BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon's Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri pledged Thursday to quickly form a new government that would halt the country's economic collapse, calling it a “last opportunity” to save the country hit by multiple political and financial crises.
La presidente del tribunal Maria Lepenioti, derecha, habla mientras la fiscal Adamantia Economou escucha durante el juicio a Amanecer Dorado en Atenas, Grecia, 21 de octubre de 2020..
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A Greek court ruled Thursday to imprison the leadership of extreme right-wing Golden Dawn following their convictions for running the party like a criminal organization, but granted suspended sentences to five of the party's 18 former lawmakers who were convicted of les…
La líder de la oposición de Bielorrusia, Svetlana Tikhanovskaya (en primer plano), habla mientras el ministro canadiense de Exteriores, François-Philippe Champagne, escucha durante una conferencia de prensa en Vilna, Lituania, el 16 de octubre de 2020.
LONDON — The University of Oxford says the late-stage trial of its COVID-19 vaccine in Brazil will continue following reports of a participant's death.
JERUSALEM (AP) — While the world will be closely watching the U.S. election, some countries will be watching more closely than others.
VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican and China extended a controversial accord on bishop nominations Thursday over strong opposition from the White House and conservative Catholics given Beijing's crackdown on religious believers.
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union on Thursday awarded its top human rights prize to the Belarus opposition movement and its leader, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, for their challenge to President Alexander Lukashenko’s long, hard-line reign.
MADRID (AP) — Spanish lawmakers on Thursday were set to reject a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez that was called by far-right party Vox over what it says was the government's poor handling of the coronavirus pandemic.
CAIRO (AP) — A leading international human rights group on Thursday condemned Egypt's execution of 49 people so far this month — some arrested during a deadly crackdown on a mass protest in 2013 — and urged authorities in Cairo to grant fair retrials to those on the death row.
ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey’s Foreign Ministry on Thursday slammed a joint statement by Greece, Cyprus and Egypt that condemns Turkish energy exploration in the eastern Mediterranean and numerous “provocations” that they maintain are threatening regional peace.
BERLIN (AP) — The head of Germany's disease control center urged people Thursday to be vigilant about following coronavirus precautions as the country posted a record number of new cases, saying a rapid increase in infections could be reversed but only if everyone works together.
BRUSSELS (AP) — Leading European lawmaker says the EU has awarded its top human rights prize to the Belarus opposition movement.
BRUSSELS (AP) — Sophie Wilmes, who as Belgian's prime minister led the country's fight against the coronavirus, has been hospitalized in intensive care with COVID-19, her office said Thursday.
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Vatican, China extend accord on bishop nominations over strong opposition from White House, conservative Catholics.
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — When the coronavirus pummeled Dubai this spring, the maternity and wedding shoots and all the gigs that freelance photographer Paula Hainey had lined up vanished almost overnight.
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Pope Francis’ endorsement of same-sex civil unions drew mixed reactions Thursday in the Philippines, Asia’s bastion of Catholicism, with a retired bishop saying he was scandalized by it while an LGBT group welcomed the pontiff’s remarks with relief.
BEIJING (AP) — Global stocks and U.S. futures mostly declined Thursday as investors watched Washington for signs of whether political leaders can agree on an economic aid plan in the two weeks before the Nov. 3 presidential election.
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Intense rains caused a landslide at a coal mine on Indonesia's Sumatra island that killed 11 miners, authorities said Thursday.
LONDON (AP) — Banksy’s playful take on a famous Impressionist painting has sold at auction for 7.6 million pounds ($9.8 million), the second-highest price ever paid for a work by the British street artist.
MOSCOW (AP) — A trio of space travelers safely returned to Earth on Thursday after a six-month mission on the International Space Station.
BEIJING (AP) — China’s government on Thursday condemned a U.S. decision to require more Chinese media outlets to register as foreign missions but gave no indication whether Beijing might retaliate.
PRAGUE (AP) — Czechs had been assured it wouldn't happen again.
Activistas prodemocracia crean una cadena humana ante las barricadas policiales durante su marcha hacia la Casa de Gobierno, la oficina del primer ministro, durante una protesta en Bangkok, Tailandia, el miércoles 21 de octubre de 2020.
ARCHIVO - En esta imagen de archivo del 16 de marzo de 2020, un joven con mascarilla camina por el Puente Carlos en Praga, República Checa. Los checos afrontaban de nuevo estrictas medidas para contener los contagios de coronavirus, pese a las promesas del gobierno sobre que las restriccione…
BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand’s government on Thursday canceled a state of emergency it had declared last week for Bangkok in a gesture offered by the embattled prime minister to cool massive student-led protests seeking democracy reforms.
Mujeres esperan para subir a un tren en Mumbai, India, el 21 de octubre de 2020.
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A Saudi Arabian governmental body on Thursday insisted that executions have been abolished for crimes committed by minors, after Human Rights Watch said earlier this week that Saudi prosecutors are seeking the death penalty against a number of young men fro…
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A new wonder is rising in the southern desert of Dubai against the backdrop of Persian Gulf beaches, but it's not another skyscraper to grace the futuristic sheikhdom. Instead, it's one of mankind's oldest power sources gaining its own space on the oil-rich…
As Joe Biden hopscotched through Iowa and New Hampshire in late 2019, he also name-dropped his way across the globe.
En esta fotografía publicada por la Agencia Espacial Roscosmos, el cohete Soyuz-2.1a con la cápsula Soyuz MS-17 despega el 14 de octubre de 2020 del cosmódromo de Baikonur, Kazajistán, con destino a la Estación Espacial Internacional.
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka's main fish market was closed Thursday and a curfew widened as a COVID-19 outbreak grows.
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Wednesday he has been trying for some time to get the deeply divided countries in the Persian Gulf and their backers to step back from possible confrontation and engage in dialogue — so far without success.
Bruno Henrique del Flamengo de Brasil, izquierda, celebra tras anotar el tercer gol de su equipo contra el Junior de Colombia durante un partido por el cierre del Grupo A de la Copa Libertadores en el estadio Maracaná de Río de Janeiro, Brasil, el miércoles 21 de octubre de 2020..
Bruno Henrique, del Flamengo de Brasil, celebra después de anotar el tercer gol de su equipo ante el Junior de Barranquilla de Colombia, en el duelo por la Copa Libertadores en Río de Janeiro, Brasil, el miércoles 21 de octubre de 2020.
Matías Rojas del Racing Club de Argentina, celebra luego de anotar el segundo gol de su equipo en el encuentro de Copa Libertadores ante Estudiantes de Mérida, de Venezuela, el miércoles 21 de octubre de 2020, en Buenos Aires.
Rony, del Palmeiras de Brasil, celebra su gol ante el Tigre de Argentina en su duelo de Copa Libertadores, el miércoles 21 de octubre de 2020, en Sao Paulo.
Alfonso Trezza del Nacional de Uruguay, celebra después de anotar el segundo tanto de su equipo ante Alianza de Lima, de Perú, en su duelo de Copa Libertadores, el miércoles 21 de octubre de 2020, en Montevideo.
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Authorities in Sri Lanka have closed the country’s main fish market and widened the curfew in many parts of the island nation following a surge of coronavirus infections related to a new cluster centered on a garment factory.
BEIJING (AP) — Asian stocks followed Wall Street lower on Thursday as investors watched Washington for signs of whether political leaders can agree on an economic aid plan in the two weeks before the Nov. 3 presidential election.
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian-US crew has landed safely after six-month mission on International Space Station.
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Both of Puerto Rico’s 911 call centers were shut down Wednesday night after several employees tested positive for the coronavirus, officials announced.
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Property owners in Mexico are being required to allow access through their land for the public to reach beaches that do not have access roads, under a law enacted Wednesday.
Adan Cholango, con mascarilla para protegerse del coronavirus y sentado en lo alto de una colina, busca una buena cobertura con un celular para obtener las instrucciones para una reunión virtual entre sus padres y su profesor en su primera semana de clases, en Cangahua Alto, Ecuador, el 3 de…
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States is urging countries that have ratified a U.N. treaty to ban nuclear weapons to withdraw their support as the pact nears the 50 ratifications needed to trigger its entry into force, which supporters say could happen this week.
BANGKOK (AP) — Student-led protesters in Thailand defiantly marched to the streets near the prime minister's office on Wednesday night, repeating their demand that he step down even as he urged them to let Parliament deal with their calls for democratic reforms.
Luis Arce, candidato presidencial del Movimiento al Socialismo (MAS), ofrece una entrevista en su sede de campaña en La Paz, Bolivia, el martes 20 de octubre de 2020.
Luis Arce, candidato presidencial del Movimiento al Socialismo (MAS), ofrece una entrevista en su sede de campaña en La Paz, Bolivia, el martes 20 de octubre de 2020.
MIAMI (AP) — Epsilon rapidly gained major hurricane strength on Wednesday afternoon and is expected to skirt east of Bermuda in the coming day, the U.S. National Hurricane Center says.
TORONTO (AP) — Justin Trudeau's Liberal government avoided being toppled in a confidence vote Wednesday after a majority of Parliament members voted against a Conservative motion to create a special anti-corruption committee
PANAMA CITY (AP) — A German arrest order for two Panamanian lawyers whose firm was at the center of an international tax evasion scandal faces a substantial obstacle: Panama’s constitution prohibits the extradition of its citizens.
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