Salzburg Festival will go on this year but in shortened form
The Salzburg Festival will be one of classical music’s few offerings in the summer of the coronavirus pandemic, staging a reduced 100th anniversary ce...
Czech Senate speaker plans to visit Taiwan, angering China
PRAGUE — The speaker of the Czech Republic's Senate announced Tuesday he will visit Taiwan despite warnings from China and a recommendation from his o...
Hong Kong OKs $5 billion bailout for Cathay Pacific Airways
HONG KONG — Financially battered Hong Kong airline Cathay Pacific Airways has become the latest airline to get government support to survive the coron...
Still beside the queen at 99: Prince Philip to mark birthday
LONDON — There certainly won’t be fuss. Count on that.
Asia Today: New Delhi reverses limits on testing, sickbeds
NEW DELHI — New Delhi has reversed orders that limited the scope of coronavirus testing and reserved hospital beds for city residents as the Indian ca...
In poor regions, easing virus lockdowns brings new risks
SAO PAULO — As many countries gingerly start lifting their lockdown measures, experts worry that a further surge of the coronavirus in under-developed...
Lives Lost: Family of doctors loses 2 shining lights
NEW YORK — Priya Khanna may have been destined to practice medicine all along, and not necessarily because she grew up in a family of doctors.
A look at Democrats’ sweeping proposals to overhaul policing
WASHINGTON — Democrats in Congress are proposing an overhaul of police procedures and accountability after the mass protests over the deaths of black ...
The Latest: Pakistan sees more than 100 virus deaths in day
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Pakistan recorded more than 100 deaths in a single day from COVID-19 for the first time since keeping statistics in mid-March, w...
USWNT wants soccer federation to repeal anthem policy
CHICAGO — The U.S. women's national team wants the U.S. Soccer Federation to repeal the anthem policy it instituted after Megan Rapinoe started kneeli...
Q&A: State of Tokyo Olympics 2 1/2 months after postponement
TOKYO — It's been 2 1/2 months since the Tokyo Olympics were postponed until next year because of the COVID-19 pandemic. So where do the games stand? ...
Concealing virus is latest Bolsonaro effort shore up base
RIO DE JANEIRO — As the coronavirus claims tens of thousands of lives in Brazil, President Jair Bolsonaro is focused on ensuring his political surviva...
Urgent meeting of UN rights body sought after Floyd killing
GENEVA — The American Civil Liberties Union says relatives of George Floyd and three other black people who were killed by police have joined some 600...
World leaders won’t gather at UN for first time in 75 years
UNITED NATIONS — The president of the U.N. General Assembly said Monday that world leaders will not be coming to New York for their annual gathering i...
Romney’s racial justice march spotlights faith groups’ role
Mitt Romney’s participation in a racial justice march Sunday brought the startling sight of Republicans’ 2012 presidential nominee avowing that “black...
Current, former NHL players form Hockey Diversity Alliance
Seven current or former black NHL players formed the Hockey Diversity Alliance on Monday, creating another avenue to fight racism and intolerance in t...
Thousands mourn George Floyd in Texas amid calls for reform
HOUSTON — The last chance for the public to say goodbye to George Floyd drew thousands of mourners Monday to a church in his native Houston, as his de...
US prosecutors spar with Prince Andrew in Epstein probe
LONDON — U.S. prosecutors and attorneys for Britain's Prince Andrew sniped at one another across the Atlantic on Monday, each saying the other side wa...
Officer charged in Floyd’s death held on $1 million bail
MINNEAPOLIS — A judge on Monday kept bail at $1 million for a former Minneapolis police officer charged with second-degree murder in George Floyd's de...
Seattle council members protest after tear gas used on crowd
SEATTLE — Just days after Seattle's mayor and police chief promised a month-long moratorium on using a type of tear gas to disperse protesters, the de...
Russia charges plant director in Arctic diesel fuel spill
MOSCOW — Russian authorities have charged the director of an Arctic power plant that leaked 20,000 tons of diesel fuel into the ecologically fragile r...
Biden promises police changes without stripping funding
ATLANTA — Joe Biden diverged Monday from activists pushing to “defund the police” in the United States, arguing that an overhaul of policing in Americ...
New this week: Spike Lee flick, ‘Artemis Fowl,’ Norah Jones
Here’s a collection curated by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists of what’s arriving on TV, streaming services and music platforms this w...
Behind virus and protests: A chronic US economic racial gap
WASHINGTON — The United States has been here before, staring into the deep chasm that divides white and black Americans.
The 10 best movies released since theaters were shuttered
Believe it or not, a lot of new films have been released since movie theaters were shuttered by the coronavirus pandemic — and a lot of good films.
Can tear gas and pepper spray increase virus spread?
Police departments have used tear gas and pepper spray on protesters in recent weeks, raising concern that the chemical agents could increase the spre...
Suspect in police killing was member of elite military team
SANTA CRUZ, Calif. — An active-duty U.S. Air Force sergeant accused of killing a Northern California sheriff’s deputy in an ambush-style attack was a ...
Germany: US troop reduction could harm NATO security
BERLIN — Germany’s defense minister suggested Monday that U.S. President Donald Trump’s reported plans to withdraw more than a quarter of American tro...
Celebrity birthdays for the week of June 14-20
Celebrity birthdays for the week of June 14-20: