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Biden calls Trump 'unfit' but doesn't endorse impeachment

World NewsJan 9, 2021

WILMINGTON (AP) -- President-elect Joe Biden says that President Donald Trump isn't “fit for the job,” but he repeatedly refused to endorse growing Democratic calls to impeach him a second time. Hou...
Asian shares climb on Wall Street rally, stimulus hopes

World NewsJan 8, 2021

Asian shares were mostly higher Friday on hopes for additional economic stimulus after President-elect Joe Biden takes office. A new state of emergency in the Tokyo region to combat surging coronavi...
[Newsmaker] Korean American lawmaker helps 'clean up' tarnished US Capitol

World NewsJan 8, 2021

WASHINGTON -- Rep. Andy Kim (D-NJ), a Korean American congressman, received wide attention and praise on Thursday for helping clean up the mess from the previous day's insurrection at the US Capitol....
Mob storms US Capitol as Trump accused of 'coup'

World NewsJan 7, 2021

WASHINGTON (AFP) -- Donald Trump's supporters stormed a session of Congress held Wednesday to certify Joe Biden's election win, triggering unprecedented chaos and violence at the heart of American de...
[Newsmaker] Pro-Trump mob storms US Capitol in bid to overturn election

World NewsJan 7, 2021

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A violent mob loyal to President Donald Trump stormed the US Capitol on Wednesday and forced lawmakers into hiding, in a stunning attempt to overturn America’s presidential electio...
[Graphic News] Kids’ overuse of social media major health concern during pandemic: US survey

WorldJan 7, 2021

Nearly 75 percent of parents ranked overuse of social media during the pandemic as a leading health concern for their children, according to the results of survey released by the University of Michi...
EU agency approves Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine

World NewsJan 6, 2021

The European Union's medicines agency gave the green light Wednesday to Moderna Inc.'s COVID-19 vaccine, a decision that gives the 27-nation bloc a second vaccine to use in the desperate battle to ta...
Germany to require women on large firms' boards

World NewsJan 6, 2021

German listed companies must include women on their executive boards as part of a landmark bill agreed by the country's coalition government Wednesday after voluntary efforts failed to close a gender...
Why do the latest mass arrests in Hong Kong matter?

World NewsJan 6, 2021

China has moved to crush Hong Kong's democracy movement in recent months but Wednesday's mass arrest of democracy figures for subversion under Beijing's new national security law was particularly mom...
WikiLeaks founder Assange denied bail in UK

World NewsJan 6, 2021

A British judge on Wednesday denied bail to WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange, who has been jailed in Britain since 2019 as he fights extradition to the United States. District Judge Vanessa Baraits...
Dutch begin COVID-19 vaccinations; last EU nation to do so

World NewsJan 6, 2021

Nearly two weeks after most other European Union nations, the Netherlands on Wednesday began its COVID-19 vaccination program, with nursing home staff and front-line workers in hospitals first in lin...
Where is Jack Ma, China's e-commerce pioneer?

World BusinessJan 6, 2021

China's best-known entrepreneur, e-commerce billionaire Jack Ma, hasn't been seen in public since he angered regulators with an October speech
[Graphic News] Plane crash deaths rise in 2020 despite COVID pandemic

World NewsJan 6, 2021

The number of people killed in large commercial airplane crashes rose in 2020 to 299 worldwide, even as the number of crashes fell by more than 50 percent, a Dutch consulting firm said. Aviation c...
Former head of China state asset firm sentenced to death

World NewsJan 5, 2021

The former head of state-owned China Huarong Asset Management Co. Ltd. was sentenced to death Tuesday for bribe taking in one of the harshest punishments for economic crimes in recent years. Lai Xia...
Trump, on tape, presses Ga. official to 'find' him votes

World NewsJan 4, 2021

President Donald Trump pressured Georgia's Republican secretary of state to "find" enough votes to overturn Joe Biden's win in the state's presidential election, repeatedly citing disproven claims of...