US wins case to seize Russian superyacht in Fiji, sails away
By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The United States won a legal battle on Tuesday to seize a Russian-owned superyacht…
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New Zealand PM to visit Australian counterpart in Sydney
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s new prime minister has held face-to-face meetings with the leaders of the…
Continue ReadingToru Takahashi, respected AP Asia photo editor, dies at 62
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Toru Takahashi, a veteran Tokyo-based photo editor and photographer for The Associated Press who…
Continue ReadingAmid crypto turmoil, senators propose sweeping oversight
By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Wide-ranging legislation unveiled Tuesday would regulate cryptocurrencies and other digital…
Continue ReadingIndonesian army officer gets life sentence for double murder
By ACHMAD IBRAHIM and EDNA TARIGAN Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A middle-rank Indonesian army officer is being stripped of his…
Continue ReadingTackling migration, Harris backs investment in Latin America
By AMY TAXIN, CHRIS MEGERIAN and JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris says the Biden…
Continue ReadingLebanese army arrests 64 migrants trying to sail to Europe
BEIRUT (AP) — The Lebanese army says it has thwarted an attempt by scores of migrants to sail to Europe aboard a boat from northern Lebanon. The…
Continue ReadingNorwegian princess announces engagement to US boyfriend
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Princess Martha Louise, the daughter of Norway’s King Harald, has become engaged to her American boyfriend, Durek…
Continue ReadingTrial resumes of suspects in slaying of Dutch crime reporter
By PETER DEJONG Associated Press AMSTERDAM (AP) — A court is examining evidence and prosecutors are expected to make sentencing demands in the…
Continue ReadingRussia claims advances in Ukraine amid fierce fighting
By JOHN LEICESTER and HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia on Tuesday claimed to have taken control of 97% of one of the two…
Continue ReadingDubai arrests 2 Gupta brothers over South African fraud case
By MALAK HARB and JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Dubai police say they have arrested two brothers from the Gupta…
Continue ReadingDoubts hang over UK’s Johnson though bid to oust him fails
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson scrambled to patch up his tattered authority on Tuesday after…
Continue ReadingAustralian leader visits Indonesia’s Makassar to deepen ties
By NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has visited an eastern Indonesia area with…
Continue ReadingVatican’s Pius XII archives begin to shed light on WWII pope
By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican has long defended its World War II-era pope, Pius XII, against criticism that…
Continue ReadingThailand urged to let UN evaluate refugee status of Rohingya
BANGKOK (AP) — Human Rights Watch says 59 ethnic Rohingya left on a Thai island after a dangerous boat journey from Bangladesh should be given the…
Continue ReadingSri Lankan PM requests patience as UN calls for relief funds
By KRISHAN FRANCIS and BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s prime minister said Tuesday that the United…
Continue ReadingAsian shares mostly higher after wobbly rally on Wall St
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Shares were mostly higher in Asia on Wednesday after U.S. stocks rallied on heavy buying of…
Continue ReadingProud Boys documentarian to be among first Jan. 6 witnesses
By MARY CLARE JALONICK and MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House panel investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S.…
Continue ReadingSyria’s state TV says Israeli missiles targeted Syrian army
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria’s state television says that Israeli missiles have targeted Syrian army positions south of the capital of…
Continue ReadingSony ex-CEO Idei, who led brand’s global growth, dies at 84
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Nobuyuki Idei, who led Japan’s Sony from 1998 through 2005 and steered its growth in the digital…
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