Taiwan extends compulsory military service to 1 year
By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan will extend its compulsory military service from four months to a year starting in…
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Foreign firms: China ‘turns corner’ by ending quarantine
By JOE McDONALD Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Foreign companies welcomed China’s decision to end quarantines for travelers from abroad as an…
Continue ReadingIsraeli doctors reject Netanyahu allies’ anti-LGBTQ remarks
By ISAAC SCHARF and ILAN BEN ZION Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s largest medical center and health care workers from hospitals around…
Continue ReadingJapan to require COVID-19 tests for all visitors from China
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announced Tuesday that Japan will tighten border controls for…
Continue ReadingPolice say bus crashed into parked truck in Sudan, 16 killed
CAIRO (AP) — Sudanese police say a passenger bus slammed into a parked truck on a highway in the city of Omdurman, killing at least 16 people. The…
Continue ReadingIS claims Afghan car bombing that killed local police chief
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Islamic State group says it carried out a car bombing in northeast Afghanistan that killed a local police chief. The…
Continue ReadingFemicides in Mexico: Little progress on longstanding issue
By FABIOLA SÁNCHEZ and FERNANDA PESCE Associated Press ECATEPEC, Mexico (AP) — For decades, officials have recognized Mexico’s high femicide…
Continue ReadingFemicides in Mexico: Little progress on longstanding issue
By FABIOLA SÁNCHEZ and FERNANDA PESCE Associated Press ECATEPEC, Mexico (AP) — On a November afternoon, Mónica Citlalli Díaz left home in a…
Continue ReadingJapan PM sacks 4th minister to patch up scandal-hit Cabinet
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has dismissed his fourth minister in two months to patch a…
Continue ReadingCo-leader of Whitmer kidnapping plot gets 16 years in prison
By JOEY CAPPELLETTI and COREY WILLIAMS Associated Press/Report for America GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — The co-leader of a plot to kidnap Michigan…
Continue ReadingS. Korea to pardon former leader Lee for corruption crimes
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The South Korean government of President Yoon Suk Yeol is granting a special pardon to ex-President Lee Myung-bak, who…
Continue ReadingUN: 26 Rohingya refugees died at sea making perilous journey
By RAHMAT MIRZA and NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press PIDIE, Indonesia (AP) — A U.N. agency says at least 26 Rohingya Muslims had died in dire…
Continue ReadingAsian shares mixed after tech-led decline on Wall Street
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Shares were mixed in Asia on Wednesday after a post-holiday retreat on Wall Street, as…
Continue ReadingMega Millions Tuesday jackpot surpasses estimated $565M
By The Associated Press The holiday shopping season — for Mega Millions lottery ticket buyers, at least — is ramping up as officials say the…
Continue ReadingS. Korea military sorry for failing to down North’s drones
By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s president on Tuesday called for stronger air defenses and high-tech…
Continue ReadingNY Rep.-elect Santos admits lying about career, college
WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep.-elect George Santos, R-N.Y., admitted Monday that he lied about his job experience and college education during his…
Continue ReadingManhattan man charged in 2 random knife slashing murders
By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Two seemingly isolated and random outdoor murders at the height of the holiday season and of…
Continue ReadingUS to let MLB stars play for Cuba in World Baseball Classic
By MEGAN JANETSKY Associated Press HAVANA (AP) — The United States will permit Major League Baseball players from Cuba to represent their home…
Continue Reading4th Washington state electrical substation vandalized
TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — A fourth electrical substation was vandalized late on Christmas Day in Washington state, leaving homes in Kapowsin and Graham…
Continue ReadingSheriff: 6 believed to be dead in Tennessee house fire
CROSSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Authorities believe six people were killed in an early morning house fire in Tennessee. The Cumberland County Sheriff’s…
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