With Peru in the global spotlight for APEC, so is one of the world's least...
LIMA, Peru (AP) — It was a big day for Peru’s accidental president, Dina Boluarte, whose official schedule has been blank for months. On Thursday, the high-profile Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation...
View ArticleNorth Korea tests exploding drones as Kim calls for mass production
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea tested exploding drones designed to crash into targets and leader Kim Jong Un called for accelerating mass production of the weapons, state media said Friday. The...
View ArticleAustralia's plan to ban children from social media proves popular and...
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — How do you remove children from the harms of social media? Politically the answer appears simple in Australia, but practically the solution could be far more difficult. The...
View ArticleSouth Korean opposition leader gets a suspended jail term for violating...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean opposition leader Lee Jae-myung was convicted of violating election law and sentenced to a suspended prison term Friday by a court that ruled he made false...
View ArticleTropical Storm Sara makes landfall in northern Honduras and brings heavy rain...
SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras (AP) — Tropical Storm Sara made landfall in northern Honduras late Thursday and threatened to dump torrential rains across parts of Central America and southern Mexico. Sara...
View ArticleParty of Sri Lanka's new Marxist-leaning president wins two-thirds majority...
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — The party of Sri Lanka’s new Marxist-leaning President Anura Kumara Dissanayake won a two-thirds majority in parliament, according to official election results Friday,...
View ArticleFire breaks out at a Spanish nursing home, killing at least 10 people
MADRID (AP) — At least 10 people died and others were injured in a blaze at a nursing home near Zaragoza, Spain, before firefighters managed to extinguish the flames, local authorities said Friday....
View ArticleVirgin Mary statue, a symbol of resilience, returns to Notre Dame Cathedral 5...
PARIS (AP) — A medieval statue of the Virgin Mary and Child, known as “The Virgin of Paris,” returned to Notre Dame cathedral Friday evening, five years after surviving the devastating 2019 fire that...
View ArticleAustria says Russia's Gazprom will cut off natural gas supply this weekend
VIENNA (AP) — Russia’s state-owned natural gas company Gazprom will cut off supplies to Austria’s OMV utility early Saturday, Austria’s chancellor said, adding that his country’s underground gas...
View ArticleLebanon's prime minister asks Iran to help secure a cease-fire in...
BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s caretaker prime minister on Friday asked Iran to help secure a cease-fire in the war between Israel and Hezbollah and appeared to urge it to convince the militant group to...
View ArticleBiden praises cooperation at meeting with South Korean, Japanese leaders amid...
LIMA, Peru (AP) — President Joe Biden on Friday praised the cooperation between South Korea, Japan and the U.S. at countering what he described as North Korea's “dangerous and destabilizing...
View ArticleDutch coalition survives crisis over top official resignation decrying...
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Dutch government dominated by hard-right leader Geert Wilders survived a government crisis that centered on the resignation of the finance state secretary over what...
View ArticleIn Milei's latest drastic move, Argentina is sole UN holdout voting 'no' to...
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — The usual suspects abstained from voting on a seemingly uncontroversial United Nations resolution that denounced violence against women and girls on Thursday — Iran,...
View ArticleThe family of Israeli-American hostage pleads with Biden and Trump to bring...
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Over the past two weeks, the political landscape around the negotiations for a cease-fire in Gaza have undergone a dramatic transformation. The American elections, the firing...
View ArticleFire engulfs hospital ward in northern India, killing 10 newborn babies
LUCKNOW, India (AP) — A fire tore through a neonatal intensive care unit in a hospital in northern India, killing 10 newborn babies and injuring 16 others, authorities said. The fire occurred late...
View ArticleJapan's minister visits Ukraine to stress mutual concern over North Korean...
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Japan's foreign minister arrived in Kyiv on Saturday to discuss North Korea’s deepening military alliance with Russia, including the deployment of thousands of troops to support...
View ArticleSome exult, others worry: Reactions to Trump's victory are mixed on NATO's...
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Conservative lawmakers in the Polish parliament exulted at Donald Trump's victory, standing and applauding while they chanted his name. The prospect of a second Trump term has...
View ArticleTropical Storm Sara drenches Honduras’ northern coast with flash flooding and...
SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras (AP) — Tropical Storm Sara started moving slightly faster Saturday after it stalled over Honduras, drenching the northern coast of the Central American nation, swelling rivers...
View ArticleVenezuela releases from prison some of the thousands detained after...
TOCUYITO, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela's government on Saturday released some of the thousands of people who were detained during and after deadly protests that followed the July presidential election....
View ArticleThe 'super year' of elections has been super bad for incumbents as voters...
BANGKOK (AP) — Whether on the left or the right, regardless of how long they’ve been in power, sitting governments around the world have been drubbed this year by disgruntled voters in what has been...
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