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Wellington (AP) A New Zealand television rugby commentator who adopted a mock Asian accent during a post-game interview on Friday is likely to keep his job despite an outpouring of public criticism. Joe Wheeler, a former New Zealand Maori representative...

An Israeli man who had been on the run for 12 years after being convicted of a federal drug conspiracy charge has been sentenced to 30 months in prison, federal prosecutors in New Hampshire said Thursday.

Environmental groups called Thursday for an international ban on trade in a range of Mexican seafood and wildlife, seeking to force Mexico to do more to save the vaquita marina porpoise, the worlds most endangered marine mammal.

The President will convene his first full Cabinet meeting, just a day after rolling out his American Jobs Plan, which will be a key topic of discussion, White House Principal Deputy Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters.

Thousands of people were vaccinated against COVID19 on Wednesday as part of a mass inoculation event in Puerto Ricos capital that was scheduled to last 15 hours.

Iraqs parliament on Wednesday approved the state budget for 2021, after weeks of wrangling amid a severe economic and financial crisis spurred by low oil prices and the pandemic.

A New York man previously convicted of murdering his mother has been arrested and charged with assaulting a 65yearold Asian woman in a hate crime, an attack captured on a video that went viral amid a rise in antiAsian incidents in the United States.

A federal judge decided Wednesday not to impose prison time on a former member of a neoNazi ring that made threats against journalists, finding that the 21yearold who concealed his transgender identity from his coconspirators had already suffered enough...

Mark Farmaner, head of Burma Campaign UK, said that thousands of people had been forced to return to the Ee Thu Hta displacement camp on the Myanmar side of the border.

Pakistan is also preparing to float Eurobonds worth around $2 billion to raise capital from international markets about two months before presenting a budget.

Flash flooding in Tennessee has claimed a fifth victim after authorities said a man drove his car around barricades and apparently drowned.

Israeli police shot and killed a disabled Arab man who appeared to be wielding a knife on Monday, drawing renewed accusations that law enforcement officers use excessive force against Arab suspects.

The two factions led by Oli and Madhav Nepal are at loggerheads over a number of issues.

Egypt was estimated to have lost some $12-14 million in revenue from the canal for each day it was closed, according to the canal authority.

Germany must bring down coronavirus infections in the next few weeks or risk new virus mutations that are resistant to vaccines, and should impose nighttime curfews in regions with high caseloads, said a top aide to Chancellor Angela Merkel.

The investigation of Michigan State University's handling of disgraced sports doctor Larry Nassar is over because the university has refused to provide thousands of documents related to the scandal, Michigans attorney general said Friday.