China sees record rains, heat as weather turns volatile
BEIJING (AP) — From the snowcapped peaks of Tibet to the tropical island of Hainan, China is sweltering under the worst heatwave in decades while…
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Report: East Africa pipeline ‘breaches banking principles’
By ED DAVEY Associated Press Would-be financiers of a planned oil pipeline in Uganda and Tanzania will be in breach of benchmark guidelines on…
Continue ReadingAsian benchmarks mostly lower after tepid Wall St session
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were mostly lower Wednesday after tepid trading on Wall Street amid worries about a…
Continue ReadingAustralian central bank boosts rate for 3rd month in a row
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s central bank has lifted its benchmark interest rate for a third time in…
Continue ReadingAsia shares rise on optimism about easing COVID restrictions
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares advanced Monday across the board as buying set in after the lull of a U.S. national…
Continue ReadingIn Kashmir, ‘conscious music’ tests India’s limits on speech
By SHEIKH SAALIQ and AIJAZ HUSSAIN Associated Press SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Sarfaraz Javaid thumps his chest rhythmically in the music video,…
Continue ReadingKobach looks for comeback in Kansas after losing 2 big races
By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas voters have said no to Kris Kobach twice over the past four years. But he is…
Continue Reading‘Something different’: California GOP’s bid for governor
By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Brian Dahle is the California Republican Party’s longshot hope to defeat Democratic…
Continue ReadingA survivor of the migrant trailer: ‘They couldn’t breathe’
By SONIA PÉREZ D. Associated Press GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Simple advice from a friend to stay near the door may have saved Yenifer Yulisa Cardona…
Continue ReadingHong Kong’s John Lee stresses balance in easing quarantine
By ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong’s new leader John Lee says he will work on easing restrictions for travelers while…
Continue ReadingCanada says China bars diplomats from Canadian tycoon trial
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — The Canadian government says Chinese authorities refused to let diplomats attend the trial of a…
Continue ReadingNew California wildfire strands Fourth of July revelers
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Firefighters in Northern California were battling a fresh wildfire that broke out Monday east of Sacramento at a…
Continue ReadingMexican bishops to put photos of dead priests in churches
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s Roman Catholic Council of Bishops is calling on parishes throughout the country to put photos of dead nuns and…
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Sydney floods burden 50,000 around Australia’s largest city
By ROD McGUIRK and MARK BAKER Associated Press RICHMOND, Australia (AP) — Hundreds of homes have been inundated in and around Australia’s largest…
Continue ReadingA migrant survivor of the trailer: ‘They couldn’t breathe’
By SONIA PÉREZ D. Associated Press GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — The advice of a friend to stay near the door of a semi-trailer may have saved Yenifer…
Continue ReadingBayern Munich defends contentious sponsorship with Qatar
By CIARÁN FAHEY AP Sports Writer BERLIN (AP) — Bayern Munich’s chief executive Oliver Kahn has defended the German soccer club’s…
Continue ReadingChile president receives draft of new proposed constitution
SANTIAGO (AP) — Chile’s Constitutional Convention has presented the formal draft of a proposed constitution to the president, who has set a…
Continue ReadingUS judge finds for 3 drug distributors in WVa opioid lawsuit
By JOHN RABY Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A federal judge has ruled in favor of three major U.S. drug distributors in a landmark…
Continue ReadingSan Francisco property owners banned from parking car on it
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A San Francisco couple that has parked their car for decades on a paved part of their property in front of their home is now…
Continue ReadingWhite Sox, MLB decide to play game after parade shooting
By MARK GONZALES Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago White Sox talked to Major League Baseball about postponing their game against the…
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