Russian lawmakers move to keep Putin in power past 2024
MOSCOW — Russian lawmakers on Wednesday rapidly rubber-stamped sweeping constitutional changes that could keep President Vladimir Putin in power until...
It’s cloudy with a chance of iron rain at hot, faraway world
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — At one hot, faraway world, it's always cloudy with a chance of iron rain.
US report finds widespread forced Uighur labor in China
WASHINGTON — U.S. lawmakers pushed Wednesday for a ban on imports from a vast area of northwest China where the government has detained more than a mi...
World markets subdued amid virus worries, hope for help
TOKYO — European stock markets edged up Wednesday after Asian shares mostly declined, as governments were ramping up aid for economies reeling from th...
Virus could test Latin America’s already ailing economy
PROGRESO, Ecuador — For years, Dionisio Romero has relied for his livelihood on a magenta-colored dragon fruit that is wildly popular in Asia, plantin...
Facing recession, Europe grasps for ways to limit damage
FRANKFURT, Germany — Suddenly staring recession in the face, European leaders are lining up an array of tax breaks, financial support for companies an...
Biden wins hard-fought Michigan, deals major blow to Sanders
WASHINGTON — Joe Biden decisively won Michigan’s Democratic primary on Tuesday, seizing a key battleground state that helped propel Bernie Sanders’ in...
Virus locks down Italy amid global push to contain outbreak
ROME — The boisterous hum of Rome dwindled to a whisper and police patrols kept people apart in cafes as Italy enforced an extraordinary, sweeping loc...
House strikes deal to extend surveillance powers
WASHINGTON — House lawmakers prepared to extend surveillance authorities that expire this month, releasing legislation that could represent a rare bip...
Coronavirus clusters swell on both sides of the US
Alarming clusters of the coronavirus swelled on both coasts of the U.S. on Tuesday, with 70 cases now tied to a biotech conference in Boston and infec...
On virus response, Trump pitches tax relief to wary Congress
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's proposed payroll tax break met with bipartisan resistance Tuesday on Capitol Hill as pressure mounts on the admi...
What’s Happening: Italians awake to new reality, skies empty
Italians awoke to the new reality of a national lockdown on Tuesday and Chinese President Xi Jinping made his first trip to the city where the global ...
The Latest: Beaten-down airlines, cruise stocks boost market
NEW YORK — The Latest on the financial markets (all times local):
Flu and coronavirus: Similar symptoms, different fears
Is it the flu, a cold or the new coronavirus? Patients and doctors alike are parsing signs of illness to figure out who needs what tests or care and h...
Putin backs term limit freeze allowing him to stay in office
MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin revealed his tightly guarded political plans Tuesday and supported a proposed constitutional amendment that ...
Somber events mark first anniversary of Ethiopian crash
TULUFERA, Ethiopia — Grim-faced, visibly grief-stricken, some crying, hundreds of family members gathered Tuesday for a memorial service at the site w...
Review: Unease of girlhood shines through in ‘Never Rarely’
The teenage girls at the center of “ Never Rarely Sometimes Always ” don’t have the luxury of being carefree. Granted, things are a little complicated...
Census Bureau site goes live as counting begins in earnest
ORLANDO, Fla. — The 2020 census is off and running for much of America now.
Infected cruise ship unloads passengers in California
OAKLAND, Calif. — The cruise ship forced to idle for days off the coast of California because of a cluster of coronavirus cases aboard arrived in port...
Italian premier locks down entire country to stop virus
MILAN — Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte put his entire country on lockdown Monday to combat the coronavirus, banning all but the most important travel ...
Several lawmakers had contact with man at CPAC who got virus
WASHINGTON — The Capitol's attending physician said Monday that “several” members of Congress had contact with a person who attended a recent politica...
Stakes rise for Sanders heading into Michigan primary
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Bernie Sanders proved he was a serious presidential candidate in 2016 with an upset victory in Michigan powered by his opposition t...
AP Explains: The oil market meltdown and its global impact
FRANKFURT, Germany — A clash of two oil titans - Saudi Arabia and Russia - is sending shock waves through energy markets, with wide-ranging implicatio...
Report: Pilots restarted software, causing fatal nosedive
When nothing else worked to stop their descent, desperate pilots of an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 Max reactivated the jet's flight control software...
Stocks, oil plunge over global fight for crude production
BEIJING — Global stock markets and oil prices plunged Monday after a fight among major crude-producing nations jolted investors who already were on ed...
Sesame’s Count wants to get young children counted in census
ORLANDO, Fla. — No other age group was under-counted more during the last once-a-decade census than children under age 5, researchers say. Sesame Stre...
2020 Watch: Can Bernie get back on track in Michigan?
DETROIT — Presidential politics move fast. What we're watching heading into a new week on the 2020 campaign:
Sudan PM says he survived ‘terror attack’ in capital
CAIRO — Sudan's prime minister said Monday he survived a “terror attack” after an explosion and gunfire targeted his motorcade in the capital Khartoum...
N. Korea fires weapons after threatening ‘momentous’ action
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea fired three short-range projectiles off its east coast on Monday, South Korea’s military said, two days after the Nor...
North Korea flies out foreign diplomats amid virus fight
SEOUL, South Korea — A special North Korean flight carrying presumably dozens of diplomats and other foreigners arrived in Russia's Far East on Monday...