Year: 2024

Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand’s new Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra, the daughter of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, vowed Thursday in her inaugural speech to Parliament to continue many of her predecessor’s plans to solve the country’s economic woes. Among the government’s more immediate plans are measures to relieve household debt and reduce the

Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australia’s Defense Minister Richard Marles says several serving and former military commanders have been stripped of medals over allegations of war crimes committed during the Afghanistan war. A war crime investigation had recommended holding commanders to account for alleged misconduct of Australian special forces between 2005 and 2016. The investigation

Associated Press LEADVILLE, Colo. (AP) — Rust-colored piles of mine waste and sun-bleached wooden derricks loom above the historic Colorado mountain town of Leadville — a legacy of gold and silver mines polluting the Arkansas River basin more than a century after the city’s boom days. Enter a fledgling company called CJK Milling that wants

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Former football star Reggie Bush was at his Encino home Tuesday night when three male suspects attempted to break in, the Los Angeles Times reported Wednesday. “Everyone is safe,” Bush said in a text message to the newspaper. The Los Angeles Police Dept. told the Times that a resident of the

Associated Press APPLE VALLEY, Minn. (AP) — A pair of rare Amur tiger cubs are making their public debut at the Minnesota Zoo, raising hopes for preserving an endangered species that’s native to far eastern Russia and northern China. Andrei and Amaliya got to venture outside and feel the grass of their new home under

Associated Press The U.S. is divided when it comes to state and federal marijuana policy, but recent political developments could move the country toward greater acceptance of cannabis. Both major presidential candidates have signaled support for a proposed federal policy change that would reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug. Public approval of marijuana has

Associated Press RUNNING SPRINGS, Calif. (AP) — Firefighters battling three major wildfires in the mountains east of Los Angeles are taking advantage of cooler weather. They are slowly gaining the upper hand against blazes that have destroyed dozens of homes and forced thousands of people to evacuate. The worst danger appeared to have passed Thursday

AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks pulled closer to their records on Thursday following a couple reports on the economy that came in close to expectations. The S&P 500 rose 0.7% and climbed back within 1.3% of its record set in July following a shaky summer. It remains on track for a

Associated Press POHANG, South Korea (AP) — There are two Koreas, North and South. But there’s also more than one South Korea; it’s split into camps with often polar opposite views on the danger posed by their nuclear-armed neighbor to the north. This division in South Korean sentiment has lasted through a tumultuous history of

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — It’s a practice that’s about as American as apple pie — accusing immigrant and minority communities of engaging in bizarre or disgusting behaviors when it comes to what and how they eat and drink, a kind of shorthand for saying they don’t belong. The latest iteration came at Tuesday’s

Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A passenger train in South Africa has been transformed into a mobile health facility. It circulates throughout the country for much of the year, providing medical attention to the sick, young and old who often struggle to receive the care they need at crowded local clinics. For the past 30

Associated Press BRISTOL, Pa. (AP) — The presidential debate this week was the final affront to Rosie Torres’ lifelong Republicanism. She said her allegiance to Donald Trump, already strained by his stand on abortion, snapped in the former president’s “eye opener” encounter with Kamala Harris. It’s time to put “country before party,” Torres, 60, said

Associated Press HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Nearly 200 people have died in Vietnam in the aftermath of Typhoon Yagi and 128 are missing as flash floods and landslides take their toll, state media reported Thursday. Vietnam’s VNExpress newspaper reported that 199 people have died while more than 800 have been injured. In the capital, flood

Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Machinists at Boeing voted Thursday to go on strike, another setback for the giant aircraft maker whose reputation and finances have been battered and now faces a shutdown in production of its best-selling airline planes. The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers said 94.6% of voting workers rejected the