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Quioto, Impact clinch playoff berth with 3-2 win over D.C. United
WASHINGTON - Romell Quioto played with a heavy heart Sunday, yet still did enough to put the Montreal Impact into the playoffs. The Honduran forward had a hand in all three Impact goals Sunday, includ...
Nov 09, 2020

Russia's Putin says time for Syrian refugees to return home
DAMASCUS, Syria - Millions of Syrian refugees who fled their country's civil war should start returning home to help rebuild Syria now that large parts of the Arab nation enjoy relative peace, Russian...
Nov 09, 2020

Hard-hit Belgium sees light at the end of virus tunnel
BRUSSELS - Belgian health authorities are confident the second wave of hospital admissions related to COVID-19 has peaked in the hard-hit country. Speaking at a news conference by the coronavirus cris...
Nov 09, 2020

The Latest: Hungary unveils toughest virus measures yet
BUDAPEST, Hungary - The Hungarian government has announced the strictest measures taken to date in an effort to slow the spread of the coronavirus pandemic amid a dramatic uptick in hospitalizations a...
Nov 09, 2020

EU moves ahead with tariffs on US but hopes for Biden change
BRUSSELS - The European Union pressed ahead Monday with plans to impose tariffs and other penalties on up to $4 billion worth of U.S. goods and services over illegal American support for plane maker B...
Nov 09, 2020

Cambodia's new virus rules restrain holiday celebrations
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - Cambodians marked their Independence Day holiday Monday, but new coronavirus restrictions kept them from celebrating at karaoke parlours, beer gardens, museums, cinemas and othe...
Nov 09, 2020

Suu Kyi's party claims to have won majority in Myanmar polls
YANGON, Myanmar - Myanmar's ruling National League for Democracy party claimed Monday that it has won enough seats in Parliament to constitute an absolute majority and retain power. It made the claim ...
Nov 09, 2020

Trump's election night party adds to virus scrutiny
WASHINGTON - It was supposed to be a scene of celebration. Instead, the Trump campaign's election night watch party in the White House East Room has become another symbol of President Donald Trump's c...
Nov 09, 2020

EXPLAINER: A closer look at Arizona
A CLOSER LOOK AT ARIZONA State officials said Friday there are 150,000 votes still to be counted in Arizona, a Western presidential battleground state where Democrat Joe Biden had a .92 percentage poi...
Nov 09, 2020

Already flooded, South Florida feeling wrath of Eta
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Beaches and coronavirus testing sites were closed, public transportation shut down and some evacuations in place early Monday after Tropical Storm Eta made landfall in the Flor...
Nov 09, 2020