Month: February 2024

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were trading mixed Tuesday on the second day Chinese markets were open after the…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said his country needs long-range missiles and other…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Arab nations are putting to a vote a U.N. resolution demanding an immediate humanitarian…

By JIWON SONG and HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean trainee doctors have collectively walked off their jobs to…

ROME (AP) — Four high-level Egyptian security officials are going on trial in the 2016 abduction, torture and slaying of an Italian doctoral…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Julian Assange’s lawyers will begin their final U.K. legal challenge on Tuesday to stop the…

By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan on Tuesday protested China’s boarding of a tourist boat, as tensions rise…

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Five years ago this week, Pope Francis convened an unprecedented summit of bishops from…

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — One afternoon in mid-December, Pope Francis had a meeting that wasn’t on his official…

By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — In the mid-1970s, the Eagles were working on a spooky, cryptic new song. On a lined yellow pad,…

By The Associated Press When the invasion of Ukraine began in February 2022, some analysts predicted it might take as few as three days for Russian…

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — China’s central bank has announced it cut its five-year loan prime rate while leaving…

By JAMES POLLARD Associated Press/Report for America COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The first federal trial over a hate crime based on gender identity is…

By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA and RAFAL NIEDZIELSKI Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Once banned by rulers dispatched from Moscow, Poland’s stately…

By MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Since he became a force in Republican politics, Donald Trump has figured prominently in U.S.…

By DANIEL COLE Associated Press TEAHUPO’O, French Polynesia (AP) — The world-famous surf spot of Teahupo’o in Tahiti, French Polynesia,…

TORONTO (AP) — A flight heading from Toronto to New York City earlier this month had to turn around because of a “burnt electrical smell” in…

NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian farmers who have been protesting for a week to demand guaranteed crop prices have rejected a proposal from the government,…

By ZEN SOO AP Business Writer SINGAPORE (AP) — The Singapore Airshow – Asia’s largest – kicks off Tuesday with an array of aerial…

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea says Russian President Vladimir Putin has gifted North Korean leader Kim…

NEW YORK (AP) — Capital One Financial is buying Discover Financial Services for $35 billion, in a deal that would bring together two of the…

By MARCOS ALEMÁN and MEGAN JANETSKY Associated Press SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — El Salvador President Nayib Bukele and his New Ideas party…

By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — William Byron launched Hendrick Motorsports’ 40th anniversary season by…

By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s Republican-led House has passed a ban on celebratory gunfire in cities…

By JOHN HANNA Associated Press A man who died after fatally shooting two police officers and a firefighter in a wooded Minneapolis-area neighborhood…

SEATTLE (AP) — A woman suffered injuries to her face and neck after a cougar leapt out and “latched onto” her while she was cycling with a…

By DÁNICA COTO and EVENS SANON Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A judge investigating the July 2021 assassination of President…

By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British Foreign Secretary David Cameron has toured battle sites of the Falklands War during a visit…

By REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela’s government and opposition have repeated their respective defense and…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Five D.C. United fan groups say they’ll remain quiet for the first four matches this season to protest the Major League…

By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — “Saltburn” star Barry Keoghan and “The Crown” actress Olivia Coleman are among celebrities who…

BEIRUT (AP) — A paramedic official and state media say a building collapsed in a southern suburb of Beirut killing four people and injuring three…

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — A study by the Catholic University of Argentina released over the weekend says that poverty levels in Argentina…

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) — A 41-year-old man in Indiana is charged with posting threats using interstate communications after allegedly threatening to…

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — The Canadian government will dispatch more than 800 drones to Ukraine starting as early as this spring. The Department of…

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s prime minister has ruled out any further concessions to protesting farmers, on the eve of their planned rally that…

By GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Authorities in Cape Town launched an investigation after a foul stench swept over…