3 men charged in the UK with assisting the Hong Kong intelligence service
By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The office manager of the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in London and two other men appeared…
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Australian judge lifts court ban on X showing video of Sydney church stabbing
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — An Australian judge has lifted a ban on the social media platform X showing Australians…
Continue ReadingAre US interest rates high enough to beat inflation? The Fed will take its time to find out
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The sharp interest rate hikes of the past two years will likely take longer than…
Continue ReadingStorms kill at least 4 people across the South and there are more on the way
By Robert Shackelford, Elizabeth Wolfe and Mary Gilbert, CNN (CNN) — At least four people are dead after powerful storms tore through the…
Continue ReadingLong-haul carrier Emirates sees $4.7 billion profit in 2023 as airline takes flight after pandemic
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The long-haul carrier Emirates says it saw record profits of $4.7 billion in…
Continue ReadingLithuanian president is the front-runner as country heads to runoff vote in two weeks
VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Lithuania’s incumbent president has won the most votes in a weekend presidential election but he still faces a…
Continue ReadingIndia’s mammoth election is more than halfway done as millions begin voting in fourth round
By SHEIKH SAALIQ Associated Press SAMASTIPUR, India (AP) — Millions of Indians across 96 constituencies began casting their ballots on Monday as…
Continue ReadingCampus protests over Israel-Hamas war scaled down during US commencement exercises
By The Associated Press Protests over the Israel-Hamas war have spread across U.S. university and college campuses in recent weeks, leading to…
Continue ReadingSmall, well-built Chinese EV called the Seagull poses a big threat to the US auto industry
By TOM KRISHER and KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press LIVONIA, Mich. (AP) — A tiny, low-priced electric car called the Seagull has American automakers…
Continue ReadingPlane makes successful wheels-up emergency landing in Australia after circling airport for hours
By Helen Regan, CNN (CNN) — Two passengers and a pilot emerged unscathed from a small plane after it was forced to land without landing gear…
Continue ReadingChinese journalist imprisoned for her Covid reporting due to be released after four years. But will she be free?
By Nectar Gan, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — A Chinese citizen journalist who has been behind bars for four years over her reporting on the initial…
Continue ReadingPro-Palestinian protests dwindle on campuses as some US college graduations marked by defiant acts
By MORIAH BALINGIT Associated Press A tiny contingent of Duke University graduates opposed pro-Israel comedian Jerry Seinfeld speaking at their…
Continue ReadingStock market today: Asian shares mixed in muted trading after Wall Street barely budges
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were mixed in muted trading Tuesday after U.S. stock indexes were little changed…
Continue ReadingGermany limits cash benefit payments for asylum-seekers. Critics say it’s designed to curb migration
By FANNY BRODERSEN Associated Press EICHSFELD, Germany (AP) — When Erdina Laca goes grocery shopping in Eichsfeld these days, she pulls out a…
Continue ReadingVast coin collection of Danish magnate is going on sale a century after his death
By JAMES BROOKS Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The vast coin collection of a Danish butter magnate is set to finally go on sale a…
Continue ReadingStar witness Michael Cohen says Trump was intimately involved in all aspects of hush money scheme
By MICHAEL R. SISAK, JILL COLVIN, ERIC TUCKER and JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump was intimately involved with all…
Continue ReadingSleepy far-flung towns in the Philippines will host US forces returning to counter China threats
BY JIM GOMEZ AND AARON FAVILA Associated Press SANTA ANA, Philippines (AP) — The far-flung coastal town of Santa Ana in the northeastern tip of the…
Continue ReadingSen. Bob Menendez’s corruption trial begins, his second in the last decade
By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The corruption trial of Sen. Bob Menendez has begun in Manhattan federal court as dozens of…
Continue ReadingTrump suggests Chinese migrants are in the US to build an ‘army.’ The migrants tell another story
By FU TING, ALI SWENSON and DIDI TANG Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — It was 7 a.m. on a recent Friday when Wang Gang, a 36-year-old Chinese…
Continue ReadingViolence is traumatizing Haitian kids. Now the country’s breaking a taboo on mental health services
By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Students often throw up or wet themselves when gunfire erupts outside their school in…
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