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Indiana Pacers tab Raptors assistant Nate Bjorkgren as coach
INDIANAPOLIS - Indiana wanted its next coach to take the franchise in a new direction. The Pacers were seeking someone who could communicate with today's players, who was open to a new offensive philo...
Oct 20, 2020
Duterte: Hold me responsible for killings in drug crackdown
MANILA, Philippines - The Philippine president has said he accepts responsibility for the thousands of killings committed during police operations in his crackdown on drugs, adding that he was even re...
Oct 20, 2020
Nearly 2,000 inmates escape in attacks on Nigeria prisons
LAGOS, Nigeria - Nigerian authorities said Tuesday that nearly 2,000 inmates had broken out of jail after crowds attacked two prisons, while officials announced a 24-hour curfew in the megacity of Lag...
Oct 20, 2020
Danish submarine killer briefly escapes from prison
COPENHAGEN - A Danish man convicted of torturing and murdering a Swedish journalist on his homemade submarine made a dramatic but brief escape from a suburban Copenhagen prison Tuesday, reportedly tak...
Oct 20, 2020
US, Russia appear set to extend last remaining nuclear pact
WASHINGTON - The United States and Russia inched closer Tuesday to a deal to extend their last remaining arms control pact, after U.S. threats to allow the deal to expire early next year. The two side...
Oct 20, 2020
Team Tracy Fleury adds longtime skip Sherry Middaugh as coach
Team Tracy Fleury, a foursome that appears close to a breakthrough on the Canadian women's curling scene, has brought in longtime skip Sherry Middaugh as coach to help get them to the top. Midda...
Oct 20, 2020
Leaders in US, Europe divided on response to surging virus
SALT LAKE CITY - Virus cases are surging across Europe and many U.S. states, but responses by leaders are miles apart, with officials in Ireland, France and elsewhere imposing curfews and restricting ...
Oct 20, 2020
From 'role models' to sex workers: Kenya's child labour rises
NAIROBI, Kenya - The teenage girls cannot remember how many men they have had to sleep with in the seven months since COVID-19 closed their schools, or how many of those men used protection. Painfully...
Oct 20, 2020
UK to infect healthy volunteers in vaccine research trial
LONDON - Danica Marcos wants to be infected with COVID-19. While other people are wearing masks and staying home to avoid the disease, the 22-year-old Londoner has volunteered to contract the new coro...
Oct 20, 2020
Nagorno-Karabakh fighting continues despite truce efforts
YEREVAN, Armenia - Armenia and Azerbaijan reported more fighting on Tuesday over the separatist territory of Nagorno-Karabakh, where clashes have continued for over three weeks despite two attempts at...
Oct 20, 2020