HOUSTON (AP) — The U.S. government has agreed temporarily not to deport detained immigrant women who have alleged being abused by a rural Georgia gynecologist, according to court papers filed Tuesday.
A student of the Emile Dubois high school takes part to a COVID-19 antigen test in Paris, Monday Nov. 23, 2020. Experts said they are less accurate than the standard PCR test, which detects even the tiniest genetic trace of the virus. Many governments including in France have started deployi…
A man holds a banner reading 'No future' during a demonstration against the closure of shops, bars en restaurants, in Lyon, central France, Monday, Nov. 23, 2020. France has surpassed 2 million confirmed cases of coronavirus, the fourth-highest total in the world.
People wearing face masks on their body dance during a demonstration against the closure of the nightclubs, bars, shops and restaurants, in Lyon, central France, Monday, Nov. 23, 2020. France has surpassed 2 million confirmed cases of coronavirus, the fourth-highest total in the world.
People dance during a demonstration against the closure of the nightclubs, bars, shops and restaurants, in Lyon, central France, Monday, Nov. 23, 2020. France has surpassed 2 million confirmed cases of coronavirus, the fourth-highest total in the world.
The owners of shops, bars and restaurants hold flares during a demonstration against the closure of their establishments in Lyon, central France, Monday, Nov. 23, 2020. France has surpassed 2 million confirmed cases of coronavirus, the fourth-highest total in the world.
A student of the Emile Dubois high school takes part to a COVID-19 antigen test in Paris, Monday Nov. 23, 2020. Experts said they are less accurate than the standard PCR test, which detects even the tiniest genetic trace of the virus. Many governments including in France have started deployi…
A student of the Emile Dubois high school takes part to a COVID-19 antigen test in Paris, Monday Nov. 23, 2020. Experts said they are less accurate than the standard PCR test, which detects even the tiniest genetic trace of the virus. Many governments including in France have started deployi…
People in France may be able to go back to their favorite shops and attend religious services again next week, after a month of partial virus lockdown — but they’ll probably have to wait until next year to savor wine and cheese in a local cafe.
In this Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2020, file photo, a worker inspects disposable gloves at the Top Glove factory in Shah Alam on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Malaysia's Top Glove Corp., the world's largest rubber glove maker, said Tuesday it expects a delay in deliveries after it was h…
In this Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2020, file photo, the Top Glove Tower icon stand outside its headquarters in Shah Alam outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Malaysia's Top Glove Corp., the world's largest rubber glove maker, said Tuesday it expects a delay in deliveries after it was hit by a coronavir…
In this file picture taken Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2020, a worker packs disposable gloves at the Top Glove factory in Shah Alam on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Malaysia's Top Glove Corp., the world's largest rubber glove maker, said Tuesday it expects a delay in deliveries after it w…
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia’s Top Glove Corp., the world’s largest maker of rubber gloves, said Tuesday it expects a two to four week delay in deliveries after more than 2,000 workers at its factories were infected by the coronavirus, raising the possibility of supply disruptions …
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen delivers a statement at EU headquarters in Brussels, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2020. The European Commission announced on Tuesday that it has approved a new contract to secure another COVID-19 vaccine for Europeans.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen takes off her protective face mask as she prepares to deliver a statement at EU headquarters in Brussels, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2020. The European Commission announced on Tuesday that it has approved a new contract to secure another COVID-19 vac…
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union's executive said Tuesday it will sign a contract for up to 160 million doses of the experimental coronavirus vaccine developed by Moderna.
Drone and logistic operator Peter Trempeck monitores the automatic landing of a drone with a case for medical stuff during a presentation for media, near the Labor Berlin laboratory in Berlin, Germany, Monday, Nov. 23, 2020. Each drone can carry about 40 test samples, not only for Corona tes…
A drone with a case for medical stuff flies during a presentation for media, near the Labor Berlin laboratory in Berlin, Germany, Monday, Nov. 23, 2020. Each drone can carry about 40 test samples, not only for Corona tests, that need to be examined in a laboratory.
Drone and logistic operator Peter Trempeck shows how to lead a drone with a case for medical stuff during a presentation for media, near the Labor Berlin laboratory in Berlin, Germany, Monday, Nov. 23, 2020. Each drone can carry about 40 test samples, not only for Corona tests, that need to …
BERLIN (AP) — A German lab is hoping to cut the time it takes to send coronavirus tests across Berlin by using drones, thereby avoiding the capital's clogged roads.
Newly elected prime minister Ingrida Simonyte, speaks to the media, at the Parliament in Vilnius, Lithuania, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2020. Lithuania's parliament approved Ingrida Simonyte as the new prime minister on Tuesday.
Newly elected prime minister Ingrida Simonyte, speaks to the media, at the Parliament in Vilnius, Lithuania, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2020. Lithuania's parliament approved Ingrida Simonyte as the new prime minister on Tuesday.
Lithuania's Homeland Union and Lithuanian Christian Democrats party leader Ingrida Simonyte speaks in parliament in Vilnius, Lithuania, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2020. Lithuania's parliament approved Ingrida Simonyte as the new prime minister on Tuesday.
Members of Lithuania's parliament applaud Lithuania's Homeland Union and Lithuanian Christian Democrats party leader Ingrida Simonyte, center, at the parliament in Vilnius, Lithuania, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2020. Lithuania's parliament approved Ingrida Simonyte as the new prime minister on Tuesday.
VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Lithuania’s parliament approved Tuesday conservative Ingrida Simonyte as the Baltic country’s next prime minister before shutting down for a week because of a recent COVID-19 spike in the country.
High school students defy pandemic, discover joys of voice acting while making animated film version of 'Romeo & Juliet' after original plans to stage a traditional performance this fall were scuttled by the ongoing COVID-19 crisis
While wearing protective masks due to the COVID-19 outbreak, Jim Howard, a drama teacher at Westwood, Mass., High School, center, poses with his student actors outside the school's auditorium after working on their virtual performance of Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet," Monday, Nov. 16, 202…
While wearing protective masks due to the COVID-19 outbreak, Lucy Vitali, who portrays Juliet, left, stands with Alex Mansour, who portrays Romeo, outside the auditorium after working on their virtual performance of Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet," at Westwood, Mass. High School, Monday, No…
While wearing protective mask due to the COVID-19 outbreak, Jim Howard, a drama teacher at Westwood, Mass., High School, is interviewed outside the school's auditorium after working with students on a virtual performance of Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet," at Westwood, Mass. High School, Mo…
While wearing protective masks due to the COVID-19 outbreak, Lucy Vitali, who portrays Juliet, second from left, poses with Alex Mansour, who portrays Romeo, second from right, outside an auditorium after working on their virtual performance of Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet," at Westwood, …
WESTWOOD, Mass. (AP) — “Parting is such sweet sorrow” — especially for a theater troupe hoping to stage a live performance of “Romeo & Juliet” in the middle of a pandemic that has closed schools and required social distancing.
FILE - In this file photo dated Monday, June 8, 2020, passengers wearing face masks arrive at London's Heathrow Airport. The two-week quarantine period that travelers arriving in England from a destination not on the British government’s coronavirus safe list could be cut to just five days i…
LONDON (AP) — Just in time for holiday travelers, England is cutting the two-week quarantine facing people arriving from regions not on Britain's coronavirus safe list, reducing it to as little as five days if they test negative for COVID-19.
Qantas Chief Executive Officer Alan Joyce gestures during a results announcement in Sydney, Thursday, Aug. 20, 2020. Qantas Airways announced that the pandemic cost it 4 billion Australian dollars ($2.9 billion) in revenue in the last fiscal year and warned that international travel won't re…
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — International air travel could come booming back next year but with a new rule: Travelers to certain countries must be vaccinated against the coronavirus before they can fly.
Are dining tents a safe way to eat out during the pandemic? AP Illustration/Peter Hamlin
Are dining tents a safe way to eat out during the pandemic?
Cashier Druhan Parker, center, works behind a plexiglass shield Thursday, Nov. 19, 2020, as he checks out shoppers at an Ulta beauty store on Chicago's Magnificent Mile. The pandemic has forced people to spend more time with themselves than ever. Along the way, it has reshaped and broadened …
Cosmetics samples covered in plastic to prevent use sit on display at an Ulta beauty store Thursday, Nov. 19, 2020, on Chicago's Magnificent Mile. The pandemic has forced people to spend more time with themselves than ever. Along the way, it has reshaped and broadened the way many think abou…
Teena Sutton sanitizes a shelve Thursday, Nov. 19, 2020, at an Ulta beauty store on Chicago's Magnificent Mile.
Shoppers Cassie Howard, left, and Paris Black enter an Ulta beauty store Thursday, Nov. 19, 2020, past a free sanitizer display on Chicago's Magnificent Mile.
Lipstick samples covered in plastic to prevent use at an Ulta beauty store sit on display Thursday, Nov. 19, 2020, in a store on Chicago's Magnificent Mile.
Tamia Prescott sanitizes a cosmetic display Thursday, Nov. 19, 2020, at an Ulta beauty store on Chicago's Magnificent Mile.
NEW YORK (AP) — These days, with a pandemic raging, this is what life can look like:
Mortuary workers carry the body of an elderly person who died of COVID-19 after removing it from a nursing home in Barcelona, Spain, Friday, Nov. 13, 2020.
Wearing protective suits to prevent infection, mortuary workers prepare the body of an elderly person who died of COVID-19 before removing it from a nursing home in Barcelona, Spain, Friday, Nov. 13, 2020. After successfully bringing the daily death count down from over 900 in March to singl…
A mortuary worker transports the body of a COVID-19 victim on a stretcher at the morgue of a hospital in Barcelona, Spain, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2020. After successfully bringing the daily death count down from over 900 in March to single digits by July, Spain has seen a steady uptick that broug…
A person sleeps in a bed a few feet away from a body sealed in bags on the floor of a nursing home in Barcelona, Spain, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2020.
Mortuary workers pick up the body of a COVID-19 victim from a nursing home in Barcelona, Spain, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2020. After successfully bringing the daily death count down from over 900 in March to single digits by July, Spain has seen a steady uptick that brought deaths back to over 200…
The body of an elderly person who died of COVID-19 is covered with a sheet on a bed in a nursing home in Barcelona, Spain, Friday, Nov. 13, 2020. Like doctors and nurses, mortuary workers are part of a group of essential workers who see and touch the daily march of death amid the worst publi…
