China has launched new drills encircling Taiwan. Why now?
By Jessie Yeung and Nectar Gan, CNN (CNN) — Tensions are once again ratcheting up in the Taiwan Strait, with China launching two days of…
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Top UN court declines to issue preliminary orders in Mexico-Ecuador dispute over Quito embassy raid
By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The top United Nations court has declined to issue an immediate order for Ecuador to…
Continue ReadingThe Constitutional Court of Thailand agrees to hear a case that could imperil the prime minister
By NAPAT KONGSAWAD Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand’s Constitutional Court has accepted a petition from members of the country’s…
Continue ReadingWith Ukraine losing ground, allies debate how to squeeze cash for Kyiv out of frozen Russian assets
By DAVID McHUGH and FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Ukraine’s allies are looking for ways to squeeze money out of…
Continue ReadingStock market today: Asian shares track Wall Street’s slide on worries over interest rates
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer Asian shares were mostly lower Friday after Wall Street retreated following strong economic reports that…
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Daily marijuana use outpaces daily drinking in the US, a new study says
By CARLA K. JOHNSON AP Medical Writer For the first time, the number of Americans who use marijuana just about every day has surpassed the number who…
Continue ReadingLeaders of South Korea, China and Japan will meet Monday for their first trilateral talks since 2019
By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Leaders of South Korea, China and Japan will meet next week in Seoul for their first…
Continue ReadingIran inters its late president at holiest Shiite site in nation after fatal helicopter crash
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran interred President Ebrahim Raisi at the nation’s holiest Shiite…
Continue Reading‘The entire town is burning.’ Fires rage as Rohingya caught up on the front lines of Myanmar’s civil war
By Helen Regan and Avery Schmitz, CNN (CNN) — Families of Rohingya people trapped in Myanmar’s west are desperately trying to contact loved…
Continue ReadingFrom schools to the Olympics, how France’s staunch secularism affects religion in public life
By GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO Associated Press MARSEILLE, France (AP) — Walk around multicultural metropolises like Paris or Marseille, or any small…
Continue ReadingFrance is proud of its secularism. But struggles grow in this approach to faith, school, integration
By GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO Associated Press MARSEILLE, France (AP) — Brought into the international spotlight by the ban on hijabs for French…
Continue ReadingUN approves resolution to commemorate the 1995 Srebrenica genocide annually over Serb opposition
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations has approved a resolution establishing an annual day to commemorate…
Continue ReadingThree little piggies at a yoga class = maximum happiness
By RODRIQUE NGOWI Associated Press SPENCER, Mass. (AP) — If goat yoga is a trend, piglet yoga may not be far behind. Yoga classes in Massachusetts…
Continue ReadingMinneapolis police investigate hit-and-run at a mosque as a potential bias crime as search for suspect continues
By Joe Sutton and Dalia Faheid, CNN (CNN) — The Minneapolis Police Department is investigating a hit-and-run incident as a potential bias crime…
Continue ReadingBaltimore’s former top prosecutor spared prison for mortgage fraud and perjury
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press GREENBELT, Md. (AP) — A former Baltimore city prosecutor who achieved a national profile for charging police…
Continue ReadingTravelers cope with crowds and high prices on the busiest day of Memorial Day weekend
By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer Travelers are contenting with big crowds and flight delays on what is expected to be the busiest day of the…
Continue Reading9 dead, 121 injured as wind causes stage collapse at Mexico election rally
By Michael Rios, Mia Alberti and Fidel Gutierrez and Ivana Kottasová, CNN (CNN) — Nine people were killed and a presidential candidate was…
Continue ReadingColorado the first state to move forward with attempt to regulate AI’s hidden role in American life
By JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — The first attempts to regulate artificial intelligence programs that play a…
Continue ReadingSony says focus is on creativity, with games, movies, music, sensors, IP, and not gadgets
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Japanese electronics and entertainment company Sony says it’s focusing on creativity in movies,…
Continue ReadingTennessee’s Medicaid program to be the first to provide free diapers for infants and 1-year-olds
By Sara Smart and Dalia Faheid, CNN (CNN) — Tennessee’s Medicaid program will in a few months provide free diapers for covered children under…
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