Asian shares rise on optimism about US, China economies
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were mostly higher Wednesday as regional markets looked to strong economic signs out…
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China sets sanctions on Taiwan figures to punish US, island
BEIJING (AP) — China imposed visa bans and other sanctions Tuesday on Taiwanese political figures as it raises pressure on the self-governing…
Continue ReadingExplosions rock Crimea in suspected Ukrainian attack
By PAUL BYRNE Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Explosions and fires ripped through an ammunition depot in Russian-occupied Crimea on Tuesday…
Continue ReadingBus rams into fuel truck in eastern Pakistan, killing 20
MULTAN, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani police and rescue officials say that a passenger bus rammed into a fuel truck on a highway in eastern Punjab…
Continue ReadingFar-right Italian leader Meloni rides popular wave in polls
By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — With a message that blends Christianity, motherhood and patriotism, Giorgia Meloni is riding…
Continue ReadingTop Malaysian court orders ex-PM Najib to begin final appeal
PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia’s top court has ordered former Prime Minister Najib Razak to begin his final appeal on Thursday after…
Continue ReadingUkraine’s Black Sea deal also helps Russian farmers, economy
By AYA BATRAWY Associated Press With much fanfare, ship after ship loaded with grain has sailed from Ukraine after being stuck in the country’s…
Continue ReadingCheney ponders 2024 bid after losing Wyoming GOP primary
By STEVE PEOPLES and MEAD GRUVER Associated Press CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney was increasingly open on Wednesday about…
Continue ReadingFeds oppose unsealing affidavit for Mar-a-Lago warrant
By MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department on Monday rebuffed efforts to make public the affidavit supporting the…
Continue ReadingLong-hidden synagogue mural gets rehabbed, relocated
By LISA RATHKE Associated Press BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — A mural that was painted in a Vermont synagogue more than 100 years ago by a Lithuanian…
Continue ReadingUS, South Korea to begin expanded military drills next week
By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The United States and South Korea will begin their biggest combined military training…
Continue ReadingRiver chief imprisoned for fishing fights for sacred rights
By DEEPA BHARATH Associated Press THE DALLES, Oregon (AP) — Wilbur Slockish Jr. has been shot at, had rocks hurled at him. He hid underground for…
Continue ReadingWestern states hit with more cuts to Colorado River water
By SAM METZ, SUMAN NAISHADHAM and KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — For the second year in a row, Arizona and Nevada will…
Continue ReadingMiami-Dade officer critical after shooting; suspect killed
MIAMI (AP) — Authorities say a Miami-Dade police officer was critically wounded and an armed robbery suspect was killed in an exchange of gunfire…
Continue ReadingJudge: Lebanon can’t intervene in suit and can’t be sued
By KATHY McCORMACK Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A judge has denied a family’s attempt to sue Lebanon on allegations that the country’s…
Continue ReadingChinese navy ship docks in Sri Lanka, stokes worry in India
By ERANGA JAYAWARDENA Associated Press HAMBANTOTA, Sri Lanka (AP) — A Chinese navy vessel has arrived at a Beijing-built port in southern Sri Lanka…
Continue ReadingNafis Sadik, women’s health and rights champion, dies at 92
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Nafis Sadik, a Pakistani doctor who championed women’s health and rights and…
Continue ReadingIran submits a ‘written response’ in nuclear deal talks
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran says it has submitted a “written response” to what has been described…
Continue ReadingFormer Australian PM Morrison took on extra powers in secret
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has accused his predecessor Scott Morrison of “trashing democracy” after…
Continue ReadingUN envoy travels to strife-torn Myanmar for the first time
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.N. says its special envoy for Myanmar has traveled to the Southeast Asian nation for the the first time since her…
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