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'This is not a game': Global virus death toll hits 2 million

  • Updated 4 hrs ago

MEXICO CITY — The global death toll from COVID-19 topped 2 million Friday, crossing the threshold amid a vaccine rollout so immense but so une…

A day to remember: London nursing home greets virus vaccine

A day to remember: London nursing home greets virus vaccine

  • Updated Jan 14, 2021

LONDON (AP) — In 1948, John Peake won a silver medal at the Olympic Games in London. In 2021, also in London, he struck what many would consid…

'At 6 p.m., life stops': Europe uses curfews to fight virus

'At 6 p.m., life stops': Europe uses curfews to fight virus

  • Updated Jan 14, 2021

PARIS (AP) — As the wan winter sun sets over France's Champagne region, the countdown clock kicks in.

At virus tipping point, Lebanon imposes all-day curfew

At virus tipping point, Lebanon imposes all-day curfew

  • Updated Jan 14, 2021

BEIRUT (AP) — It was a choice between containing a spiraling virus outbreak and resuscitating a dying economy in a country that has been in st…

India is using two different COVID-19 vaccines. Uncertainty surrounds one of them

  • Updated Jan 14, 2021

MUMBAI, India – As India launches an ambitious effort to vaccinate 300 million people against the coronavirus within six months, it is employi…

Emptied villages. Locked campuses. How China battles a COVID-19 resurgence

  • Updated Jan 13, 2021

BEIJING — Zhao Renmi awakened to the sound of village officials shouting that everyone had to pack and go, without explanation of where or for…

Indonesia starts mass COVID vaccinations over vast territory

Indonesia starts mass COVID vaccinations over vast territory

  • Updated Jan 13, 2021

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian President Joko Widodo received the first shot of a Chinese-made coronavirus vaccine Wednesday after the g…

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Dutch hold mass coronavirus testing amid new variant fears

Dutch hold mass coronavirus testing amid new variant fears

  • Updated Jan 13, 2021

BERGSCHENHOEK, Netherlands (AP) — Residents of a Dutch town filed into a sports hall Wednesday to take part in the country's first mass corona…

Japan widens virus emergency to 7 more areas as cases surge

Japan widens virus emergency to 7 more areas as cases surge

  • Updated Jan 13, 2021

TOKYO (AP) — Japan expanded a coronavirus state of emergency to seven more prefectures Wednesday, affecting more than half the population amid…

Mexico sees holiday bump in tourism amid pandemic surge

Mexico sees holiday bump in tourism amid pandemic surge

  • Updated Jan 12, 2021

TULUM, Mexico (AP) — The friends from Jackson, Mississippi, relaxed on lounge chairs dug into a white sand beach and romped in the turquoise C…

South Africa struggles with post-holiday spike in COVID-19

South Africa struggles with post-holiday spike in COVID-19

  • Updated Jan 11, 2021

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa is struggling to cope with a spike in COVID-19 cases that has already overwhelmed many hospitals, as people r…

Snow and ice disrupt lives, vaccine rollout in Spain

Snow and ice disrupt lives, vaccine rollout in Spain

  • Updated Jan 11, 2021

MADRID (AP) — The Spanish capital of Madrid was still trying to get back on its feet Monday after a 50-year record snowfall that paralyzed lar…

China: WHO experts arriving Thursday for virus origins probe

China: WHO experts arriving Thursday for virus origins probe

  • Updated Jan 11, 2021

BEIJING (AP) — Experts from the World Health Organization are due to arrive in China this week for a long-anticipated investigation into the o…

Asia Today: Virus rules tightened in province near Beijing

Asia Today: Virus rules tightened in province near Beijing

  • Updated Jan 11, 2021

BEIJING (AP) — Chinese health authorities say scores more people have tested positive for coronavirus in Hebei province bordering on the capit…

Spain shovels out of snowdrifts left by Storm Filomena

Spain shovels out of snowdrifts left by Storm Filomena

  • Updated Jan 10, 2021

MADRID — Emergency crews in central Spain cleared 500 roads and rescued over 1,500 people stranded in their vehicles, allowing Madrid and othe…

U.K. on course to meet coronavirus vaccine targets, Hancock says

  • Updated Jan 10, 2021

Health Secretary Matt Hancock said the U.K. is on course to meet its coronavirus target, but warned the surge in cases has left the state-run …

Asia Today: China reports 380 cases south of Beijing

Asia Today: China reports 380 cases south of Beijing

  • Updated Jan 10, 2021

BEIJING (AP) — More than 380 people have tested positive in a growing COVID-19 outbreak south of Beijing in China's Hebei province.

Johnson under fire as UK again faces onslaught of COVID-19

Johnson under fire as UK again faces onslaught of COVID-19

  • Updated Jan 10, 2021

LONDON (AP) — The crisis facing Britain this winter is depressingly familiar: Stay-at-home orders and empty streets. Hospitals overflowing. A …

Queen Elizabeth II and husband receive COVID-19 vaccinations

Queen Elizabeth II and husband receive COVID-19 vaccinations

  • Updated Jan 9, 2021

LONDON (AP) — Queen Elizabeth II and her husband, Prince Philip, have received their COVID-19 vaccinations, royal officials said Saturday.

French vaccine rollout slowed by red tape, focus on elderly

French vaccine rollout slowed by red tape, focus on elderly

  • Updated Jan 9, 2021

PARIS (AP) — The few hours it took to give the first coronavirus vaccine shots to 14 residents of the John XXIII nursing home — named after a …

UK to vaccinate out of pandemic by looking to local GPs

UK to vaccinate out of pandemic by looking to local GPs

  • Updated Jan 9, 2021

LONDON (AP) — British Health Secretary Matt Hancock turned up at a doctor’s office in London this week to highlight the start of coronavirus v…

London mayor seeks help as UK sees record new virus deaths

London mayor seeks help as UK sees record new virus deaths

  • Updated Jan 8, 2021

LONDON — London’s mayor declared the capital’s COVID-19 situation to be critical Friday, reflecting deteriorating conditions for beleaguered h…

UK leader vows to use 'every second' to vaccinate vulnerable

  • Updated Jan 6, 2021

LONDON (AP) — U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson pledged that his government would use “every available second” to shield the elderly and the v…

Hong Kong arrests 53 activists under national security law

Hong Kong arrests 53 activists under national security law

  • Updated Jan 6, 2021

HONG KONG — Hong Kong police arrested 53 former lawmakers and democracy proponents Wednesday for allegedly violating the new national security…

Pandemic haunts new year as virus growth outpaces vaccines

Pandemic haunts new year as virus growth outpaces vaccines

  • Updated Jan 5, 2021

LONDON (AP) — Despite growing vaccine access, January is looking grim around the globe as the coronavirus resurges and reshapes itself from Br…

Iran starts 20% uranium enrichment, seizes South Korean ship

Iran starts 20% uranium enrichment, seizes South Korean ship

  • Updated Jan 4, 2021

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran began enriching uranium Monday to levels unseen since its 2015 nuclear deal with world powers and also seiz…

France's go-slow coronavirus vaccination strategy backfires

France's go-slow coronavirus vaccination strategy backfires

  • Updated Jan 4, 2021

PARIS (AP) — France’s cautious approach to rolling out a coronavirus vaccination program appears to have backfired, leaving barely 500 people …

Australia makes gains in Pacific Islands as COVID-19 hinders China

  • Updated Jan 3, 2021

Australia is moving to boost ties with small island nations off its eastern coastline, pushing back against China’s growing influence in the P…

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