K-pop star Moon Bin found dead at home
By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Moon Bin, a singer from South Korean boyband Astro, was found dead at his home in…
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Indian court dismisses opposition leader Rahul Gandhi’s plea
Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — An Indian court has dismissed opposition leader Rahul Gandhi’s plea to stay his conviction in a criminal…
Continue Reading Indian climber who fell into deep Annapurna crevasse rescued
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — An Indian climber who fell into a 980-foot crevasse on Mount Annapurna on Monday has been rescued. An expedition organizer…
Continue Reading Trade envoy Tai says US not seeking to ‘decouple’ from China
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai says Washington is not seeking to decouple the American…
Continue Reading Cattle raiding by jihadis soars in Mali, fuels conflict
By SAM MEDNICK and BABA AHMED Associated Press BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Ayouba Ag Nadroun was at the market in central Mali in March when Islamic…
Continue Reading Stock market today: Asian shares follow Wall Street lower
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer Shares were weaker in Asia on Friday, tracking a decline on Wall Street following mixed earnings reports from…
Continue Reading Cambodian PM’s son, tipped to succeed him, gets promotion
By SOPHENG CHEANG Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodian army chief Hun Manet, who is widely expected to replace his father as the…
Continue Reading Oakland A’s purchase land for new stadium in Las Vegas
By JOSH DUBOW AP Sports Writer OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — The Oakland Athletics have signed a binding agreement to purchase land for a new retractable…
Continue Reading Hong Kong bishop hopes for closer ties with Beijing diocese
BEIJING (AP) — Hong Kong’s Roman Catholic bishop says he hopes the dioceses of Hong Kong and Beijing will have more exchanges and cooperation.…
Continue Reading Low tech makes cleaner water in Iowa; so what’s stopping it?
By SCOTT McFETRIDGE and MICHAEL PHILLIS Associated Press SLATER, Iowa (AP) — There’s a low-tech remedy for the nitrate pollution affecting…
Continue Reading Indonesia recovers bodies of 4 troops killed in Papua clash
By ALFIAN KARTONO and NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press JAYAPURA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian security forces have recovered the bodies of four…
Continue Reading Movie theaters and streamers may end up friends, after all
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Not long ago, some were predicting more and more films would be diverted from theaters and sent…
Continue Reading ‘Too much to learn’: Schools race to catch up kids’ reading
By BIANCA VÁZQUEZ TONESS AP Education Writer ATLANTA (AP) — Michael Crowder stands nervously at the front of his third grade classroom, his…
Continue Reading Movie theaters and streamers may end up friends, after all
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — After Ben Affleck and Matt Damon test screened their Nike drama “Air,” the film executives at…
Continue Reading An end to the reading wars? More US schools embrace phonics
By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press Move over “Dick and Jane.” A different approach to teaching kids how to read is on the rise. For…
Continue Reading Biden labor secretary nominee Su faces doubts in Senate
By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s nominee to be the next labor secretary, Julie Su, will testify to…
Continue Reading More peril for Trump in pending probes than NY: AP-NORC poll
By JILL COLVIN and EMILY SWANSON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump has emerged largely unscathed politically from…
Continue Reading SpaceX giant rocket explodes minutes after launch from Texas
By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, Texas (AP) — SpaceX’s giant new rocket exploded minutes after blasting off on its first…
Continue Reading US trade rep seeks close economic security ties in Asia
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai has told Japanese officials the United States hopes to…
Continue Reading ‘The damage is unbelievable:’ Tornadoes kill 3 in Oklahoma
By KEN MILLER and JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — Crews scrambled Thursday to restore power to thousands of residents after tornadoes…
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