Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippine military chief says his forces will defend themselves with “the same level of force”…
Continue ReadingBRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Slovakia’s prosecutor general says the suspect in the attempted assassination on populist Prime Minister Robert Fico…
Continue ReadingAP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Chinese automaker BYD has inaugurated its first electric vehicle plant in Thailand, part of the company’s…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli government has approved plans to build nearly 5,300 new homes in settlements in the occupied West…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PARIS (AP) — Several candidates have reported being attacked on the campaign trail in the final stretch before a high-stakes…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Tarmo Peltokoski has been hired to succeed Jaap van Zweden as music director of the Hong Kong Philharmonic. The philharmonic says…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The Lebanese Hezbollah group says it’s launched over 200 rockets at several military bases in Israel in…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PARIS (AP) — Just three weeks before the Olympics, the excitement that was building up in the host city is now mingled with…
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer LONDON (AP) — Some of Britain’s top tennis players are avoiding election talk like double-faults at Wimbledon. Polls opened…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — An Iranian-born Norwegian man has been found guilty of terrorism in a 2022 attack on an LGBTQ+ festival…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Pro-Palestinian protesters have breached security at Australia’s Parliament House to unfurl banners…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A Japanese climber has died while descending one of the highest mountains in northern Pakistan, the…
Continue ReadingAP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 surged Thursday to a record close of 40,913.65, leading markets in most of Asia…
Continue ReadingTOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Nikkei 225 stock index has closed at a fresh record high of 40,913.65, pushing past its most recent record close set in…
Continue ReadingRussian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping are attending the summit of a security grouping created by Moscow and Beijing to…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — On his way to the Kyiv train station to greet his wife and daughter returning from Poland to Ukraine,…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press CHEBAA, Lebanon (AP) — With cease-fire talks faltering in Gaza and no clear offramp for the conflict on the Lebanon-Israel border,…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PARIS (AP) — Cybersecurity experts and French officials say Russian disinformation campaigns against France are zeroing in on…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Scientists in South Africa have been stunned to discover that termite mounds that are still…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BENGALURU, India (AP) — Months of scorching temperatures sometimes over 50 degrees Celsius (122 Fahrenheit) in parts of India this…
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