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April 24, 2024, 2:52 a.m.
NEW DELHI (AP) — The hugely popular Chinese app TikTok may be forced out of the U.S. , where a measure to outlaw the video-sharing app has won congressional approval and is on its way to President Biden for his ...
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April 24, 2024, 2:52 a.m.
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Nepal's president asked the emir of Qatar, who is on a two-day visit to the South Asian country, to help release a Nepali student held hostage by Palestinian militant group Hamas, officials said on Wednesday. President ...
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April 24, 2024, 2:47 a.m.
HONG KONG (AP) — World shares advanced Wednesday, led by a 2.4% rally for Tokyo’s benchmark Nikkei 225 index that was powered by strong gains for semiconductor makers. European markets opened higher. Germany’s DAX was up 0.4% to 18,200.49 and ...
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April 24, 2024, 2:44 a.m.
BEIJING (AP) — As auto giant Volkswagen AG races to catch up with upstart Chinese competitors, it has drivers like 26-year-old Ren Yiling in mind. She is young and wants to play video games in her car. The digital features ...
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April 24, 2024, 2:42 a.m.
LONDON (AP) — London police have contained two horses that were seen running around loose without riders in the heart of the U.K. capital on Wednesday morning. City of London police said officers were waiting for a horse box from ...
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April 24, 2024, 2:42 a.m.
SYDNEY (AP) — Australian police arrested seven teenagers accused of following a violent extremist ideology in raids across Sydney on Wednesday to protect the community from a potential attack, officials said. The seven, aged 15 to 17, were part of ...
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April 24, 2024, 2:42 a.m.
SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — Voters were lining up Wednesday in North Macedonia to cast ballots for a president they hope will oversee the country's long-anticipated entry into the European Union , The small Balkan country has orbited the EU ...
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April 24, 2024, 2:32 a.m.
Germany said Wednesday that it plans to follow several other countries in resuming cooperation with the U.N. relief agency for Palestinians in Gaza after the publication of an independent review of its neutrality. The head of the Arab League hailed ...
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April 24, 2024, 2:27 a.m.
VILLA MADERO, Mexico (AP) — As a drought in Mexico drags on , angry subsistence farmers have begun taking direct action on thirsty avocado orchards and berry fields of commercial farms that are drying up streams in the mountains west ...
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April 24, 2024, 2:20 a.m.
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian officials on Wednesday expressed thanks for a fresh batch of U.S. military aid that threw Kyiv’s armed forces a lifeline in their more than two-year war with Russia , even though the vital new supplies ...
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April 24, 2024, 2:17 a.m.
BEIJING (AP) — China on Wednesday blasted the latest package of U.S. military assistance to Taiwan on Wednesday, saying that such funding was pushing the self-governing island republic into a “dangerous situation.” The U.S. Senate late Tuesday passed $95 billion ...
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April 24, 2024, 2:05 a.m.
SHANGHAI (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has begun a critical trip to China armed with a strengthened diplomatic hand following Senate approval of a foreign aid package that will provide billions of dollars in assistance to Ukraine, ...
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April 24, 2024, 2:04 a.m.
Here are the scores from yesterday's sports events: ___ INTERLEAGUE Final Chicago Cubs 7 Houston 2 ___ AMERICAN LEAGUE Final Cleveland 4 Boston 1 Final Detroit 4 Tampa Bay 2 Final N.Y. Yankees 4 Oakland 3 Final Kansas City 3 ...
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April 24, 2024, 2:03 a.m.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden's long, painful battle with Republicans in Congress to secure urgently needed assistance for Ukraine will end Wednesday when he signs into law a $95 billion war aid measure that also includes support for Israel, ...
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April 24, 2024, 1:59 a.m.
JIUQUAN SATELLITE LAUNCH CENTER, China (AP) — China's space agency is making final preparations to send the Shenzhou-18 crew into low-Earth orbit on Thursday as part of its ambitious space program that aims to put people on the moon by ...
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April 24, 2024, 1:55 a.m.
BERLIN (AP) — A prominent German far-right lawmaker said Wednesday that he will dismiss an assistant who was arrested on suspicion of spying for China , but will remain the Alternative for Germany party's top candidate in the upcoming European ...
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April 24, 2024, 1:45 a.m.
A top Russian military official arrested on suspicion of accepting a bribe was sent to pre-trial detention Wednesday after appearing before a court in central Moscow, court officials said in a statement. Timur Ivanov, 48, one of Russia’s 12 deputy ...
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April 24, 2024, 1:24 a.m.
TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s first moon lander has survived a third freezing lunar night, Japan’s space agency said Wednesday after receiving an image from the device three months after it landed on the moon. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency said ...
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April 24, 2024, 1:07 a.m.
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi arrived in Sri Lanka on Wednesday to inaugurate a hydropower and irrigation project that was long delayed due to international sanctions on his government and other issues. Raisi is the first ...
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April 24, 2024, 12:49 a.m.
NEW YORK (AP) — Standoffs between pro-Palestinian student protesters and universities grew increasingly tense on both coasts Wednesday as hundreds encamped at Columbia University faced a deadline from the administration to clear out while dozens remained barricaded inside two buildings ...
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