Month: April 2024

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Former Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou is visiting China to help build social and cultural links on a trip that might include a meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping despite heightened tensions. Ma left Taipei on Monday with a student group on an 11-day trip that underlines continued interactions in education, business

NEW YORK (AP) — James Patterson is launching a true crime series on Fox Nation. “Unsolved with James Patterson” is hosted by the million-selling author, premieres Monday and will air in three segments. Fox says Patterson’s series will include a trio of unsolved homicide cases. One is the death of a Louisiana schoolteacher who became

By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Who do you have winning your college basketball bracket? The head of AT&T’s marketing is hoping that you’ll respond by asking, “For which tournament?” The telecommunications giant is once again sponsoring the men’s and women’s college basketball tournaments. It’s also significantly increasing is investment in

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Officials say a Pakistani appeals court has suspended a 14-year prison sentence for former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife in a corruption case. Despite Monday’s court order, the couple won’t be released because Khan and his wife are already serving prison terms in other cases. However, the verdict was a

By KATE ASHFORD of NerdWallet Only about 1 in 8 adults know when they’ll be eligible for full retirement benefits through Social Security, according to a 2023 survey from the Nationwide Retirement Institute. And compared to 2014, fewer people age 50 and up now know whether they may be eligible for Social Security benefits based

Authorities in Russia’s Far East have called off a two-week-long rescue effort to reach 13 workers trapped deep underground in a collapsed gold mine and declared them dead. The miners got trapped on March 18 at a depth of about 400 feet, when part of the mine collapsed in the Zeysk district of the Amur

By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer UPS will become the primary air cargo provider for the United States Postal Service. The Atlanta shipping company said Monday that it had received an air cargo contract from the U.S. Postal Service that significantly expands an existing partnership between the two. UPS will move the majority of air

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — As the past few weeks have shown, British royalty and the media can be an explosive mix. The absence of the Princess of Wales after abdominal surgery in January sparked uncontrolled online speculation that was first heightened by the release of a manipulated photo, then eased by

By ANDREW WILKS Associated Press ISTANBUL (AP) — Huge gains made by the opposition in Turkey’s local elections have led to questions about the path the country’s long-serving leader will take before the next round of voting in four years’ time. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s ruling party was outperformed in Sunday’s polls as the opposition

By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — In September, Hyundai and Kia issued a recall of 3.4 million vehicles in the United States with an ominous warning: The vehicles should be parked outdoors and away from buildings because they risked catching fire, with the engines on or off. Six months later, most of

By DAVID McHUGH Associated Press FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Germany has legalized the possession of small amounts of marijuana. The new law took effect Monday. Cannabis campaigners celebrated by lighting up at Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate. But not everyone is feeling mellow about it: doctors’ and police organizations opposed the law. Germany becomes the third European

By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — In September, Hyundai and Kia issued a recall of 3.4 million of its vehicles in the United States with an ominous warning: The vehicles should be parked outdoors and away from buildings because they risked catching fire, whether the engines were on or off. Six months

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s imperial family made an Instagram debut with a barrage of posts on Monday, hoping to shake off their reclusive image and reach out to younger people on social media. The Imperial Household Agency, a government agency in charge of the family’s affairs, posted 60 photos and

ISLAMABAD (AP) — An old land mine found by children in eastern Afghanistan has exploded while they were playing with it, killing nine children. A Taliban spokesman says the land mine, which the children found near their village in Ghazni province, was from decades ago. He says the explosion Sunday killed five boys and four

BEIJING (AP) — The French foreign minister pressed China on trade issues and the war in Ukraine on Monday ahead of a planned visit to France by Chinese leader Xi Jinping later this spring. Stéphane Séjourné, in talks with his counterpart Wang Yi in the Chinese capital, largely echoed positions that have been laid out

By SHEIKH SAALIQ Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — The world’s largest democratic election could also be one of its most consequential. With a population of over 1.4 billion people and close to 970 million voters, India’s general election pits Prime Minister Narendra Modi, an avowed Hindu nationalist, against a broad alliance of opposition parties

NEW DELHI (AP) — A court in Indian has placed a top opposition leader in two weeks of judicial detention after his 10 days in the custody of a federal agency expired. Opposition leaders says the case is part of a crackdown by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government on rivals ahead of a national election later this

By RIAZ KHAN Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistani counterterrorism police have arrested at least 12 suspects in connection with last week’s suicide bombing that killed five Chinese nationals and their Pakistani driver in the volatile northwest. Officials say those arrested are not directly involved in the attack but helped orchestrate Tuesday’s bombing. Some of them allegedly

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Police say a man was killed and five other people were injured during a shooting inside a Nashville, Tennessee, restaurant on Easter Sunday. The city’s police department says the shooting around 3 p.m. began within minutes of the male suspect’s arrival when the suspect and the man who died got into

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — A World Bank report says Asian economies are not doing as well as they could and growth in the region is forecast to slow to 4.5% this year from 5.1% in 2023. The report released Monday says debt, trade barriers and policy uncertainties are dulling the