Founder of Japanese dollar-store chain Daiso dies; he was 80
By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Hirotake Yano, who founded the 100-yen retail chain Daiso, Japan’s equivalent of the dollar store,…
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Attacks on ships and US drones show Yemen’s Houthis can still fight despite US-led airstrikes
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels are launching attacks despite a month of…
Continue ReadingGuinea’s military dissolves the government without explanation, saying a new one will be appointed
By BOUBACAR DIALLO Associated Press CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) — Guinea’s military rulers say they have dissolved the government and will appoint a…
Continue ReadingHungary’s governing party says it’s ready to approve Sweden’s NATO accession on Monday
By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — A vote in Hungary’s parliament on ratifying Sweden’s bid to join NATO could come as…
Continue ReadingFood deliveries into northern Gaza are halted because of the war’s chaos, increasing famine risk
By WAFAA SHURAFA and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The World Food Program said Tuesday it has paused deliveries of food to…
Continue ReadingSpanish police searching for missing American woman
By Pau Mosquera, Al Goodman and Carlos Suarez, CNN (CNN) — Spanish police are investigating the disappearance of a 40-year-old American woman…
Continue ReadingStock market today: Asian stocks mixed after Tech stocks pull Wall Street lower with focus on Nvidia
By ZIMO ZHONG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Asian stocks were mixed Wednesday after technology stocks led Wall Street broadly lower on Tuesday,…
Continue ReadingUkraine premier in Tokyo says his country needs missiles, but expects new US aid to come through
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said on Tuesday that his country needs long-range missiles…
Continue ReadingAustralia unveils plan for largest navy buildup since World War II
By Brad Lendon, CNN (CNN) — Australia on Tuesday announced plans to build its largest navy since World War II, allocating more than $35 billion…
Continue ReadingOnce banned by communists, Poland’s stately 18th century dance garners UNESCO honors
By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA and RAFAL NIEDZIELSKI Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Once banned by rulers dispatched from Moscow, Poland’s…
Continue ReadingSouth Korean doctors walk out to protest medical training push, causing surgery cancellations
By JIWON SONG and HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean trainee doctors have collectively walked off their jobs to…
Continue ReadingItaly again prosecutes Egypt officials for the 2016 torture and death of Italian student in Cairo
ROME (AP) — Four high-level Egyptian security officials have gone on trial in absentia the 2016 abduction, torture and slaying of an Italian…
Continue ReadingWikiLeaks founder Assange faces his last legal roll of the dice in Britain to avoid US extradition
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Julian Assange’s lawyers opened a final U.K. legal challenge Tuesday to stop the WikiLeaks…
Continue ReadingTaiwan protests after China boards a tourist boat near Kinmen Island
By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan is protesting China’s boarding of a tourist boat as tensions rise around the…
Continue ReadingDespite reforms, victims say church’s in-house processes to handle sex abuse cases retraumatizes
By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Five years ago this week, Pope Francis convened an unprecedented summit of bishops from…
Continue ReadingThe Vatican’s problematic process to address clergy sex abuse cases, explained
By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — One afternoon in mid-December, Pope Francis had a meeting that wasn’t on his official…
Continue ReadingEx-gang leader’s murder trial in Tupac Shakur killing pushed back to November
By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A trial date has been pushed back from June to November for a former Los Angeles-area gang leader…
Continue ReadingWelcome to the ‘Hotel California’ case: The trial over handwritten lyrics to an Eagles classic
By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — In the mid-1970s, the Eagles were working on a spooky, cryptic new song. On a lined yellow pad,…
Continue ReadingThe US vetoes an Arab-backed UN resolution demanding an immediate humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States on Tuesday vetoed an Arab-backed and widely supported U.N. resolution…
Continue ReadingAs the Ukraine war enters a third year, Putin waits for Western support for Kyiv to wither
By The Associated Press When the invasion of Ukraine began in February 2022, some analysts predicted it might take as few as three days for Russian…
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