamber of Parliament that aims to shore up support for his government, which has come und...
Jan 18, 2021
Italy court weighs extradition to Vatican in fair trial case
ROME - A Milan court on Monday begins weighing whether to extradite an Italian woman to the Vatican to face embezzlement-related charges in a case that could test whether Italy considers the Vatican a...
Jan 18, 2021
Navalny's arrest adds to tension between Russia and the West
MOSCOW - Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny's arrest as he arrived in Moscow after recovering from his poisoning with a nerve agent drew criticism from Western nations and calls for his release,...
Jan 18, 2021
