Rights groups say second Uyghur dies in Thai detention
By JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Human rights organizations are urging Thailand to improve conditions in its immigration…
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Take Our Kids to Work Day turns 30, hopes donations rebound
By THALIA BEATY Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — At Michigan State University, children of employees can spend Thursday seeing what it’s like…
Continue ReadingTense face-off: Philippines confronts China over sea claims
By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press ABOARD BRP MALABRIGO (AP) — A Chinese coast guard ship blocked a Philippine patrol vessel steaming into a disputed…
Continue ReadingFlorida Gov. DeSantis says Disney lawsuit is political
By MOSHE EDRI and TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday shrugged off Disney’s lawsuit…
Continue ReadingSpain swelters in temperatures more typical of summer
MADRID (AP) — Spain’s national weather service said temperatures would “reach values typical of summer” across most of the country, with…
Continue ReadingFighters rampage in Darfur despite fragile Sudan truce
By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Armed fighters have rampaged through a main city in Sudan’s war-ravaged region of Darfur, battling…
Continue ReadingCalifornia passes 1st-in-nation emission rules for trains
By SOPHIE AUSTIN Associated Press/Report for America SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California approved Thursday a first-in-the-nation, ambitious rule…
Continue Reading7 killed in fire on passenger train in southern Pakistan
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — Officials say seven people were killed when a passenger train caught fire in southern Pakistan. Railways official Mohsn…
Continue ReadingStock market today: Meta’s surge fuels big Wall Street rally
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street steamed to its best day since January after Meta Platforms became the latest Big Tech…
Continue ReadingPoland probes parts of aerial military object found in woods
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Prosecutors and security service personnel in Poland are investigating the remains of an aerial military object that was…
Continue Reading2 Chinese navy ships head to Singapore for joint drills
BEIJING (AP) — China’s military has dispatched a pair of navy ships to take part in joint drills with Singapore’s navy and join in a…
Continue ReadingKing’s coronation part of long evolution for Queen Camilla
By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — When Camilla, Britain’s queen consort, is crowned alongside her husband next week, the moment…
Continue ReadingAustralia lifts minimum wage for skilled migrant workers
By ROD McGUIRK Asspociated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia will end a decade-old freeze on the minimum wage for skilled migrant workers…
Continue ReadingFood prices fall on world markets but not on kitchen tables
By PAUL WISEMAN and EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press A restaurant on the outskirts of Nairobi skimps on the size of its chapatis — a flaky, chewy…
Continue ReadingTunisia rounds up migrants at sea in unprecedented numbers
By MEHDI EL-AREM and ELAINE GANLEY Associated Press OFF THE COAST OF SFAX, Tunisia (AP) — A young man wearing a baseball cap emblazoned with…
Continue ReadingWhat is the latest on Netanyahu’s corruption trial?
By TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s corruption trial has resumed after a…
Continue ReadingBank: Asia must quit coal faster to stem worst climate woes
By SIBI ARASU Associated Press BENGALURU, India (AP) — Asia must rapidly cut fossil fuel subsidies and plow more money into a clean energy…
Continue ReadingYoungkin in Japan to forge supply chains with ‘friends’
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin has said while visiting Tokyo that he hopes to forge “trusted supply…
Continue ReadingWest Virginia Gov. Justice running for Manchin’s Senate seat
By JOHN RABY Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia Republican Gov. Jim Justice announced Thursday that he is running for Democrat…
Continue ReadingPunishment or prevention: California debates fentanyl crisis
By TRÂN NGUYỄN Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Pamela Smith remembers vividly the last time she saw her only son alive. It was 3:18…
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