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BTS, Lady Gaga win top awards at MTV Europe Music Awards

The South Korean pop group BTS won a leading four awards including best song for “Dynamite” and best group at the MTV Europe Music Awards Sunday night, while Lady Gaga took the best artist prize.

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Azerbaijani leader: Forces seize key Nagorno-Karabakh city

MOSCOW — Azerbaijani forces have taken control of the strategically key city of Shushi in Nagorno-Karabakh where fighting with Armenia has raged for more than a month, the country’s president said Sunday.

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Ethiopia reshuffles top officials as Tigray conflict grows

NAIROBI, Kenya — Ethiopia’s prime minister announced major changes to his government's military and intelligence leadership on Sunday as he sought to defend a growing military action against the country's defiant Tigray region, and urged citizens not

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Black leaders greet Biden win, pledge to push for equality

DETROIT — President-elect Joe Biden’s victory was celebrated by civil rights activists and Black leaders who warned that a tough road lies ahead to address America’s persistent inequalities and the racial division that Donald Trump fueled during his

Nov 8, 2020 9:08 AM Read more >

Suu Kyi party set to win Myanmar vote with weak opposition

YANGON, Myanmar — Voters in Myanmar's biggest city, Yangon, turned up in large numbers Sunday to vote in nationwide elections that are expected to return to power the party of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi.

Nov 8, 2020 7:48 AM Read more >

First plane with Israeli tourists lands in UAE after deal

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The first flight carrying Israeli tourists to the United Arab Emirates landed Sunday in the city-state of Dubai, the latest sign of the normalization deal reached between the two nations. FlyDubai flight No.

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Queen Elizabeth II wears mask at tribute to Unknown Warrior

LONDON — Queen Elizabeth II donned a face mask in public for the first time during the coronavirus pandemic when attending a brief ceremony at Westminster Abbey last week to mark the centenary of the burial of the Unknown Warrior.

Nov 8, 2020 7:37 AM Read more >

Americans pivot from red-hot Trump to Biden's seasoned cool

WASHINGTON — In a crystallizing moment at the last presidential debate, Donald Trump and Joe Biden fielded a question about people of colour who live alongside chemical plants and oil refineries that seem to be making them sick.

Nov 8, 2020 6:15 AM Read more >

Iran's president calls on Biden to return to nuclear deal

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran's president called on President-elect Joe Biden to “compensate for past mistakes” and return the U.S. to Tehran's 2015 nuclear deal with world powers, a state-run news agency reported Sunday.

Nov 8, 2020 5:23 AM Read more >

UK does a U-turn, backs soccer star's child hunger campaign

LONDON — The British government has made another abrupt about-face and now says it will provide free meals to disadvantaged children in England over the upcoming holidays following a hugely popular child hunger campaign by soccer star Marcus Rashford

Nov 8, 2020 3:54 AM Read more >