Serbia criticizes Montenegro for keeping border ban on Serbs
PODGORICA, Montenegro — Montenegro, the first European country to declare itself free of the coronavirus, plans to open its borders to citizens of sev...
Hong Kong leader says security law not a threat to freedoms
HONG KONG — Hong Kong's leader said Tuesday that national security legislation proposed by China's legislature will not threaten the semi-autonomous t...
AP PHOTOS: Confined Moroccans find new ways to celebrate Eid
CASABLANCA Morocco — Instead of mass prayers and large family gatherings filled with colorful clothes, gifts and traditional foods, millions of Morocc...
The Latest: India reports biggest jump in virus cases again
The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people. For some, especially older adults and pe...
Lebanon’s migrant workers’ plight worsens as crises multiply
BEIRUT — Long before the pandemic struck, they lived and worked in conditions that rights groups called exploitative — low wages, long hours, no labor...
Asia Today: Philippines trying to ease quarantine congestion
BANGKOK — As about 24,000 Filipinos who lost their jobs abroad are being transported by land, sea or air to their provincial homes, the president warn...
Atlanta is home to 2 potential contenders for Biden’s VP
ATLANTA — Neither public rivals nor personal friends, Keisha Lance Bottoms and Stacey Abrams spent years climbing parallel ladders at Atlanta City Hal...
Shunned by his party, Iowa’s Steve King fights for his seat
DES MOINES, Iowa — Rep. Steve King is fighting for his political life — but not because he's compared immigrants crossing the border illegally to catt...
Biden marks Memorial Day at veterans park near Delaware home
NEW CASTLE, Del. — Joe Biden made his first in-person appearance in more than two months on Monday as he marked Memorial Day by laying a wreath at a v...
Trump honors fallen soldiers as nation battles against virus
BALTIMORE — President Donald Trump honored America’s war dead in back-to-back Memorial Day appearances colored by an epic struggle off the battlefield...
Asian shares up as recovery hopes overshadow virus worries
TOKYO — Shares rose in Asia on Tuesday as some regions in Japan resumed close-to-normal business activity, with hopes for economic recovery overshadow...
Connecticut murder suspect’s family pleads for his surrender
A lawyer for the family of a Connecticut murder suspect pleaded Monday for his surrender as police involved in a multi-state search for the 23-year-ol...
Stormy weather puts damper on SpaceX’s 1st astronaut launch
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Stormy weather is threatening to delay SpaceX’s first astronaut launch.
Federal coronavirus testing plan puts burden on states
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration’s new strategy for coronavirus testing puts much of the burden on states while promising to provide supplies suc...
Pandemic brings smaller, subdued Memorial Day observances
BILLINGS, Mont. — Americans settled for small processions and online tributes instead of parades Monday as they observed Memorial Day in the shadow of...
California issues guidelines for church reopenings
LOS ANGELES — California churches can resume in-person services but worshippers will be limited to 100 people and they should wear masks, avoid sharin...
French nursing homes employees protest pay, conditions
PARIS — Employees of a major group of French nursing homes on Monday took part in protests across France to call for better pay amid the coronavirus c...
In Bolsonaro’s Brazil, everyone else is to blame for virus
RIO DE JANEIRO — With Brazil emerging as one of the world's most infected countries, President Jair Bolsonaro is deflecting all responsibility for the...
Gucci, Saint Laurent seek radical redo of fashion calendars
SOAVE, Italy — Gucci and Saint Laurent are two of the highest profile luxury fashion houses to announce they will leave the fashion calendar behind, w...
Running on empty? Charity events wary in time of COVID-19
It wasn't exactly the finish line Ali Riecke had in mind.
Keselowski gets win but Hendrick Motorsports takes 2 losses
CONCORD, N.C. — Brad Keselowski has won the Southern 500, the Bristol night race, the Brickyard 400 and has now crossed the Coca-Cola 600 off his chec...
Ewing out of hospital after being treated for COVID-19
Georgetown basketball coach and former NBA great Patrick Ewing has been released from the hospital and is recovering from COVID-19 at home, his son sa...
Israeli leader vows to push ahead with annexing West Bank
JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday pledged to annex parts of the occupied West Bank in the coming months, vowing to move ...
Brian May reveals recent heart attack, says he’s good now
LONDON — Queen guitarist Brian May says he recently had three stents put in after experiencing “a small heart attack.”
Charitable runs, walks learn to adapt to crowd limits
PITTSBURGH — The coronavirus pandemic has forced charities or nonprofit groups to cancel or postpone an untold number of walks and runs that raise mon...
UK leader’s aide says he won’t quit over lockdown road trip
LONDON — British leader Boris Johnson’s powerful chief aide insisted Monday that he wouldn't resign for driving the length of England while the countr...
Germany approves 9 billion euro aid package for Lufthansa
FRANKFURT, Germany — Germany on Monday approved a 9 billion-euro ($9.8 billion) aid package for stricken airline Lufthansa to keep a major employer go...
Efforts underway to get food from US farms to the needy
OMAHA, Neb. — As food banks have struggled to meet soaring demand from people suddenly out of work because of the coronavirus pandemic, it has been es...
In his final days, Ahmaud Arbery’s life was at a crossroads
BRUNSWICK, Ga. — He was at a crossroads, his life stretching out before him, his troubles largely behind him. He had enrolled at South Georgia Technic...
VIRUS DIARY: A Memorial Day visit, altered but not stopped
SILVER SPRING, Md. — I won’t be visiting Adam this Memorial Day weekend. COVID-19 is seeing to that.