One Good Thing: In Kosovo, virus lets humanity shine through
PRISTINA, Kosovo — Helping her elderly father beat back his coronavirus infection on her own taught Arta Jashari how the power of one can...
An ‘optimistic’ Verona Arena announces summer opera lineup
MILAN — Riccardo Muti and Plácido Domingo will headline the 2021 Verona Arena Opera Festival, essentially last year's canceled season revived as a sign...
‘People are starving’: New exodus in Ethiopia’s Tigray area
<p>ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Skinny, hungry, fleeing threats of violence, thousands of people who have been hiding in rural areas of Ethiopia’s Tigray region...
As ‘Grey’s’ returns, Wilson says it has connected viewers
<p>LONDON — Unlike lead character Meredith, “Grey’s Anatomy” is not fighting for its life.</p>
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IOC and China make vaccine deal for Tokyo, Beijing Olympians
GENEVA — The International Olympic Committee and China have teamed up to offer vaccines to athletes and teams preparing for the upcoming games in...
Wurst case: Burglar caught over bite from German’s sausage
<p>BERLIN — German police say they have solved a nine-year-old burglary after DNA found on a half-eaten piece of sausage matched that of a...
Catalan separatist returns from Belgium to face Spanish law
BARCELONA, Spain — Former Catalan government member Meritxell Serret handed herself into Spain’s Supreme Court on Thursday, three years after she fled to Belgium...
Digital artwork auctions for $69 million amid online craze
<p>LONDON — Christie's says it has auctioned off a digital collage by an artist named Beeple for nearly $70 million, in an unprecedented sale...
Rights group: Myanmar military using systematic deadly force
MANDALAY, Myanmar — Amnesty International accused Myanmar's military government on Thursday of increasingly using battlefield weapons against peaceful protesters and conducting systematic, deliberate killings.
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Putin: US Capitol unrest was a ‘stroll’
MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday characterized the January insurrection at the U.S. Capitol by supporters of former President Donald Trump as...