GENEVA ??" The Swiss federal government has struck a deal with Moderna to supply Switzerland with 4. 5 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine if the U. S. biotech firm successfully develops one. The Federal Office of Public Health says the agreement aims "to guarantee Switzerland early access to the of...

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) ??" This is the land of in-between for the Los Angeles Lakers. Games right now matter, in the sense that only three contests are left to build momentum for the postseason. And games right now don't matter, in the sense that the Lakers basically knew five months ago that...

BEIJING (AP) ??" China has sentenced a fourth Canadian citizen to death on drug charges in less than two years following a sharp downturn in ties over the arrest of an executive of Chinese tech giant Huawei. Ye Jianhui was sentenced Friday by the Foshan Municipal Intermediate Court in the southern...

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) ??" A traditional council met Friday in Afghanistan's capital to decide whether to release a final 400 Taliban prisoners, the last hurdle to starting negotiations between Kabul's political leadership and the Taliban under a peace deal with the U. S. The negotiations are a a...

NEW DELHI (AP) ??" As India hit another grim milestone in the coronavirus pandemic on Friday, crossing 2 million cases and more than 41,000 deaths, community health volunteers went on strike complaining they were ill-equipped to respond to the wave of infection in rural areas. Even as India has to...