Taiwan rejects South African demand to move its representative office from capital
Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan has rejected South Africa’s demand that it move its representative office in the country from the…
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Samoan coast where King Charles will visit worries about the future after ship damaged reef
Associated Press SIUMU, Samoa (AP) — People who live in villages along the Samoan coastline where a New Zealand navy ship ran aground, caught fire…
Continue Reading Stock market today: Wall Street drifts to a mixed close after erasing earlier losses
AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks drifted to a mixed close after erasing most of their losses from earlier in the day. The S&P 500…
Continue Reading In hard-fought Pennsylvania, fast-growing Hispanic communities present a test for Harris and Trump
Associated Press ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) — The sun was creeping over the horizon on a recent morning in Pennsylvania’s erstwhile steel country, but…
Continue Reading In Georgia, the winner in the presidential race may be determined by who doesn’t vote
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — In Georgia, nonvoters are the most complicated piece of the electoral puzzle in a state that could decide the…
Continue Reading In battleground Georgia, poor people see no reason to vote. That decision could sway election
Associated Press MACON, Ga. (AP) — Sabrina Friday scanned the room at Mother’s Nest, an organization in Macon that provides baby supplies,…
Continue Reading Mideast conflict looms over US presidential race as Harris and Trump jostle for an edge
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Two weeks out from Election Day, the crisis in the Middle East is looming over the race for the White House,…
Continue Reading Asian American boba brand finds opportunity after Simu Liu sparks cultural appropriation debate
Associated Press Olivia Chen and Pauline Ang, friends and business partners on boba milk tea brand Twrl, have tried three times to get on “Shark…
Continue Reading New campus protest rules spur an outcry from college faculty
AP Education Writer Dissent is thriving this fall at American colleges, and not just among student activists. With student protests limited by new…
Continue Reading How Project 2025’s rightward vision became a flashpoint in this year’s election
AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — For a year, Project 2025 has endured as a persistent force in the presidential election. It’s…
Continue Reading In annual religious pilgrimage, Panamanians crawl to reach the Black Christ of Portobelo
Associated Press PORTOBELO, Panama (AP) — At dawn, pilgrims like Ernesto Troya undertook the hardest stretch of their journey to reach the image of…
Continue Reading Obama and Walz urge Democrats to vote early in battleground Wisconsin
Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Voters lined up across battleground Wisconsin to cast their ballots on the first day of early, in-person…
Continue Reading How Project 2025’s rightward vision became a flashpoint in this year’s election
AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — For the past year, Project 2025 has endured as a persistent force in the presidential election,…
Continue Reading China holds live-fire drills opposite Taiwan, a week after large-scale exercise
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China is holding live-fire drills off the coast of its southern Fujian province facing Taiwan, just a week after a massive…
Continue Reading King Charles III’s Commonwealth visit to Samoa will highlight climate change … and dance
Associated Press LONDON (AP) — King Charles III should be prepared to dance when he visits Samoa this week. Freddie Tuilagi made sure of that when…
Continue Reading King Charles III ends first Australian visit by a reigning British monarch in 13 years
Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — King Charles III is ending the first visit to Australia by a reigning British monarch in 13 years with…
Continue Reading Two plead guilty to murder of former Air India suspect Ripudaman Singh Mali
NEW WESTMINSTER, British Columbia (AP) — Two men charged in the killing of former Air India bombing suspect Ripudaman Singh Malik have pleaded…
Continue Reading Here’s why every Australian can request, and receive, a free portrait of King Charles
Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Photo portraits of King Charles are available in Australia under a little-known government policy…
Continue Reading Georgia county says it’s suing company over chemical fire
CONYERS, Ga. (AP) — Rockdale County plans to file a federal lawsuit this week against BioLab after a chemical fire in Georgia sent a toxic plume…
Continue Reading 11 pro-Palestinian protesters are arrested after occupying building at University of Minnesota
Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — About a dozen pro-Palestinian protesters have been arrested at the University of Minnesota after they briefly…
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