NEW YORK (AP) - The U.S. stock market closed out its eighth straight winning week. The S&P 500 climbed 0.4% Friday. The Dow Jones added 0.6%, and the Nasdaq composite climbed 0.2%. Ross Stores, Workday and Zoom Communications helped drive the market higher after reporting stronger profits than analysts expected.

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) – A few dozen people demonstrated Monday in Venezuela’s capital in memory of a woman who died over the weekend, just days after learning that her son had died in state custody nine months ago.

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) – Taiwan hasn’t been notified of any pause in a planned $14 billion U.S. arms sale to the self-governing island, a government official said Friday, after the acting U.S. Navy secretary told a Senate committee in Washington that some foreign military sales were being delayed to ensure the American military has enough munitions for the Iran war.

USHUAIA, Argentina (AP) – Travelers hoping to catch a glimpse of Magellanic penguins and humpback whales have journeyed in greater numbers every year to Ushuaia, the main Antarctic cruise hub at the southernmost point of Argentina.

NEW YORK (AP) – Remember Donald Trump’s response in the 2016 presidential debate, when Hillary Clinton blasted him for paying virtually no federal taxes?  “That makes me smart,” Trump said. By that logic, Trump is looking smarter than ever now.

LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) – Followers of Bolivia’s influential ex-President Evo Morales on Monday joined a massive protest movement fueled by the nation’s worst economic crisis in a generation.

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ROTTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) – The cruise ship hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak has docked at the Dutch port of Rotterdam for disinfection, wrapping up a troubled journey that put international health authorities on alert.