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Nudists visit a contemporary art exhibition Saturday at the Palais de Tokyo museum in Paris. Photo: Geoffroy Van Der Hasselt

Paris Art Museum Welcomes Nude Visitors

PARIS — Visitors at a leading contemporary art museum in Paris didn't leave only their coats in the cloakroom – they left all their clothes.

Wildfires Race Through Dry, Windy California (Photos)

Over the last month, California wildfires have chased thousands of families from their homes, destroyed more than 3,600 buildings, blackened huge...

Taiwan Leader Meets Top US Official After Her Election Win

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Whom do you meet the morning after winning reelection as leader of Taiwan? If you’re Tsai Ing-wen, it’s the Americans.

Explainer: Boosters Key to Fight Omicron, Lot Still to Learn

The new omicron variant took only a few weeks to live up to dire predictions about how hugely contagious it is but scientists don’t yet know if it causes more severe disease even as the world faces exploding cases just before Christmas.
FILE - In this March 16, 2020, file photo, a subject receives a shot in the first-stage safety study clinical trial of a potential vaccine by Moderna for COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, at the Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute in Seattle. According to results released on Tuesday, July 14, 2020, early-stage testing showed the first COVID-19 vaccine tested in the U.S. revved up people’s immune systems the way scientists had hoped. The vaccine is made by the National Institutes of Health and Moderna Inc. Photo: Ted S. Warren / AP File

First COVID-19 Vaccine Tested in US Poised for Final Testing

The first COVID-19 vaccine tested in the U.S. revved up people’s immune systems just the way scientists had hoped, researchers reported Tuesday -- as the shots are poised to begin key final testing.

In Moscow, 1 Million People Visit Relics of St. Nick

MOSCOW — Over a million people have visited the relics of Saint Nicholas, one of the Russian Orthodox Church's most-revered figures, since they were...

Xi Tells Trump China is Dedicated to Fighting Coronavirus

BEIJING (Xinhua) — Chinese President Xi Jinping spoke over phone with U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday morning.

Myanmar Court Moves Venue for Secrets Trial of Australian

BANGKOK (AP) — A court in Myanmar has agreed to change the venue for the trial of an Australian economist and adviser to ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi on charges of violating the nation’s official secrets law, lawyers said Tuesday.

Dozens of Student Activists in Myanmar Court

YANGON (DPA) — Dozens of student activists appeared in court Wednesday near the Myanmar town where they were arrested two weeks ago during a protest against a new education law.

50 Hong Kong Activists Arrested for Holding Primary Election

HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong police arrested about 50 former lawmakers and pro-democracy activists Wednesday for allegedly violating the new national security law by participating in unofficial election primaries for the territory’s legislature last year.

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