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By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Drugmaker Merck has asked U.S. regulators to authorize its promising antiviral pill against COVID-19, setting the stage for a decision within weeks. If cleared by the Food and Drug Administration, it would be the first pill shown to treat COVID-19, adding a new, easy-to-use weapon to

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — It’s not just old rock stars benefiting from the current trend of artists selling off rights to their work. The heirs of Bing Crosby have reached a deal, estimated at more than $50 million, with the music marketing firm Primary Wave to try and introduce

CHIGNIK, Alaska (AP) — An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.5 has struck early Monday off the coast of Alaska. The U.S. Geological Survey says the epicenter was about 71 miles east of the village of Chignik. The depth was reported at about 28 miles deep. The U.S. Tsunami Warning Center says there is

By AARON FAVILA and JOEAL CALUPITAN Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s administration has belatedly congratulated journalist Maria Ressa for being one of two winners of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize. However, it rejected criticism that it was a slap on Duterte’s administration despite Ressa being a critic of the president,

By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Prince Charles is urging world leaders to do more than “just talk” when they gather in Scotland’s biggest city, Glasgow, from the end of this month for a U.N. climate summit. The summit, which is scheduled for Oct. 31-Nov. 12, is being billed by many environmentalists as

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Global shares are mixed amid persisting worries about energy shortages and weaker than expected jobs growth in the U.S.  Shares fell in Paris, Frankfurt and Sydney but rose in Tokyo and London. Shanghai was flat. Surging demand has collided with supply and shipping constraints, among other

By FADI TAWIL Associated Press ZAHRANI, Lebanon (AP) — Firefighters have extinguished a huge blaze that broke out in a storage tank at one of Lebanon’s main oil facilities in the country’s south. Monday’s fire lasted more than three hours and sent orange flames and a thick black column of smoke into the sky. The

By SAM MEDNICK Associated Press OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — A military court in Burkina Faso has started the trial of 14 people including former President Blaise Compaore for the killing of influential leftist leader Thomas Sankara, who was ousted as president by Compaore in a 1987 coup. According to military documents seen by The

By TSAFRIR ABAYOV Associated Press YAVNE, Israel (AP) — Israeli archaeologists say they have unearthed a massive ancient winemaking complex dating back some 1,500 years. They say the complex includes five wine presses, warehouses, kilns for producing clay storage vessels and tens of thousands of fragments and jars. The complex was discovered in Yavne, a