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EU slaps sanctions on 4 Chinese officials over Uyghur abuses
BRUSSELS - The European Union on Monday imposed sanctions on four Chinese officials accused of responsibility for abuses against Uyghur Muslims in a raft of measures targeting alleged human rights off...
Mar 22, 2021

Biden aims to prevent border crossings from swamping agenda
WASHINGTON - The Biden administration is scrambling to manage a growing humanitarian and political challenge at the U.S.-Mexico border that threatens to overshadow its ambitious legislative agenda. Wi...
Mar 22, 2021

Texas Roadhouse CEO Kent Taylor dies amid COVID-19 struggle
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Kent Taylor, founder and CEO of the Texas Roadhouse restaurant chain, has died. He was 65. His family and the company say he took his own life after suffering from symptoms related t...
Mar 22, 2021

Official confirms man now linked to 5 deaths
NEW YORK - Authorities are still investigating claims made by a man charged in a New Jersey slaying who has said he killed a total of 16 people in multiple states, though a law enforcement official co...
Mar 22, 2021

Cabinet committee scheduled to discuss easing Alberta's COVID-19 restrictions
EDMONTON, AB. -- A cabinet committee of Alberta's United Conservative government is scheduled to meet today to decide whether to further ease public health restrictions.Premier Jason Kenney said last ...
Mar 22, 2021

Eight activists jailed in Shenzhen returned to Hong Kong
HONG KONG - Eight activists detained at sea as they sought to flee Hong Kong by speedboat have finished serving jail sentences in China and were handed over Monday to authorities in Hong Kong, where t...
Mar 22, 2021

Jury selection in 3rd week for ex-cop's trial in Floyd death
MINNEAPOLIS - Jury selection enters a third week Monday for a former Minneapolis police officer charged in George Floyd's death. Thirteen jurors have been seated for Derek Chauvin's trial on murder an...
Mar 22, 2021

King and queen of Belgium commemorate Brussels attacks
BRUSSELS - The king and queen of Belgium paid tribute Monday to the victims of the suicide bombings that killed 32 people and injured hundreds more in the Brussels subway and airport exactly five year...
Mar 22, 2021

Tool created to aid cleanup from Microsoft hack in broad use
WASHINGTON - A tool designed to help businesses protect themselves from further compromises after a global hack of Microsoft email server software has been downloaded more than 25,000 times since it w...
Mar 22, 2021

Greece orders private doctors to join COVID-19 battle
ATHENS, Greece - Greece's health minister is requisitioning the services of private sector doctors from certain specialties in the wider Athens region to help fight a renewed surge in coronavirus infe...
Mar 22, 2021