Philippines’ Marcos seeks agreements in China amid tensions
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippines says President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. hopes to sign a number of agreements during a visit to Beijing that…
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South Korea stages drills simulating downing of North drones
By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea has staged large-scale military drills to simulate shooting down North…
Continue ReadingPortugal govt official quits, is 10th to leave in a year
LISBON, Portugal (AP) — The Portuguese government’s chief official in charge of transportation, including the fate of the troubled national…
Continue ReadingIsrael’s Netanyahu back in power with hard-line government
By ISABEL DEBRE and JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday returned to power for an unprecedented sixth…
Continue Reading‘I think of them’: Abducted Nigerian schoolgirls remembered
By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Margret Yama’s phone screensaver is a picture of her cousin, Rifkatu Galang, who is still…
Continue ReadingNewly elected Fiji PM vows to tackle growing national debt
By COURTNEY WALSH Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Fiji’s Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka has vowed to address the “litany of woe”…
Continue ReadingFallen colossus: USSR’s terror, triumphs began 100 years ago
By JIM HEINTZ Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — With its brutality, technological accomplishments and rigid ideology, the Soviet Union loomed over the…
Continue ReadingDjokovic says no hard feelings over Australian deportation
ADELAIDE, Australia (AP) — Novak Djokovic has reiterated his earlier comments that he bears no hard feelings on his return to Australia after his…
Continue ReadingFire after highway crash in South Korea kills 5, injures 37
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A freight truck collided with a bus on a highway near the South Korean capital Seoul on Thursday, causing a fire that…
Continue ReadingRussia hits key infrastructure with missiles across Ukraine
By RENATA BRITO and HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian missiles hit Ukraine Thursday in the biggest wave of strikes in…
Continue ReadingUS to sell Taiwan anti-tank system amid rising China threat
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. State Department has approved the sale of an anti-tank mine-laying system to Taiwan amid the rising military threat from…
Continue ReadingAsian markets follow Wall St up but on track for annual loss
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets followed Wall Street higher on Friday following encouraging U.S. employment…
Continue ReadingAfghan women determined, frustrated after Taliban NGO ban
By RIAZAT BUTT Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Even before the Taliban barred Afghan women from working at non-governmental groups,…
Continue ReadingNew year expected to bring more changes to state voting laws
By NICHOLAS RICCARDI and ACACIA CORONADO Associated Press State lawmakers around the country introduced thousands of bills to change the way…
Continue ReadingSarajevo’s agony echoes as Ukraine braces for a dark winter
By BEATRICE DUPUY, RICHARD LARDNER and SABINA NIKSIC Associated Press SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Vildana Mutevelić huddled in her…
Continue ReadingLack of info on China’s COVID-19 surge stirs global concern
By KEN MORITSUGU and HUIZHONG WU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Moves by several countries to mandate COVID-19 tests for passengers arriving from…
Continue ReadingThriving network of fixers preys on migrants crossing Mexico
By EDGAR H. CLEMENTE and MARÍA VERZA Associated Press TAPACHULA, Mexico (AP) — When migrants arrive to the main crossing point into southern…
Continue ReadingThriving network of fixers preys on migrants crossing Mexico
By EDGAR H. CLEMENTE and MARÍA VERZA Associated Press TAPACHULA, Mexico (AP) — When migrants arrive to the main crossing point into southern…
Continue ReadingDemocrat wins Arizona attorney general race after recount
By JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — A recount of votes has confirmed Democrat Kris Mayes narrowly defeated Republican Abraham…
Continue ReadingNo charges filed in California elite school sex abuse probe
OJAI, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say they won’t file criminal charges over decades of alleged sexual misconduct at an elite private high…
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