Joy for UK pubs and hugs tempered by rise in virus variant Toasts of joy and hugs between friends were on the menu as pubs and restaurants in the U.K. reopened for indoor service for the first time since early January By DANICA KIRKA and JILL LAWLESS As...

The Latest: Turkey urges Pope to back sanctions on Israel Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has asked Pope Francis to support sanctions against Israel, saying Palestinians will continue to be “massacred” as long as the international community d...

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Next Digital trading halted after Jimmy Lai's assets frozen The Hong Kong stock exchange has halted trading of Next Digital shares after assets belonging to its founder Jimmy Lai were frozen By The Associated Press May 17, 2021, 6:13 AM • 3 min read T...

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Asian stocks mixed after Taiwan, Singapore anti-virus curbs Asian stock markets are mixed after Taiwan and Singapore tightened anti-coronavirus restrictions and Wall Street turned in its biggest weekly decline in three months By JOE McDONALD AP Business...

Chinese university plan causes security concerns in Hungary Hungary's government plans to host a Chinese university campus in its capital Budapest By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press May 2, 2021, 11:31 AM • 5 min read Share to Facebook Share to Twitter E...

Yang Huiyan, co-chairwoman of Country Garden. (Photo/Country Garden) A total of 33 females made it on the New Fortune Chinese Rich Females 2021, with an overall wealth of 1.21 trillion yuan ($187.10 billion), said the New Fortune on Sunday. Their total...

Insider Q&A: Sophie Zhang, Facebook whistleblower Sophie Zhang worked as a low-level Facebook data scientist nearly three years before was she fired in the fall of 2020 By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer May 17, 2021, 4:11 AM • 7 min read The Ass...

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