Resurgence of virus threatens South Korea’s success story
SEOUL, South Korea — Just weeks ago, South Korea was celebrating its hard-won gains against the coronavirus, easing social distancing, reopening schoo...
‘Ticking time bomb:’ Lack of beds slows Delhi’s virus fight
NEW DELHI — In New Delhi, a sprawling capital region of 46 million and home to some of India's highest concentration of hospitals, a pregnant woman’s ...
Troubled Iran struggles to maintain sway over Iraq militias
BAGHDAD — Iraqi militia factions expected the usual cash handout when the new head of Iran’s expeditionary Quds Force made his first visit to Baghdad ...
Floyd killing finds echoes of abuse in South Africa, Kenya
CAPE TOWN, South Africa — Collins Khosa was killed by law enforcement officers in a poor township in Johannesburg over a cup of beer left in his yard....
As protests grow, Belgium faces its racist colonial past
TERVUREN, Belgium — When it comes to ruthless colonialism and racism, few historical figures are more notorious than Leopold II, the king of the Belgi...
AP PHOTOS: 1 year on, tumult of Hong Kong protests echoes
HONG KONG — A year has passed since the beginning of anti-government protests in Hong Kong that brought hundreds of thousands of people into the stree...
NASCAR bans Confederate flag from its races, venues
For more than 70 years, the Confederate flag was a common and complicated sight at NASCAR races. Through the civil rights era right on through the sea...
Unemployment woes a mounting strain on Trump in Florida
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — When the tourists stopped coming in March, so did Lorin Lynch’s paychecks from a Tampa Bay hotel. She burned through her savings w...
Trump resumes fundraising to build cash lead against Biden
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is resuming in-person fundraising events after a three-month hiatus as his campaign works to maintain a cash advan...
Tables turned, Ocasio-Cortez plays defense in primary fight
WASHINGTON — It's Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's turn to defend her record and battle accusations that she's lost touch with her district.
Asian shares slide after Wall Street retreat
TOKYO — Asian shares were mostly lower Thursday, with Tokyo dropping more than 1% as the Japanese yen gained after the Federal Reserve said it would k...
Truex ends 2020 winless skid with victory at Martinsville
MARTINSVILLE, Va. — Martin Truex Jr. used a trip to NASCAR's shortest track to end a lengthy losing streak on the day the stock car series at long las...
Asia Today: Tracing harder in S. Korea, Indian cases spike
SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea has reported 45 new cases of COVID-19, all but two of them in the greater capital area, continuing a weekslong resurg...
California Assembly backs repealing affirmative action ban
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A decades-long push to let California's public universities and government agencies consider race when making admissions and hiri...
US Soccer repeals rule that banned kneeling during anthem
U.S. Soccer's board of directors has voted to repeal a 2017 policy that required national team players to stand during the national anthem, a rule ado...
Jon Ossoff wins Georgia Senate primary; will face Perdue
ATLANTA — Jon Ossoff, a young Georgia media executive known for breaking fundraising records during a 2017 special election loss for a U.S. House seat...
Headline-making missteps put focus on newsroom diversity
NEW YORK — Alexis Johnson figures she wasn't the loser when the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette said she couldn't cover protests triggered by George Floyd's d...
Trump administration proposes sweeping asylum restrictions
SAN DIEGO — The Trump administration on Wednesday proposed sweeping — though somewhat vague — restrictions on asylum, seeking to align a legal framewo...
Volunteers, Smithsonian want to save White House protest art
WASHINGTON — Almost as soon as the towering black fencing was erected last week to seal off Lafayette Park, the barrier became an art gallery and a so...
Amazon bans police use of its face recognition for a year
NEW YORK — Amazon on Wednesday banned police use of its face-recognition technology for a year, making it the latest tech giant to step back from law-...
Pelosi calls for removing Confederate statues from Capitol
WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is demanding that statues of Confederate figures such as Jefferson Davis be removed from the U.S. Capitol.
California deputy shot in ‘ambush’ attack at police station
PASO ROBLES, Calif. — A California sheriffs deputy was shot in the head in an “ambush” attack by a gunman intent on harming or killing police, authori...
Golf passes initial test with no positive virus results
FORT WORTH, Texas — The PGA Tour is not simply picking up where it left off.
Scott’s challenge: Uniting Senate GOP behind police overhaul
WASHINGTON — The GOP is looking for an answer on how to respond to national outrage over the police killing of George Floyd. And they are looking to S...
Mnuchin says businesses will need more help
WASHINGTON — Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Wednesday said he believes the U.S. economy will need more help to pull out of the recession, but ad...
White House balks, again, at Bolton plan to publish memoir
WASHINGTON — The White House has told former national security adviser John Bolton that the manuscript of his forthcoming memoir still contains classi...
Statue of ex-Panthers owner removed from outside stadium
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A statue of former Carolina Panthers owner Jerry Richardson, who was accused in 2017 of making sexually suggestive comments to women...
Filipina journalist braces for verdict in ‘cyber libel’ case
VIENNA — An award-winning journalist who has aggressively covered Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s administration is bracing for a verdict in a ...
Fed to keep providing aid and sees no rate hike through 2022
WASHINGTON — Confronted with an economy gripped by recession and high unemployment, the Federal Reserve signaled Wednesday that it expects to keep its...
Anna Wintour apologizes for race-related ‘mistakes’ at Vogue
NEW YORK — Vogue's Anna Wintour has apologized in an internal email for “mistakes" made in her 32-year tenure in not doing enough to elevate black voi...