South Korea to restore Japan’s trade status to improve ties
By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol says his government will take steps to restore…
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Correction: China-Zero-COVID-Exit story
BEIJING (AP) — In a story published March 22, 2023, about China’s failure to prepare for an exit from its zero-COVID policy, The Associated Press…
Continue Reading At Ukraine’s front, police try to evacuate holdout families
By ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press AVDIIVKA, Ukraine (AP) — Pale and grimy from living in a dank, dark basement for nearly a year, the teenager…
Continue Reading Swedish investigator says S. Korea key to her adoption probe
By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A legal expert investigating Sweden’s international adoption practices says…
Continue Reading Ignoring experts, China’s sudden zero-COVID exit cost lives
By DAKE KANG Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — When China suddenly scrapped onerous zero-COVID measures in December, the country wasn’t ready for a…
Continue Reading Asian shares advance on back of Wall Street rally
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares advanced Wednesday after a Wall Street rally led by the banks most beaten down…
Continue Reading US: No reason for China to react to Taiwan leader stopover
By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is putting out the word that planned stopovers in the United States by…
Continue Reading Garbage: In Paris streets, heaps of it become protest symbol
By ELAINE GANLEY Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Garbage. Heaps, mounds and piles of it are growing daily — and in some places standing higher than…
Continue Reading Japan’s PM offers Ukraine support as China’s Xi backs Russia
By KARL RITTER Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Prime Minister Fumio Kishida made a surprise visit Tuesday to Kyiv, engaging in dueling…
Continue Reading Gwyneth Paltrow’s lawyer calls Utah ski collision story ‘BS’
By SAM METZ Associated Press PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Gwyneth Paltrow’s lawyer called the story of a retired optometrist who is suing her over…
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Apaches tell court copper mine would harm sacred sites
By ANITA SNOW Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — A Native American group that’s trying to stop an effort to build one of the largest copper…
Continue Reading Apaches get new chance to argue mine will harm sacred sites
By ANITA SNOW Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — An Apache group battling a foreign mining firm that wants to build one of the largest copper mines in…
Continue Reading Wisconsin Supreme Court candidates debate as voting begins
By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Voters have begun casting ballots in person in Wisconsin’s high stakes state Supreme…
Continue Reading Venezuela oil czar in surprise resignation amid graft probes
By REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The man responsible for running Venezuela’s oil industry — the one that pays…
Continue Reading New law puts Wyoming at forefront of abortion pill bans
By MEAD GRUVER Associated Press CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming has pushed to the front of state efforts to prohibit the most common type of abortion…
Continue Reading Trump waits out grand jury as New York braces for protests
By ERIC TUCKER and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Facing the possibility of criminal charges, Donald Trump waited it out in…
Continue Reading Army of lobbyists helped water down banking regulations
By BRIAN SLODYSKO and KEN SWEET Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — It seemed like a good idea at the time: Red-state Democrats facing grim…
Continue Reading Bullfighting ban faces critical legislative vote in Colombia
By MANUEL RUEDA Associated Press VILLAPINZON, Colombia (AP) — A 61-year-old matador nicknamed “Little gypsy of America” fell headfirst into the…
Continue Reading Ukraine hints it hit Russian missiles in occupied Crimea
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s military is reporting what appears to be a brazen attack on Russian cruise missiles being carried by train in the…
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Three years since the first reported COVID case in Yuma
County Supervisor Lynne Pancrazi says the county is back on track, thanks to everybody making sacrifices during the…
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