Asian shares mostly higher after further gains on Wall St
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares were mostly higher on Friday after another day of gains on Wall Street amid a…
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Japan trade deficit grows as oil prices surge, yen drops
YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Japan has reported its trade deficit for the first half of this year totaled nearly 8 trillion yen,…
Continue ReadingSyrian refugees anxious over Lebanon’s plans to deport them
By KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BAR ELIAS, Lebanon (AP) — Sitting outside her tent in a camp in eastern Lebanon, a 30-year-old Syrian refugee…
Continue ReadingNewsom wants explanation from UCLA about move to Big Ten
LOS ANGELES (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom is demanding an explanation from UCLA officials about their move to the Big Ten Conference. Newsom…
Continue ReadingNew Sri Lankan president sworn in, police clear protest site
By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Veteran politician Ranil Wickremesinghe has been sworn in as Sri Lanka’s new…
Continue ReadingTokyo Olympic aftermath still being untangled a year later
By STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer TOKYO (AP) — The Tokyo Olympics survived the COVID-19 postponement, soaring expenses and some public opposition. A…
Continue ReadingKey Russia-Europe gas pipeline reopens but outlook unclear
By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Natural gas started flowing through a major pipeline from Russia to Europe on Thursday after a…
Continue ReadingComic-Con returns in full force with costumes, crowds
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The pop culture extravaganza that is Comic-Con International is back to its old extravagance. Stars, cosplayers and hordes of fans…
Continue ReadingEXPLAINER: Foot-and-mouth disease and the efforts to stop it
By VICTORIA MILKO AP Science Writer JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Thousands of cattle are covered in blisters from highly infectious foot-and-mouth…
Continue ReadingWorld’s oldest male giant panda dies at age 35 in Hong Kong
By ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — The oldest-ever male giant panda in captivity has died at age 35 at a Hong Kong theme park after his…
Continue ReadingWhite House insiders to talk about Trump’s actions on Jan. 6
By CHRIS MEGERIAN and JILL COLVIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Matthew Pottinger was a journalist in China, concerned about the…
Continue ReadingWhat to watch as Jan. 6 panel returns to prime time
By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Jan. 6 committee is headed back to prime time for its eighth hearing —…
Continue ReadingJan. 6: Trump spurned aides’ pleas to call off Capitol mob
By LISA MASCARO, FARNOUSH AMIRI and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Despite desperate pleas from aides, allies, a Republican…
Continue ReadingAP-NORC poll: Majority in US want legal abortion nationally
By HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A majority of Americans say Congress should pass a law guaranteeing access to legal abortion…
Continue ReadingHouse OKs bill to protect contraception from Supreme Court
By ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The right to use contraceptives would be enshrined in law under a measure that Democrats pushed…
Continue ReadingBaidu unveils latest autonomous electric vehicle: Apollo RT6
By ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Baidu, a Chinese search engine and artificial intelligence firm, has unveiled its latest electric…
Continue ReadingEx-cop Lane gets 2 1/2 years for violating Floyd’s rights
By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A federal judge sentenced former Minneapolis police Officer Thomas Lane to 2 1/2 years…
Continue ReadingRapinoe, King urge freedom for Brittney Griner at The ESPYS
By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Soccer player Megan Rapinoe admonished her fellow athletes for not doing enough to speak out and…
Continue ReadingTrucker protest shuts down operations at California port
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Truckers protesting a state labor law have effectively shut down cargo operations at the Port of Oakland, one of then…
Continue Reading2 indicted in migrant death-trailer case that left 53 dead
By TERRY WALLACE Associated Press Two men were indicted Wednesday in the case of a hot, airless tractor-trailer rig found last month with 53 dead or…
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