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Mobile Emergency Care Service (SAMU) worker Elias Anjo, right, checks a patient suspected of having COVID-19 at her house in Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil, Tuesday, April 6, 2021. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
Brazil's virus outlook darkens amid vaccine supply snags

By Diane Jeantet And David Biller Apr. 11, 2021 09:46 AM EDT

Chinese security personnel stand on duty near an art work outside the United States Embassy in Beijing on April 6, 2021. China accused the U.S. of causing humanitarian disasters through foreign military interventions in a report Friday, April 9, 2021 that was the latest broadside by Beijing amid increasingly contentious relations with the Biden administration. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
China report accuses US of causing humanitarian disasters

Apr. 09, 2021 03:17 AM EDT

Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tenn., and other senators finish a procedural vote on the nomination of Shalanda Young to be deputy director of the Office of Management and Budget, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, March 23, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Hagerty talks elections with Trump after affirming Biden win

By Jonathan Mattise Apr. 08, 2021 06:45 PM EDT

FILE - In this Nov. 12, 2019, file photo, Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and China's President Xi Jinping shake hands prior to their talks on the sideline of the 11th edition of the BRICS Summit, in Brasilia, Brazil. Putin and Xi have developed strong personal ties helping bolster a “strategic partnership” between the two former Communist rivals. (Ramil Sitdikov/Sputnik, Kremlin/Pool Photo via AP, File)
Leaders of Russia and China tighten their grips, grow closer

By Vladimir Isachenkov And Ken Moritsugu Apr. 07, 2021 04:56 AM EDT

This December 2020 photo provided by Yukon Kuskokwim Health Corporation, Village Service Chief Dr. Elizabeth Roll holds a COVID-19 vaccine in Napakiak, Alaska. Getting the vaccine to the world's farthest corners means delivering it by boat to Maine's islands, traveling by snowmobile to villages in Alaska and navigating complex waterways in Brazil's Amazon. (Yukon Kuskokwim Health Corporation via AP)
The Latest: 11 new COVID-19 cases in China's lone outbreak

By The Associated Press Apr. 07, 2021 01:29 AM EDT

In this photo provided by the Serbian Presidential Press Service, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic receives a dose of the Chinese Sinopharm vaccine in the village of Rudna Glava, Serbia, Tuesday, April 6, 2021. Vucic finally rolled up his sleeve for a coronavirus vaccine Tuesday and to encourage his country's increasingly skeptical Serbs to get vaccinated themselves. (Serbian Presidential Press Service via AP)
Serbia's leader chooses Chinese-made vaccine for own shot

By Dusan Stojanovic Apr. 06, 2021 07:33 AM EDT

Neighbors say Lt Gov Husted will meet them to discuss tweet

Apr. 05, 2021 05:15 PM EDT
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A group representing Asian American neighbors of Ohio’s Republican lieutenant governor said Monday that he and his family have agreed to...

Editorial Roundup: Ohio

By The Associated Press Apr. 05, 2021 09:00 AM EDT
Cleveland Plain Dealer. April 4, 2021. Editorial: Lt. Gov. Jon Husted covers himself in shame by not disavowing ‘Wuhan Virus’ tweet ...

A child plays music for money backdropped by the Yeni Cami (New Mosque) in Istanbul, Saturday, April 3, 2021. The streets of Istanbul, reflect a weekend curfew resumed as the number of COVID-19 cases hit record levels, and with renewed restrictions announced for the Islamic month of Ramadan which begins on April 13. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)
The Latest: Lockdown extended for metro Manila, surroundings

By The Associated Press Apr. 04, 2021 07:29 AM EDT

In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, at right, holds talks with South Korean Foreign Minister Chung Eui-yong in Xiamen in southeastern China's Fujian Province on Saturday, April 3, 2021. The South Korea's foreign minister met his Chinese counterpart in the southern Chinese city of Xiamen on Saturday, as Seoul seeks to improve ties with its top trading partner even as U.S.-China relations remain strained. (Jiang Kehong/Xinhua via AP)
South Korean foreign minister meets Chinese counterpart

By Zen Soo And Kim Tong-Hyung Apr. 03, 2021 05:25 AM EDT

FILE-This Monday, March 23, 2020 file photo shows Ohio Lt. Gov. Jon Husted walking out of a coronavirus news conference at the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus, Ohio. Husted is continuing to face criticism for a recent tweet where he referred to COVID-19 as the "Wuhan virus," as advocates warn the phrase is leading to an uptick of violence against Asian Americans. (Doral Chenoweth/The Columbus Dispatch via AP, File)
Asian neighbors pen letter of fear to Ohio's lieutenant gov

By Farnoush Amiri Mar. 31, 2021 12:11 PM EDT

FILE - This Oct. 17, 2007, file photo, shows the BBC, British Broadcasting Corporation sign on their offices at White City in London. A BBC correspondent in China, John Sudworth, has relocated to Taiwan, saying he faced threats and intimidation from authorities in Beijing. Britain’s national broadcaster confirmed the move on Wednesday, March 31, 2021, but did not specify why Sudworth had left China. The BBC said his work “has exposed truths the Chinese authorities did not want the world to know.”(AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)
BBC correspondent leaves China amid safety concerns

Mar. 31, 2021 07:37 AM EDT

FILE - In this Aug. 31, 2020, file photo, an employee wearing a face mask to help curb the spread of the coronavirus stands inside a Huawei flagship store in Beijing. Chinese tech giant Huawei said Wednesday, March 31, 2021, it eked out a gain in sales and profit last year but growth plunged after its smartphone unit was hammered by U.S. sanctions imposed in a fight with Beijing over technology and security.(AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)
China's Huawei says 2020 sales rose despite US sanctions

By Joe Mcdonald Mar. 31, 2021 04:16 AM EDT

FILE - In this Monday, Aug. 31, 2020 file photo, some of the nearly 900 large poster-sized photos of Detroit victims of COVID-19 are displayed on Belle Isle in Detroit. The COVID-19 pandemic pushed total U.S. deaths last year beyond 3.3 million, the nation’s highest-ever annual death toll, the government reported Wednesday, March 31, 2021. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
The Latest: 6 more COVID cases found in local China outbreak

By The Associated Press Mar. 31, 2021 02:44 AM EDT

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison speaks during the opening of Raytheon Australia's Centre for Joint Integration in Adelaide, Wednesday, March 31, 2021. Australia announced Wednesday it would begin building its own guided missiles in close collaboration with the U.S. as it seeks to boost its defense capabilities. Citing the "changing global environment,” Morrison said it would partner with a weapons manufacturer to build the missiles in a plan that would create thousands of jobs as well as export opportunities. (Morgan Sette/AAP Image via AP)
Australia to build guided missiles to boost defense capacity

By Nick Perry Mar. 30, 2021 11:49 PM EDT

FILE - In this Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021 file photo, Peter Ben Embarek of a World Health Organization team speaks to journalists, at the end of their WHO mission to investigate the origins of the coronavirus pandemic in Wuhan in central China's Hubei province. An international team behind a long-awaited study of the possible origins of COVID-19 with Chinese colleagues on Tuesday, March 30 called it a “first start,” while the United States and allies expressed concerns about the findings and China trumpeted its cooperation. Team leader Peter Ben Embarek of the World Health Organization presented the team’s first-phase look into the possible origins of the pandemic that has killed nearly 2.8 million people and pummeled economies since it first turned up in China over a year ago. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, file)
WHO team urges patience after 1st look for origin of virus

By Jamey Keaten Mar. 30, 2021 01:22 PM EDT

Demonstrators show their support for Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro in front of the Planalto presidential palace, in Brasilia, Brazil, Monday, March 29, 2021. President Bolsonaro has undertaken a cabinet reshuffle underscored by recent turmoil in his administration, and who has seen his approval ratings slide this year amid a raging new coronavirus pandemic that has taken the lives of more than 300,000 Brazilians. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
Bolsonaro forced into Cabinet shuffle, changes top diplomat

By David Biller And Marcelo Silva De Sousa Mar. 29, 2021 07:05 PM EDT

FILE - In this Feb. 9, 2021, file photo, Marion Koopmans, right, and Peter Ben Embarek of a World Health Organization team arrive for a joint press conference at the end of their mission to investigate the origins of the coronavirus pandemic in Wuhan in central China's Hubei province. A joint WHO-China study on the origins of COVID-19 says that transmission from bats to humans through another animal is the most likely scenario and that a lab leak is “extremely unlikely," according to a draft copy obtained by The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)
WHO report: COVID likely 1st jumped into humans from animals

By Jamey Keaten And Ken Moritsugu Mar. 29, 2021 01:13 AM EDT

FILE - In this Aug. 22, 1996, file photo President Clinton talks in the Rose Garden of the White House prior to signing legislation overhauling America's welfare system. (AP Photo/J.Scott Applewhite, File)
Path from Clinton to Biden takes U-turn on debt, trade, more

By Josh Boak Mar. 28, 2021 07:46 AM EDT

A stylist wearing a face mask to protect against COVID-19 cuts a child's hair in Wuhan in central China's Hubei Province, Friday, March 26, 2021. Chinese officials briefed diplomats Friday on the ongoing research into the origin of COVID-19, ahead of the expected release of a long-awaited report from the World Health Organization. (Chinatopix via AP)
China outlines COVID-origin findings, ahead of WHO report

By Ken Moritsugu Mar. 26, 2021 07:49 AM EDT