Taiwan nighttime dragon boat racing puts a modern twist on an ancient tradition
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Across the Chinese diaspora, racing in dragon boats has been a tradition reaching back thousands of years. But change is…
Continue ReadingTAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Across the Chinese diaspora, racing in dragon boats has been a tradition reaching back thousands of years. But change is…
Continue ReadingNEW DELHI (AP) — India is investigating an attack in which suspected militants fired at a bus carrying Hindu pilgrims in Indian-controlled Kashmir,…
Continue ReadingBy LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — A four-day election has shaken the foundations of the European Union, with the far right rocking…
Continue ReadingBy ROD McGUIRK Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says the opposition Liberal Party will…
Continue ReadingBy SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Doctors Without Borders says the notorious Rapid Support Forces paramilitary group, fighting Sudan’s…
Continue ReadingBy VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s centrist party clinched its first electoral victory…
Continue ReadingBy RAF CASERT, LORNE COOK and SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Far-right parties rattled the traditional powers in the European…
Continue ReadingBy ZIMO ZHONG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Asian markets were mixed on Monday after a jobs report released Friday came in hotter than…
Continue ReadingBy TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel’s dramatic weekend rescue of four hostages from deep inside an urban area…
Continue ReadingBy MARIAM FAM Associated Press Once a year, Muslim pilgrims flowing into Saudi Arabia unite in a series of religious rituals and acts of worship as…
Continue ReadingSYDNEY (AP) — Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has urged activists on both sides of the Israel-Palestinian debate to “turn the heat…
Continue ReadingKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Diesel price in Malaysia have jumped by more than 50%, as part of a revamp of decades-old fuel subsidies to tighten…
Continue ReadingBy MICHELLE L. PRICE and PETER SMITH Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Donald Trump on Monday will address a Christian group that calls for…
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY Associated Press SCHURZ, Nev. (AP) — Voting on reservations across the country has historically been exceedingly difficult,…
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY Associated Press SCHURZ, Nevada (AP) — Members of the Walker River Paiute Tribe have watched the boundaries of their land…
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer Apple’s annual World Wide Developers Conference on Monday is expected to herald the company’s…
Continue ReadingBy CLAUDIA LAUER, MICHAEL KUNZELMAN, RANDALL CHASE and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — The criminal trial of…
Continue ReadingBy HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH and JACK DURA Associated Press Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier has spent most of his life in prison since being…
Continue ReadingBy HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Four Utah Republicans battling to win the seat of retiring U.S. Sen. Mitt Romney face…
Continue ReadingBy NICK PERRY Associated Press VINEYARD HAVEN, Mass. (AP) — Martha’s Vineyard is about to run out of pot. One dispensary is already out…
Continue ReadingBy PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — Voters in Maine’s 2nd Congressional District will consider the political future of…
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer CAIRO (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is returning to the Middle East as a proposed Israel-Hamas…
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press This week’s new streaming entertainment releases include an album from Paul McCartney & Wings, Jake Gyllenhaal starring…
Continue ReadingBy YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — The Japanese economy shrank at an annual rate of 1.8% in the first quarter of this year.…
Continue ReadingBy GABE STERN Associated Press/Report for America RENO, Nev. (AP) — Former president Donald Trump has endorsed retired Army Capt. Sam Brown for…
Continue ReadingBy JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer BOSTON (AP) — Jrue Holiday had 26 points and 11 rebounds, and Jayson Tatum made up for a rough shooting night with…
Continue ReadingBy ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The director of the U.N. World Food Program said Sunday the program has “paused” its…
Continue ReadingBy JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia congressional candidate convicted for illegally demonstrating inside the U.S. Capitol on Jan.…
Continue ReadingBy GIADA ZAMPANO Associated Press ROME (AP) — Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s far-right party has won European elections in Italy with a…
Continue ReadingBy REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela’s ruling party is feeling its decades-long grip on power under threat.…
Continue ReadingBy MANUEL RUEDA Associated Press BOGOTÁ, Colombia (AP) — Colombia has marked the first anniversary of the rescue of four Indigenous children who…
Continue ReadingSISTERS, Ore. (AP) — A rodeo bull hopped a fence surrounding an Oregon arena and ran through a concession area into a parking lot, injuring at…
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Lawmakers have approved legislation that would rename a New York City subway station in honor of the Stonewall riots. The state…
Continue ReadingPORT AU PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti’s newly selected Prime Minister Garry Connille was discharged from a hospital after spending a night in…
Continue ReadingPHOENIX (AP) — More sweltering heat appears to be headed to parts of Arizona and Nevada this week. The National Weather Service said Sunday that an…
Continue ReadingBy MOHAMMAD JAHJOUH, JACK JEFFERY and KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — They arrived in the middle of the day, when…
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press Former President Donald Trump is scheduled to be interviewed by New York probation officials. The Monday…
Continue ReadingBy SAMUEL PETREQUIN BRUSSELS (AP) — Flemish nationalist parties are dominating general elections in Belgium as Prime minister Alexander De Croo’s…
Continue ReadingPARIS (AP) — French President Emanuel Macron said Sunday he was dissolving the National Assembly and calling a snap legislative election after his…
Continue ReadingPARIS (AP) — First projected results from France are putting the far-right National Rally party well ahead in the European Union’s…
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Republican U.S. Senate candidate Tim Sheehy embraced his status as an outsider who came to…
Continue ReadingBy EMILIO MORENATTI Associated Press Associated Press photographer and two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Emilio Morenatti has visited more than 50…
Continue ReadingBy MELANIE LIDMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Benny Gantz, a centrist member of Israel’s three-man war Cabinet, announced his resignation…
Continue ReadingMADISON, Wis. (AP) — Police say an early morning shooting at a rooftop party in Wisconsin has left at least 10 people injured, including teenagers.…
Continue ReadingBy HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer PARIS (AP) — Carlos Alcaraz came back to defeat Alexander Zverev 6-3, 2-6, 5-7, 6-1, 6-2 on Sunday and win the…
Continue ReadingBy JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — “Bad Boys: Ride or Die” opened with an estimated $56 million in theater sales over the weekend.…
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — Exit polls point to very weak results for Germany’s governing parties and gains for the far-right Alternative for Germany in…
Continue ReadingBy SHAH ABBAS Associated Press SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Officials in Indian-controlled Kashmir say at least nine people have been killed after…
Continue ReadingBy JEAN FERNAND KOENA Associated Press BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) — The government of the Central African Republic has suspended a…
Continue ReadingLAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani police say officers have arrested a man accused of killing two members of the minority Ahmadi community in…
Continue ReadingWESTBURY, N.Y. (AP) — Pakistan won the important toss on a mystery cricket pitch and chose to bowl first against its archrival India in the marquee…
Continue ReadingPESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan’s military says a roadside bomb has exploded near a security convoy in northwestern Pakistan, killing…
Continue ReadingDUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iranian state media say a prominent Iranian whistleblower was arrested and sent to prison to serve a 13-month…
Continue ReadingBy ASHOK SHARMA, SHEIKH SAALIQ and KRUTIKA PATHI Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi has taken office for a…
Continue ReadingBy SHEIKH SAALIQ Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Narendra Modi has been sworn in for a rare third consecutive term as India’s prime minister,…
Continue ReadingBy JENNIFER McDERMOTT Associated Press MONTREAL (AP) — In an industrial suburb of Montreal, sheets of copper move along a conveyor belt suspended…
Continue ReadingBy PETER SMITH Associated Press Thousands will gather in Indianapolis June 11-12 for the annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention. The…
Continue ReadingBy JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Former President Donald Trump’s campaign is hiring extra medics, loading up on water…
Continue ReadingBy LINLEY SANDERS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is hoping to get on the debate stage…
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN LONG, DARLENE SUPERVILLE and CLAUDIA LAUER Associated Press WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Hunter Biden’s family has gone to great…
Continue ReadingDUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s Guardian Council on Sunday approved the country’s hard-line speaker of parliament and five others to…
Continue ReadingBy SAMUEL PETREQUIN AP Sports Writer BRUSSELS (AP) — Belgium’s away kit is a tribute to a much-loved and nearly century-old cartoon character,…
Continue ReadingVATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis is calling for humanitarian aid to urgently reach Palestinians in Gaza. During his Sunday noon blessing, Francis…
Continue ReadingBy WAFAA SHURAFA and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — At least 274 Palestinians were killed and hundreds more were…
Continue ReadingBy SUSIE BLANN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine says its forces hit an ultra-modern Russian warplane stationed on an air base nearly…
Continue ReadingBy JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) — At the primary school in Slovenia’s capital where Dallas Mavericks superstar Luka…
Continue ReadingBy JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Voters have begun casting their ballots in Hungary early Sunday to choose their…
Continue ReadingATHENS (AP) — Police said that a body believed to be that of missing British TV presenter Michael Mosley was found on a Greek island Sunday…
Continue ReadingBy SAM METZ Associated Press EL AMRA, Tunisia (AP) — Europe’s efforts to partner with neighboring countries to curb migration have resulted…
Continue ReadingBy GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO Associated Press PARIS (AP) — As athletes rev up their training and organizers finalize everything from ceremonies to…
Continue ReadingBRIAN P. D. HANNON Associated Press California officials say a suspect who was being held on charges connected to a 2022 mass shooting in the state…
Continue ReadingBANGKOK (AP) — The former leader of Thailand’s progressive opposition Move Forward party has vowed to keep fighting as the party faces a court…
Continue ReadingBy VESELIN TOSHKOV Associated Press SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgarians are choosing a new parliament Sunday while also participating in European…
Continue ReadingSEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea says it will restart anti-North Korean propaganda loudspeaker broadcasts in border areas in response to…
Continue ReadingBy MARK STEVENSON and MARÍA VERZA Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Amid Mexico’s heat wave and drought, suffering birds are getting…
Continue ReadingBy LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Millions of voters are heading to the polls for the European Union’s election super Sunday.…
Continue ReadingBy CHRIS MEGERIAN and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — President Joe Biden will close out his trip to France by paying his respects at an…
Continue ReadingBy ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — President Joe Biden has suspended asylum processing at the U.S. border. But the proclamation for…
Continue ReadingBy ISABELLA VOLMERT Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An Ohio-based Christian nonprofit that organizes off-campus Bible classes for public…
Continue ReadingBy JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A suspected attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels has targeted an Antigua and…
Continue ReadingPORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A Haitian official says the country’s newly selected prime minister has been hospitalized in the capital of…
Continue ReadingJACKSON, Wyo. (AP) — A massive chunk of the meandering Teton Pass has collapsed, leaving a gaping dirt gash along the mountain pass that is a…
Continue ReadingBy ELLEN KNICKMEYER and TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. official says badly needed food aid has been delivered to Gaza from a…
Continue ReadingSANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — As a puppy, there were high hopes for Ayke to help revive the Santa Fe Police Department’s K-9 program. Now, four years…
Continue ReadingBy TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer EASTLAKE, Ohio (AP) — Travis Kelce’s power extends beyond the football field or dating one of the world’s most…
Continue ReadingHoward University is cutting ties to Sean “Diddy” Combs, rescinding an honorary degree that was awarded to him and disbanding a scholarship…
Continue ReadingPARIS (AP) — Christophe Deloire, the head of media freedom group Reporters Without Borders, or RSF, died Saturday. He was 53. Deloire negotiated to…
Continue ReadingBy JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer BOSTON (AP) — Jason Kidd couldn’t figure out how to stop the Boston Celtics in Game 1 of the NBA Finals. Now…
Continue ReadingANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — A Disneyland employee has died after falling from a moving golf cart in the backstage area of the Southern California theme…
Continue ReadingSIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A shooting in a Sioux Falls neighborhood has left three people dead and two others injured. Police say they have a suspect…
Continue ReadingBy SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The weeklong heat wave that baked most of the U.S. Southwest in temperatures well…
Continue ReadingMANUEL RUEDA BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombian President Gustavo Petro says his country will suspend coal exports to Israel over the war in Gaza.…
Continue ReadingBy EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenyan police say gunmen have fatally shot four construction workers at a hospital site…
Continue ReadingROME (AP) — An aid group says it recovered the bodies of 11 migrants off the Libyan coast and transferred them to an Italian coast guard ship off…
Continue ReadingBy HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea says North Korea has resumed flying balloons in a likely attempt to drop…
Continue ReadingBy DUSAN STOJANOVIC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia’s populist president has called for peace and harmony in the Balkans even as…
Continue ReadingBy JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — A rising political newcomer hoping to deal a blow to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor…
Continue ReadingSAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard says a freighter in Lake Superior has hit something underwater and started taking on water. The…
Continue ReadingMIAMI (AP) — A joint operation of the U.S. Coast Guard and the Royal Netherlands Navy recovered 4,800 pounds of cocaine worth more than $63 million…
Continue ReadingBy JOSEPH KRAUSS Associated Press The four captives rescued by Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip were abducted from a desert rave near the border…
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