2 alleged extremists are shot dead during an attack on Turkey’s best-known courthouse
By ANDREW WILKS and MEHMET GUZEL Associated Press ISTANBUL (AP) — Two people have attacked Turkey’s most well-known courthouse before being shot…
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King Charles’ cancer was ‘caught early,’ British PM says
By Niamh Kennedy, Lauren Said-Moorhouse and Max Foster, CNN London (CNN) — King Charles III’s shocking cancer diagnosis was “caught…
Continue ReadingEU scraps pesticide proposal in another concession to protesting farmers
By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s executive arm is shelving an anti-pesticide proposal in yet another…
Continue ReadingA blaze in a fireworks factory in central India kills 11 people and injures scores of others
NEW DELHI (AP) — A fire raced through a fireworks factory in central India on Tuesday, killing 11 people and injuring about 150 others as it…
Continue ReadingUkrainian-born Miss Japan gives up her title after an article reveals her affair with a married man
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — The Ukrainian-born winner of this year’s Miss Japan beauty pageant says she has renounced her…
Continue ReadingJapan game maker Nintendo reports solid profit on a jump in Super Mario sales
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Nintendo has reported healthy sales and profits on the back of the hit “Super Mario Bros.…
Continue ReadingPrince Harry arrives in London after his father, King Charles III, is diagnosed with cancer
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — King Charles III’s cancer was caught early and the monarch will “crack on” with his…
Continue ReadingStock market today: Asian shares are mostly higher, tracking gains on Wall Street
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were mostly higher Wednesday, tracking gains on Wall Street, although Tokyo’s…
Continue ReadingChinese travelers stranded as winter storms throw Lunar New Year travel into chaos
CNN By Marc Stewart and Simone McCarthy, CNN Beijing (CNN) — Blizzards and freezing rain have brought massive disruption to China’s peak…
Continue ReadingQatar gets ‘positive’ response from Hamas on cease-fire plan as group reiterates its broader demands
By MATTHEW LEE, WAFAA SHURAFA and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Hamas’ response to the latest plan for a cease-fire in Gaza…
Continue ReadingChinese travelers stranded as winter storms throw Lunar New Year travel into chaos
By Marc Stewart and Simone McCarthy, CNN Beijing (CNN) — Blizzards and freezing rain have brought massive disruption to China’s peak Lunar…
Continue ReadingJapan’s Toyota raises its profit outlook after solid earnings helped by a weak yen
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Toyota is raising its full fiscal year profit forecast after reporting its October-December…
Continue ReadingLos Angeles records 475 mudslides during historic storm that has drenched Southern California
By STEFANIE DAZIO and JULIE WATSON Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — One of the wettest storms in Southern California history unleashed at least…
Continue ReadingThousands of vehicles stuck on highways in China as snow snarls Lunar New Year travel
BEIJING (AP) — Icy conditions trapped thousands of motorists on highways in central China as snow and freezing rain snarled travel by air, train…
Continue Reading9 UN Security Council members urge a halt to airstrikes by Myanmar’s military
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Nine members of the United Nations Security Council have condemned “indiscriminate”…
Continue ReadingBohan Phoenix explains why Asian rappers owe Black culture and he chose to work in China
By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Chinese American rapper Bohan Phoenix has straddled both countries in his career. Working with…
Continue ReadingCan public money go to private schools? Mississippi Supreme Court hears arguments
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Attorneys for a public school advocacy group say Mississippi is violating its own…
Continue ReadingCoward, Jones lead Eastern Washington past Portland State 90-77
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Cedric Coward and Casey Jones posted double-doubles and Eastern Washington breezed to a 90-77 victory over Portland State on…
Continue ReadingOne state has a shortage of marijuana. Its neighbor had too much. What to do?
By PAT EATON-ROBB and MICHAEL HILL Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Cannabis retailers in Connecticut are experiencing a shortage of…
Continue ReadingMessi says he ‘feels much better’ and hopeful of playing in Tokyo after PR disaster in Hong Kong
By STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer TOKYO (AP) — Look for Lionel Messi to play on Wednesday in Tokyo where Inter Miami meets Japanese club Vissel Kobe…
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