Japan-US launch talks to resolve dispute over tariffs
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — U.S. and Japanese officials have agreed to launch talks aimed at settling a dispute over American…
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UN experts review plans for release of Fukushima plant water
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A team from the U.N. nuclear agency has arrived in Japan to assess preparations for the release…
Continue Reading Cambodia reopens 2 weeks early, buoyed by high vaccine rates
By SOPHENG CHEANG Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodia has reopened its borders to fully vaccinated travelers two weeks earlier…
Continue Reading Asian stocks rise as Biden, Xi hold video summit
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets are higher as President Joe Biden and China’s Xi Jinping hold a summit…
Continue Reading Biden, Xi try to tamp down tension in long virtual meeting
By AAMER MADHANI and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and China’s Xi Jinping are agreeing they need to…
Continue Reading Biden signs $1T infrastructure deal with bipartisan crowd
By JOSH BOAK and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has signed his hard-fought $1 trillion infrastructure deal…
Continue Reading Foreign students returning to US, but below pre-COVID levels
By COLLIN BINKLEY and PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — A new survey finds that international students are returning to U.S. colleges…
Continue Reading Democrats push for paid family leave ahead of critical votes
By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi surprised advocates, and even many of her Democratic…
Continue Reading Prosecutor: Rittenhouse provoked the bloodshed in Kenosha
By SCOTT BAUER, MICHAEL TARM and AMY FORLITI Associated Press KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — Prosecutors say Kyle Rittenhouse provoked bloodshed on the…
Continue Reading Trial begins for man charged with killing 18 in Texas
By JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — The trial has begun for a man who is charged with killing 18 older women in Dallas and its suburbs…
Continue Reading Washington seeks over $38 billion from opioid distributors
By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson has taken the state’s case against the nation’s three…
Continue Reading 9-year-old Dallas boy dies after Astroworld festival crush
HOUSTON (AP) — A 9-year-old Dallas has become the youngest person to die from injuries sustained during a crowd surge at the Astroworld music…
Continue Reading China stock exchange for entrepreneurs launches in Beijing
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — A stock exchange set up in the Chinese capital to serve entrepreneurs has opened trading with 81…
Continue Reading ‘Sesame Street’ debuts Ji-Young, first Asian American muppet
By TERRY TANG Associated Press At only 7 years old, Ji-Young is making history as the first Asian American muppet in the “Sesame Street” canon.…
Continue Reading Rare November tornadoes hit Connecticut, Rhode Island
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — The National Weather Service says at least three tornadoes hit Rhode Island and southeast Connecticut. The twisters…
Continue Reading Japan’s economy contracts on shrinking consumption, exports
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s economy shrank at a 3% annual rate in the July-September quarter, as private consumption…
Continue Reading Former New Orleans mayor Landrieu to manage Biden’s $1T plan
By ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has chosen a former New Orleans mayor, Mitch Landrieu, to supervise his $1…
Continue Reading National Public Radio books editor Petra Mayer dies at 46
WASHINGTON (AP) — The books editor for National Public Radio has died at 46. Colleagues remember Petra Mayer for her reporting at Comic-Con and…
Continue Reading MTV EMAs show in Hungary highlights support for LGBTQ people
By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — The 2021 MTV European Music Awards show has been held in Hungary’s capital of…
Continue Reading Gunmen in Mexico kill family of 5, wound 8-month old baby
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Authorities in north-central Mexico say gunmen assaulted a house and killed five family members, including a 14-year-old boy,…
Continue Reading Greek anti-vaxxers insult masked film festival attendees
THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — Greece’s premier film festival took an unexpected turn when anti-vaxxers showed up outside the theater in…
Continue Reading French film wins top prize at Greece’s top film festival
THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — The French movie “Petite Nature” (Softie) has won the top Golden Alexander prize at the 62nd Thessaloniki…
Continue Reading Wilbur Smith, prolific author of adventure tales, dies at 88
Wilbur Smith, a bestselling author who wrote dozens of adventure novels, has died at age 88. His office says in an online obituary that Smith died…
Continue Reading Woman arrested for punching Southwest Airlines worker
DALLAS (AP) — Dallas police say a woman has been arrested after punching a Southwest Airlines employee in the head during boarding for a flight out…
Continue Reading ‘Watered-down hope’: Experts wanted more from climate pact
By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — While world leaders hail the Glasgow climate pact as a good compromise that keeps a…
Continue Reading Extremist attack in Burkina Faso kills at least 20
By SAM MEDNICK Associated Press OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — Burkina Faso’s security minister says an attack by jihadis on a gendarme…
Continue Reading Mar-a-Lago-trespasser deported to China 2 years later
PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A Chinese businesswoman has been deported back to China more than two years after being sentenced to eight months in prison…
Continue Reading Signs abounded that deadly Ecuador prison attack was coming
By ALLEN PANCHANA and GONZALO SOLANO Associated Press GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador (AP) — The signs that an attack was imminent inside the largest prison in…
Continue Reading Israel approves coronavirus vaccines for younger children
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel has approved giving the COVID-19 vaccine to children between the ages of 5 and 11. Sunday’s Ministry decision follows…
Continue Reading White House confident Biden’s bill will pass House this week
By HOPE YEN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s top economic adviser is expressing confidence the White House’s $1.85…
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