Eiffel Tower to reopen after longest closure since WWII
PARIS — Workers are preparing the Eiffel Tower to reopen next week after the coronavirus pandemic led to the iconic Paris landmark's longest closure s...
Report: Russia-linked disinformation operation still active
A Kremlin-linked social media disinformation operation that sought to interfere with the 2016 U.S. election has continued its work to divide and discr...
Padma Lakshmi gets political with series cheering immigrants
NEW YORK — Padma Lakshmi has watched in anger as some politicians denigrate immigrants. She's been left seething as newcomers are discriminated agains...
Liberal groups warn Biden could lose over policing policies
WASHINGTON — More than four dozen progressive groups have signed a letter to presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s campaign criticiz...
Have transplants ready to take place of harvested vegetables
One way to reap an abundance of vegetables from even a tiny garden is to keep planting throughout the growing season. Soon, you could be filling in ne...
Review: ‘Bully. Coward. Victim,’ a personal look at Roy Cohn
The director of a new documentary about Roy Cohn is not exactly a neutral party. After all, Cohn played a key role in getting her grandparents execute...
From Iceland’s capital, 11-year-old plays in Warriors camp
OAKLAND, Calif. — Sporting his No. 30 Stephen Curry jersey, 11-year-old Bjarki Robertsson kept up the pace. He hopped on his right foot, then his left...
Powell warns that long downturn would mean severe damage
WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell warned Tuesday that the U.S. economy faces a deep downturn with “significant uncertainty” about th...
Man arrested in shooting during Albuquerque statue protest
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A 31-year-old man has been arrested in a shooting that happened as protesters in New Mexico’s largest city tried to tear down a br...
A drug offers hope even as virus cases rise in Africa, Asia
JOHANNESBURG — Researchers on Tuesday announced the first drug shown to reduce deaths among severely ill coronavirus patients, offering hope even as i...
Italy survey finds irritability, anxiety in locked-down kids
ROME — A survey conducted in Italy on the psychological impact of coronavirus lockdowns on children has quantified what many parents observed during w...
Thailand to spend $707 million to boost domestic tourism
BANGKOK — Thailand’s Cabinet on Tuesday approved three projects with a combined budget of more than 22 billion baht ($707 million) to help the country...
North Korea destroys empty liaison office with South
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea blew up an inter-Korean liaison office building just north of the heavily armed border with South Korea on Tuesday, i...
Queen Elizabeth misses Royal Ascot for first time in reign
LONDON — Nothing has kept Queen Elizabeth II away from the Royal Ascot horse racing meeting during her 68-year reign as U.K. monarch — not pregnancy, ...
Rashford 1, Johnson 0: Soccer star wins U-turn on free meals
LONDON — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson made an abrupt about-face Tuesday and agreed to keep funding meals for poor students over the summer hol...
Oprah picks James McBride’s ‘Deacon King Kong’ for book club
NEW YORK — Oprah Winfrey has chosen James McBride's “Deacon King Kong” for her book club. McBride's novel is set in a Brooklyn housing project in 1969...
US retail sales up a record 17.7% in a partial rebound
BALTIMORE — U.S. retail sales jumped by a record 17.7% from April to May, with spending partially rebounding after the coronavirus had shut down busin...
Talking points ahead of the Premier League restart
Some talking points ahead of the resumption of the Premier League following a three-month suspension caused by the coronavirus pandemic:
UK begins coronavirus vaccine trial; France pledges funding
LONDON — Scientists at Imperial College London will start immunizing people in Britain this week with their experimental coronavirus shot, while pharm...
Businesses ask patrons to waive right to sue if they get ill
WASHINGTON — As businesses reopen across the U.S. after coronavirus shutdowns, many are requiring customers and workers to sign forms saying they won’...
What are the potential long-term effects of having COVID-19?
What are the potential long-term effects of having COVID-19?
African nations seek scrutiny of US, others over racism
GENEVA — African nations have prepared a draft resolution at the U.N.’s top human rights body that singles out the United States and would launch inte...
Hong Kong leader urges people not to ‘demonize’ security law
HONG KONG — Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said Tuesday that she hopes opponents of a new national security law being imposed by China do not “demonize a...
Internships get canceled or go virtual because of pandemic
LONDON — Yadeen Rashid was flying high in February. He’d just earned stellar grades in his latest semester at Virginia Tech university, where he’s in ...
AP PHOTOS: Sunshine, espressos, shopping as Europe opens up
MADRID — Whether it's German tourists basking in Spain’s sunshine or Parisians renewing their love affair with their city, Monday’s border openings be...
Coronavirus tracing app a test for privacy-minded Germany
BERLIN — Germany launched a coronavirus tracing app Tuesday that officials say is so secure even government ministers can use it.
Businesses, colleges plead with Trump to preserve work visas
BOSTON — Gregory Minott came to the U.S. from his native Jamaica more than two decades ago on a student visa and was able to carve out a career in arc...
Man shot during protest over Spanish conqueror’s statue
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A man was shot Monday night as protesters in New Mexico’s largest city tried to tear down a bronze statue of a Spanish conquistado...
Warren’s outreach to black voters could help VP standing
WASHINGTON — Shortly before Elizabeth Warren joined their virtual happy hour on a recent Friday afternoon, the five African American women co-hosting ...
Asian stocks follow Wall St higher after Fed ups bond buys
TOKYO — Asian shares rose Tuesday, cheered by fresh moves by the U.S. Federal Reserve to support markets battered by the coronavirus pandemic.