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BEIJING (AP) — An employee of Chinese state TV has posted photos of missing tennis star Peng Shuai online in a new effort to dispel concern about her disappearance after she accused a senior leader …
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11/20/21
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BANGKOK (AP) — Thais flocked to rivers and lakes on Friday evening to release small floats adorned with flowers and candles in an annual festival honoring the goddess of water, with thousands of …
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By TASSANEE VEJPONGSA
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11/20/21
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — America's top defense official vowed Saturday to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon and to counter its “dangerous use” of suicide drones in the …
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By JON GAMBRELL
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11/20/21
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BRUSSELS (AP) — This was supposed to be the Christmas in Europe where family and friends could once again embrace holiday festivities and one another. Instead, the continent is the global epicenter …
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By RAF CASERT and KAREL JANICEK
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11/20/21
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UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The more than 66,000 United Nations peacekeepers are confronting greater threats today because conflicts have become more complex and are driven by an increasing number of …
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By EDITH M. LEDERER
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11/20/21
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THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Police fired warning shots, injuring an unknown number of people, as riots broke out Friday night in downtown Rotterdam at a demonstration against plans by the …
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By MIKE CORDER
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11/19/21
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BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro and Environment Minister Joaquim Leite both knew the Amazon region's annual deforestation rate had surged before the U.N. climate talks …
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By DÉBORA ÁLVARES
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11/19/21
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DOHUK, Iraq (AP) — Khari Hasan Kalo peered out of the window of the repatriation flight as it touched down in northern Iraq. It's a place he and his family had hoped never to see again after they …
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By SAMYA KULLAB
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11/19/21
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SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Miguel Torres is the archetype of what might be called the Chilean dream.
A college dropout, he nonetheless rose above his working class roots thanks to decades of …
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By EVA VERGARA and JOSHUA GOODMAN
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11/19/21
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BEIJING (AP) — China’s Foreign Ministry on Friday stuck to its line that it wasn't aware of the controversy surrounding tennis professional Peng Shuai, who disappeared after accusing a former top …
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11/19/21
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BERLIN (AP) — Austrian Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg said Friday that the country will go into a national lockdown to contain a fourth wave of coronavirus cases.
Schallenberg said the …
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By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER
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11/19/21
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BERLIN (AP) — The head of Germany's disease control agency said Friday that the country has entered into a “nationwide state of emergency” because of surging coronavirus infections.
Lothar …
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11/19/21
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HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — At a busy market in a poor township outside Harare this week, Nyasha Ndou kept his mask in his pocket, as hundreds of other people, mostly unmasked, jostled to buy and sell …
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By MARIA CHENG and FARAI MUTSAKA
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11/19/21
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HODMEZOVASARHELY, Hungary (AP) — Hungary's opposition leader wants to restore his country's frayed ties with the West — and also has a message for American fans of right-wing Prime Minister …
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By JUSTIN SPIKE
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11/19/21
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JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Liberator of Nelson Mandela? Or a leader responsible for racist murders? South Africa is engrossed in debate over the legacy of apartheid's last president, F.W. de Klerk, who …
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By ANDREW MELDRUM
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11/19/21
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GUADALAJARA, Spain (AP) — Carnations in hand, 94-year-old Julio López del Campo has come decade after decade to mark the spot where he believes the body of his brother, Mariano, was tossed into a …
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By MANU FERNÁNDEZ and JOSEPH WILSON
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11/19/21
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BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets were mostly higher Friday after Wall Street hit a record and Japanese inflation eased.
Market benchmarks in Shanghai, Tokyo and Sydney advanced. Hong Kong …
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By JOE McDONALD
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11/19/21
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CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Zoe Martano is no stranger to misery. At 6, she has spent half of her life in and out of a Venezuelan hospital, being prodded and poked, rushed to the ICU and hooked up to …
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By REGINA GARCIA CANO and JUAN PABLO ARRAEZ
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11/19/21
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NEW DELHI (AP) — India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Friday his government will withdraw the controversial farm laws that prompted year-long protests from tens of thousands of farmers who …
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By SHEIKH SAALIQ
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11/18/21
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RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The area deforested in Brazil's Amazon reached a 15-year high after a 22% jump from the prior year, according to official data published Thursday.
The National Institute …
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By DAVID BILLER
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11/18/21
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