The screen set up to block tourist snapshots of Mount Fuji has several holes in it
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese town that erected a huge black screen last week in an attempt to stop tourists from…
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More people make ‘no-buy year’ pledges as overspending or climate worries catch up with them
By ADRIANA MORGA Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A 35-year-old Brooklyn resident gave up buying new clothes. A 22-year old in San Diego swore off…
Continue ReadingMelinda French Gates to donate $1 billion over next 2 years in support of women’s rights
By MICHELLE CHAPMAN and THALIA BEATY AP Business Writers Melinda French Gates says she will be donating $1 billion over the next two years to…
Continue ReadingMissile attacks damage a ship in the Red Sea off Yemen’s coast near previous Houthi rebel assaults
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Missile attacks twice damaged a Marshall Islands-flagged, Greek-owned ship…
Continue ReadingThe number of new German citizens hits another high last year, with many Syrians naturalized
BERLIN (AP) — Official data show another big increase in the number of people gaining German citizenship last year. According to figures released…
Continue ReadingPolish man sentenced to life in Congo on espionage charges has been released and returned to Europe
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s top diplomat says that Congo has released a Polish man who was sentenced to life in prison on espionage…
Continue ReadingWhite House announces actions to modernize America’s electrical grid, paving the way for clean energy and fewer outages
By Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — The White House on Tuesday announced steps to modernize a major roadblock to the clean energy transformation:…
Continue ReadingToyota shows ‘an engine reborn’ with green fuel despite global push for battery electric cars
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Japanese automaker Toyota introduced plans to cast a futuristic spin on the traditional internal…
Continue ReadingSpirit Airlines passenger says cabin prepared for a possible water landing after flight suffered an apparent mechanical issue
By Amanda Jackson, Dave Alsup and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — The cabin of a Spirit Airlines flight from Jamaica to Florida became a scene of…
Continue ReadingHong Kong arrests six in first use of new local national security law days ahead of Tiananmen anniversary
By Nectar Gan and Chris Lau, CNN (CNN) — Hong Kong police have made their first arrests under a newly passed local national security law over…
Continue ReadingIsraeli strikes kill at least 37 Palestinians, most in tents, near Gaza’s Rafah as offensive expands
By WAFAA SHURAFA and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli shelling and airstrikes killed at least 37 people, most…
Continue ReadingFirst Syrian jet in over a decade transports Muslim worshippers to Saudi Arabia for Hajj pilgrimage
By ALBERT AJI Associated Press DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — For the first time in over a decade, 270 Syrians have traveled on a direct flight from…
Continue ReadingThe Latest | Closing arguments in Trump’s hush money trial have concluded
NEW YORK (AP) — Closing arguments in Donald Trump’s historic hush money trial have conclude. It was the final opportunity for prosecutors and…
Continue ReadingHong Kong police arrest 6 people accused of violating the city’s new national security law
By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong police on Tuesday arrested six people, including a former organizer of the city’s…
Continue ReadingTaiwan’s legislature passes changes seen as favoring China, reducing president’s power
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan’s opposition-controlled legislature has passed changes that are seen as favoring China and diminishing the power of…
Continue ReadingTyphoon leaves at least seven people dead and thousands displaced in the Philippines
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A typhoon has finally moved away from the Philippines, leaving at least seven people dead, mostly due to floods or…
Continue ReadingMalta’s ex-leader and others plead not guilty in a hospital fraud scandal that is roiling politics
By KEVIN SCHEMBRI ORLAND Associated Press VALLETTA, Malta (AP) — Malta’s former prime minister and other former top officials have pleaded not…
Continue Reading‘We’re constructing an ecosystem’: How a small, windy city could become a gateway for trade
CNN By Nell Lewis and Jackie Prager, CNN (CNN) — Dakhla, a small city in the disputed territory of Western Sahara, which is mostly controlled…
Continue Reading‘We’re constructing an ecosystem’: How a small, windy city could become a gateway for trade
By Nell Lewis and Jackie Prager, CNN (CNN) — Dakhla, a small city in the disputed territory of Western Sahara, which is mostly controlled by…
Continue ReadingUN report says that education, social safety nets vital for Asia to grow rich, cope with aging
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — A report by the United Nations says that as economies in Asia and the Pacific slow and grow…
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