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A man wearing a hat baring an American flag and face mask to help protect from the coronavirus walks by a masked security guard near lanterns decoration on the remnants of a city wall in Beijing, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. China is demanding the U.S. end “interference” in the Beijing Winter Olympics, which begin next month, in an apparent reference to a diplomatic boycott imposed by Washington and its allies. The Foreign Ministry said Minister Wang Yi made the demand in a phone call with U.S Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday Beijing time. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
China demands US halt Olympics 'interference'

Jan. 27, 2022 01:50 AM EST

FILE - In this Feb. 3, 2021, file photo, exile Tibetans use the Olympic rings as a prop as they hold a protest against the holding of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, in Dharmsala, India. Facing the boycott-threatened Beijing Winter Olympics in just over six months, the International Olympic Committee said on Wednesday, July 28, that its only responsibility was to “deliver the Games" and not to monitor human rights. (AP Photo/Ashwini Bhatia, File)
IOC sponsors facing heat over Beijing Olympics, human rights

By Stephen Wade Jul. 28, 2021 05:40 AM EDT

FILE - In this Feb. 22, 2021, file photo, a woman wearing a face mask to help curb the spread of the coronavirus sits near a screen showing China and U.S. flags as she listens to a speech at the Lanting Forum at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs office in Beijing. Senior Chinese foreign policy adviser Yang Jiechi and Secretary of State Antony Blinken held a phone call Friday, June 11, 2021 that revealed wide divisions in a number of contentious areas including the curtailing of freedoms in Hong Kong and the mass detention of Muslims in the northwestern Xinjiang region. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)
China, US diplomats clash over human rights, pandemic origin

Jun. 12, 2021 01:22 AM EDT

Sanaa Shalaby, estranged wife of Muntasser Shalaby, who Israeli security forces accuse of carrying out a May 2 shooting that killed an Israeli and wounded two others in the occupied West Bank, waters plants at her home in the West Bank village of Turmus Ayya, Thursday, June 3, 2021. Shalaby is waging a legal battle to prevent Israel from demolishing the two-story villa where she lives with her three youngest children that's drawing attention to Israel's policy of punitive home demolitions, which rights groups view as collective punishment. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
Palestinian mom fights to stave off punitive home demolition

By Joseph Krauss Jun. 07, 2021 02:05 AM EDT

This May 25, 2021 photo shows a U.S. Passport cover in Washington. The Biden administration says American citizens holding recently expired U.S. passports will be allowed to return home from abroad on that document until the end of year. (AP Photo/Eileen Putman)
US allows Americans with expired passports to return home

By Matthew Lee May. 25, 2021 11:15 AM EDT

People stand by posters to promote the Tokyo Olympic Games scheduled to start in the summer of 2021, in Tokyo, Monday, May 24, 2021. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)
US warns against all travel to Japan as Olympics loom

By Matthew Lee May. 24, 2021 05:14 PM EDT

FILE - In this March 10, 2021, file photo, Rep. Tom Malinowski, D-N.J., speaks during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. Malinowski has scolded those looking to capitalize on the once-in-a-century pandemic.  But the two term Democrat is not heeding his own admonition. Records show he's bought or sold as much as $1 million of stock in medical and tech companies that had a stake in the virus response. (Ken Cedeno/Pool via AP, File)
As pandemic spread pain and panic, congressman chased profit

By Brian Slodysko May. 21, 2021 12:12 AM EDT

An Israeli soldier stands guard next to an Iron Dome air defense system as smoke rises from an oil tank on fire after it was hit by a rocket fire from Gaza Strip, near the town of Ashkelon, Israel,, Wednesday, May 12, 2021. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
The Latest: Netanyahu raps 'anarchy' of Jewish-Arab fighting

By The Associated Press May. 12, 2021 06:40 AM EDT

Members of a civil society group burn representations of Israeli, U.S. and Indian flags during a demonstration in support of Palestinians during the latest round of violence in Jerusalem, in Karachi, Pakistan, Tuesday, May 11, 2021. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)
The Latest: Israeli aircraft strike another building in Gaza

May. 11, 2021 09:22 AM EDT

Family members watch as Nepalese army personnel in PPE suits salute to pay tribute to the COVID-19 victims before cremating their bodies near Pashupatinath temple in Kathmandu, Nepal, Friday, May 7, 2021. Across the border from a devastating surge in India, doctors in Nepal warned Friday of a major crisis as daily coronavirus cases hit a record and hospitals were running out of beds and oxygen. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
US allows diplomats, embassy families to leave Nepal

May. 07, 2021 08:50 PM EDT

Street dogs sleep at a market as shops remain closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Dharmsala, India, Wednesday, May 5, 2021. India's government is facing calls for a strict lockdown to slow a devastating surge in coronavirus infections. (AP Photo/Ashwini Bhatia)
Top court orders India's government to present oxygen plan

By Ashok Sharma May. 05, 2021 01:25 AM EDT

A wreath lies on the coffin of a COVID-19 victim before his cremation in Jammu, India, Friday, April 30, 2021. Indian scientists appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to publicly release virus data that would allow them to save lives as coronavirus cases climbed again Friday, prompting the army to open its hospitals in a desperate bid to control a massive humanitarian crisis. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)
US to restrict travel from India over COVID starting Tuesday

By Zeke Miller, Darlene Superville And Matthew Lee Apr. 30, 2021 02:30 PM EDT

A nurse inoculates a woman with a dose of the Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine at the Perez Carreno public hospital in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, April 9, 2021. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
US weighs policy on Venezuela as Maduro signals flexibility

By Joshua Goodman Apr. 26, 2021 02:03 PM EDT

FILE - In this Wednesday, July 1, 2020 file photo, Marcel Schmetz raises the US flag next to a WWII American Sherman tank at his Remember Museum 39-45 in Thimister-Clermont, Belgium. Tourists from the United States who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 could be able to travel across the European Union this summer, officials from the 27-nation bloc said on Monday, April 26, 2021. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco, File)
Continental Europe could allow US tourists back this summer

By Samuel Petrequin Apr. 26, 2021 09:03 AM EDT

Feds report Texas woman with clots after getting J&J vaccine

Apr. 22, 2021 06:46 PM EDT
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Federal health officials have informed state officials that a Texas woman has been hospitalized with possible blood clots associated with...

FILE - In this Jan. 16, 2018 file photo, a Visa Services gazebo stands outside the U.S. Embassy in London as visa applicants wait to go inside. A youth soccer club hoping to welcome its new coach from the United Kingdom to Louisiana says it has been caught up in a bureaucratic quagmire for more than a year. The recently filed federal lawsuit that involves a presidential order aimed at curbing travel to stop the spread of COVID-19 names the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. embassy in London as defendants. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File)
Louisiana soccer team sues US after coach is denied entry

By Jeff Martin Apr. 20, 2021 01:21 PM EDT

US warns against travel to 80% of world due to coronavirus

Apr. 19, 2021 06:38 PM EDT
WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department on Monday urged Americans reconsider any international travel they may have planned and said it would issue specific...

Flags fly at half-staff on the Sydney Harbour Bridge in Sydney as a tribute to Prince Philip, Saturday, April 10, 2021. Buckingham Palace officials say Prince Philip, the husband of Queen Elizabeth II, has died. He was 99. Philip spent a month in hospital earlier this year before being released on March 16 to return to Windsor Castle. (AP Photo/Mark Baker))
The Latest: Australia mourns Prince Philip

By The Associated Press Apr. 09, 2021 03:30 PM EDT

FILE - Chelsea Clinton speaks at the 30th annual GLAAD Media Awards in New York on May 4, 2019. iHeartMedia announced Tuesday that “In Fact with Chelsea Clinton,” hosted by Clinton, the daughter of former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, will premier April 13. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)
Chelsea Clinton podcast to launch April 13

Apr. 06, 2021 08:54 AM EDT

Oklahoma County to provide up to 10,000 virus vaccinations

Mar. 31, 2021 04:32 PM EDT
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma City-County Health Department on Wednesday announced plans to offer 10,000 coronavirus vaccinations to all comers. ...