LONDON (AP) — Prince Andrew said Friday he is giving up his royal title of the Duke of York after his friendship with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein returned to the headlines. The younger brother of King Charles III said he and the royal family had decided “the continued accusations about me distract from the work […]
ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar (AP) — An army colonel who seized power in a military coup was set to be sworn in as Madagascar’s new leader Friday in a lightning-fast power grab that ousted the president and sent him fleeing from the country into hiding. Col. Michael Randrianirina, the commander of an elite army unit, will take […]
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Asian shares skidded Friday following a retreat on Wall Street driven by concerns over banks’ loan portfolios. U.S. futures and oil prices also fell, while the price of gold climbed to over $4,383 an ounce as Washington and Beijing swapped harsh words over trade. Japan’s Nikkei 225 fell 1.3% to 47,646.31, […]
LAS CUEVAS, Trinidad (AP) — Venezuela’s ambassador to the U.N., Samuel Moncada, condemned on Thursday a recent U.S. strike on a small boat in Caribbean waters that killed six people, calling it “a new set of extrajudicial executions.” He called on the U.N. Security Council to investigate what he called a “series of assassinations,” noting […]
PANAMA CITY (AP) — Panama President José Raúl Mulino said Thursday that someone at the U.S. Embassy has been threatening to cancel the visas of Panamanian officials as the Trump administration pressures Panama to limit its ties to China. Responding to a question at his weekly news conference, Mulino said without offering evidence that an […]
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa on Thursday welcomed a U.S. bridging plan worth $115 million that would continue funding HIV treatment and prevention programs until the end of March, saying it was a sign of good bilateral relations despite recent tensions. The U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, or PEPFAR, has been credited with […]
OSLO, Norway (AP) — A former security guard at the U.S. Embassy in Norway was convicted of espionage Wednesday after a court in Oslo found that he spied for Russia and Iran. The 28-year-old Norwegian man, whose name has not been made public, was sentenced to three years and seven months behind bars. He had […]
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Former U.S. Marine Corps pilot Daniel Duggan on Thursday appealed his extradition from Australia to the United States over allegations that he illegally trained Chinese military aviators more than a decade ago. Duggan is accused of training Chinese military pilots while working as an instructor for the Test Flying Academy of […]
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Most Asian stock indexes rose on Thursday, tracking gains on Wall Street following a topsy-turvy trading day. U.S. futures were nearly flat, while oil prices were higher. Japan’s Nikkei 225 rose 0.8% to 48,069.71 as investor sentiment was lifted by a strong start to the earnings season and expectations of U.S. […]
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — The United Nations warned that mercury contamination from illegal gold mining in Colombia’s Atrato River basin has created a “serious and ongoing human rights crisis,” threatening the health and survival of Indigenous and Afro-descendant communities who depend on the river for food, water and culture. In a letter made public on […]
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodia’s government said Wednesday it hopes the U.S. and Britain have sufficient evidence in their pursuit of Prince Holding Group and its Chairman Chen Zhi, after both governments imposed coordinated sanctions accusing the Cambodian conglomerate of running massive online scams and using forced labor. Cambodia’s Interior Ministry spokesman Touch Sokhak […]
GENEVA (AP) — The U.N. weather agency said Wednesday that carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere hit new record highs last year, and heat trapped by such greenhouse gases is “turbo-charging” the Earth’s climate and causing more extreme weather. The World Meteorological Organization said in its latest bulletin on greenhouse gases that C02 growth rates […]
GENEVA (AP) — The United Nations’ food aid agency said Wednesday that severe funding cuts from its top donors are hurting its operations in six countries and warned that nearly 14 million people could be forced into emergency levels of hunger. The World Food Program, traditionally the U.N.’s most-funded agency, said in a new report […]
BANGKOK (AP) — Shares swung higher in Asia on Wednesday as hopes for a U.S. interest rate cut helped to offset worries over simmering trade tensions between Washington and Beijing. U.S. futures rose, while oil prices retreated. Gold rose to new highs, venturing above $4,200 per ounce. The precious metal has soared nearly 60% in […]
ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — A group of 14 people have become the latest West Africans deported from the U.S. to Ghana under an accord between the countries, said a lawyer whose group filed a lawsuit Tuesday seeking to block the arrangement. Oliver Barker-Vormawor, who represents migrants, said the latest group of 14 West African nationals […]
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina’s libertarian leader is lavishing praise on Donald Trump ahead of his first White House meeting with the U.S. president on Tuesday. It’s a tactic that has helped transform President Javier Milei ’s cash-strapped country into one of the Trump administration’s closest allies. The effusive declarations are nothing new for […]
HONG KONG (AP) — China’s Commerce Ministry said Tuesday it was banning dealings by Chinese companies with five subsidiaries of South Korean shipbuilder Hanwha Ocean. The ministry announced Tuesday that it was also investigating a probe by Washington into China’s growing dominance in world shipbuilding. The U.S. Trade Representative launched the Section 301 trade investigation […]
TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were trading mixed on Tuesday after a rally on Wall Street spurred by U.S. President Donald Trump’s reassurances over relations with China. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 slipped 1.4% to 47,419.87, as trading resumed following a national holiday Monday. In Hong Kong, the Hang Seng lost 0.4% to 25,788.44, while the […]
JACKSON COUNTY, Georgia (AP) — Seven people were killed in a fiery crash on a highway in Georgia on Monday afternoon when a semi-trailer struck a van and it burst into flames, according to law enforcement. The semi-trailer was following too close to the Dodge van on Interstate 85 in Jackson County, about 62 miles […]
BANGKOK (AP) — China did not back down Monday in a back-and-forth with the U.S. over trade, calling for U.S. President Donald Trump to withdraw his latest threat of a 100% tariff and other export control measures announced over the weekend. In the latest escalation of the trade war between the two nations, Trump issued […]
BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares tumbled on Monday as escalating trade tensions with China shattered a monthslong calm on Wall Street. U.S. stocks skidded on Friday after President Donald Trump threatened to crank tariffs higher on China, signaling more trouble ahead between the two biggest economies. He was responding to restrictions Beijing is imposing on […]
SHARM EL SHEIKH, Egypt (AP) — Egypt’s foreign minister told The Associated Press on Monday that the success of U.S. President Donald Trump’s vision for peace in the region is his continued commitment to the process, including applying pressure on the parties, engagement and “even deployment on the ground” with international forces expected to carry […]
CAIRO (AP) — Israelis on Monday prepared to welcome home the last 20 living hostages from devastated Gaza and mourn the return of the dead, in the key exchange of the breakthrough ceasefire after two years of war. Palestinians awaited the release of hundreds of prisoners held by Israel. U.S. President Donald Trump was arriving […]
CAIRO (AP) — Preparations were underway Sunday for a ramp-up of aid entering the war-battered Gaza Strip under a new ceasefire deal that many are hoping will signal an end to the devastating 2-year-long war. The Israeli defense body in charge of humanitarian aid in Gaza, COGAT, said that the amount of aid entering Gaza […]
