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Huawei, HSBC agree on document deal for extradition case
HONG KONG - Chinese telecommunications equipment firm Huawei said Monday that it has reached an agreement with HSBC in Hong Kong to obtain documents that its chief financial office Meng Wanzhou hopes ...
Apr 12, 2021
Muslims navigate restrictions in the second pandemic Ramadan
CAIRO - For Ramadan this year, Magdy Hafez has been longing to reclaim a cherished ritual: performing the nighttime group prayers called taraweeh at the mosque once again. Last year, the coronavirus u...
Apr 12, 2021
For Chauvin's trial attorney, it's all about raising doubt
MINNEAPOLIS - Derek Chauvin's defence attorney was questioning George Floyd's girlfriend about the couple buying drugs when he abruptly shifted gears for what seemed an innocuous question: He presumed...
Apr 12, 2021
Cyclone damages Australian towns and cuts power to 31,500
PERTH, Australia - A destructive cyclone has damaged several towns on Australia's western coast, shattering windows, snapping trees and knocking out power. There have been no reports of serious injuri...
Apr 12, 2021
Soviet cosmonaut made pioneering spaceflight 60 years ago
MOSCOW - Crushed into the pilot's seat by heavy G-forces, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin saw flames outside his spacecraft and prepared to die. His voice broke the tense silence at ground control: "I'm...
Apr 12, 2021
Leader of Merkel's party moves forward in bid for chancellor
BERLIN - The leadership of Chancellor Angela Merkel's party on Monday backed party chairman Armin Laschet's bid to become the centre-right candidate for Germany's next leader, one of his deputies said...
Apr 12, 2021
Greece pins hopes on mandatory home testing, opens schools
ATHENS, Greece - High schools have reopened in Greece to students in the final three grades with the mandatory use of test kits for COVID-19 being rolled out across the country to help with mass scree...
Apr 12, 2021
Russia: Feminist activist on trial on pornography charges
MOSCOW - A Russian court on Monday opened the trial of a feminist activist and artist charged with disseminating pornography after she shared artwork depicting female anatomy online - a case in line w...
Apr 12, 2021
Danes vaccinate 100,000 people in a day to test system
COPENHAGEN - Denmark's Health Minister declared Monday "the big vaccine day," with 100,000 people to be vaccinated in one day as officials test the system ahead of a June rollout where four times as m...
Apr 12, 2021
Thailand sees record new infections ahead of major festival
BANGKOK - Thailand reported 985 new coronavirus cases on Monday, its highest daily increase since the start of the pandemic, and health officials said they were worried the number of new infections co...
Apr 12, 2021
