Taiwan protests after China boards a tourist boat near Kinmen Island
By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan is protesting China’s boarding of a tourist boat as tensions rise around the…
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Despite reforms, victims say church’s in-house processes to handle sex abuse cases retraumatizes
By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Five years ago this week, Pope Francis convened an unprecedented summit of bishops from…
Continue ReadingThe Vatican’s problematic process to address clergy sex abuse cases, explained
By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — One afternoon in mid-December, Pope Francis had a meeting that wasn’t on his official…
Continue ReadingEx-gang leader’s murder trial in Tupac Shakur killing pushed back to November
By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A trial date has been pushed back from June to November for a former Los Angeles-area gang leader…
Continue ReadingWelcome to the ‘Hotel California’ case: The trial over handwritten lyrics to an Eagles classic
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,…
Continue ReadingThe US vetoes an Arab-backed UN resolution demanding an immediate humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States on Tuesday vetoed an Arab-backed and widely supported U.N. resolution…
Continue ReadingAs the Ukraine war enters a third year, Putin waits for Western support for Kyiv to wither
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…
Continue ReadingChina cuts key interest rate in latest move to boost its ailing property sector
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — China’s central bank has cut its five-year loan prime rate while leaving its one-year…
Continue ReadingFirst federal trial for a hate crime based on gender identity starts over trans woman’s killing
By JAMES POLLARD Associated Press/Report for America COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The first federal trial over a hate crime based on gender identity began…
Continue ReadingMuere el excanciller y periodista colombiano Rodrigo Pardo a los 65 años
Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — El colombiano Rodrigo Pardo, excanciller, periodista y exdirectivo de algunos de los principales medios de su…
Continue ReadingNi siquiera Taylor Swift puede escapar de la presión para casarse
Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Taylor Swift y Travis Kelce recién comenzaron a salir en el verano, pero las especulaciones entre los…
Continue ReadingSouth Korea jails former hero pastor for sexually abusing North Korean teenage defectors
By Yoonjung Seo and Jessie Yeung, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — A South Korean pastor once hailed as a hero for helping North Korean defectors…
Continue ReadingHundreds are set to descend on Tahiti for Olympic surfing. Can locals protect their way of life?
By DANIEL COLE Associated Press TEAHUPO’O, French Polynesia (AP) — Peva Levy said he felt a powerful, natural energy known as “mana” when…
Continue ReadingA NY-bound flight is forced to return to Toronto because of fire
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…
Continue ReadingIndian farmers reject government offer and say they will carry on marching to New Delhi
NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian farmers who have been protesting for a week to demand guaranteed crop prices have rejected a proposal from the government,…
Continue ReadingPersonal mementos found tossed aside at cemetery
By Cassandra Garcia Click here for updates on this story PALM BEACH COUNTY, Florida (WPTV) — A Palm Beach County woman…
Continue ReadingPutin gifts car to Kim Jong Un in sign of ‘special personal relations,’ North Korean state media reports
By Yoonjung Seo and Jessie Yeung, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has presented a car to his North Korean…
Continue ReadingAfter a slow start to the season, Asia’s highest ski resort is covered in snow. Here’s what awaits visitors
By Ramaa Reddy, CNN (CNN) — In early January, anyone who visited the ski resort village of Gulmarg in Indian-administered Kashmir with hopes…
Continue ReadingHirotake Yano, Japanese billionaire founder of 100-yen chain Daiso, dies at 80
By Kathleen Magramo, CNN (CNN) — Hirotake Yano, the Japanese billionaire founder of Daiso Industries who helped popularize the discounted…
Continue ReadingMás de 1.000 personas honraron a la activista trans Cecilia Gentili en la Catedral de St. Patrick’s. Ahora la Arquidiócesis de Nueva York condena el funeral
Rocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — La Arquidiócesis de Nueva York condenó el funeral de una activista transgénero que se realizó la semana pasada…
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