GENEVA (AP) 鈥� The U.S. treasury secretary and America鈥檚 top trade negotiator will meet with high-ranking Chinese officials in Switzerland this weekend to de-escalate a dispute that threatens to cut off trade between the world鈥檚 two biggest economies and to damage global commerce. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer will meet […]
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) 鈥� Iran and the United States will meet again this weekend for talks over Tehran鈥檚 rapidly advancing nuclear program. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said the talks Sunday would again be held in Oman, which has mediated three previous rounds of negotiations. Araghchi will meet with U.S. Mideast envoy Steve […]
GENEVA (AP) 鈥� Switzerland’s president lamented 鈥渄isappointing鈥� talks Friday with U.S. President Donald Trump’s treasury secretary that did not ease stiff U.S. tariffs on Swiss goods, but expressed hope for a solution to a more consequential U.S.-China face-off on tariffs in Geneva this weekend. Swiss President Karin Keller-Sutter, who also serves as finance minister, said […]
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) 鈥� International human rights organizations on Friday filed a lawsuit with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights asking that the commission order El Salvador鈥檚 government to release Venezuelans deported from the United States and held in a maximum-security prison. In March, the U.S. government deported more than 200 Venezuelan immigrants […]
STOCKHOLM (AP) 鈥� The Stockholm City Council has rejected the U.S. Embassy’s demands that it comply with the Trump administration’s rollback of diversity, equity and inclusion policies. It’s the latest in U.S. President Donald Trump’s efforts to terminate such programs within the federal government 鈥� and beyond 鈥� in what he described in his inauguration […]
OSLO, Norway (AP) 鈥� Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen told the Associated Press 鈥測ou cannot spy against an ally鈥� after reports that the United States has stepped up intelligence gathering on Greenland, a semi-autonomous Danish territory coveted by U.S. President Donald Trump. Denmark Thursday summoned the top American diplomat in the country for an explanation […]
HONG KONG (AP) 鈥� Shares were mixed in Asia on Friday as investors pinned their hopes on weekend trade talks between China and the U.S. U.S. futures and oil prices logged modest gains. China reported that its exports rose at a faster-than-expected 8.1% annual pace in April, down from 12.4% the month before. Exports to […]
PANAMA CITY (AP) 鈥� Panama President Jos茅 Ra煤l Mulino said Thursday that he will not renegotiate an agreement with the United States to give U.S. troops access to Panamanian facilities, despite protests charging that he compromised the country鈥檚 sovereignty. On Tuesday, thousands of Panamanians marched in the capital in the largest protest yet against an […]
CAIRO (AP) 鈥� Reports of plans to deport migrants from the U.S. to Libya, a country with a documented history of serious human rights violations and abuse of migrants, have spotlighted the difficulties they face in the lawless North African nation. Migrants in Libya are routinely arbitrarily detained and placed in squalid detention centers where […]
VATICAN CITY (AP) 鈥� Pope Francis brought Robert Prevost to the Vatican in 2023 as the powerful head of the office that vets bishop nominations, one of the most important jobs in the Catholic Church. On Thursday, he ascended to become Pope Leo XIV 鈥� the first American pontiff. Prevost, 69, had to overcome the […]
VATICAN CITY (AP) 鈥� Cardinal Robert Prevost, an American missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and leads the Vatican鈥檚 powerful office of bishops, was elected the first U.S. pope in the 2,000-year history of the Catholic Church. Prevost, 69, took the name Leo XIV. This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo […]
LONDON (AP) 鈥� British rock band The Who are to say their final goodbye to North America this summer. Singer Roger Daltrey and guitarist Pete Townshend confirmed Thursday that they will perform hits from six-decade career during “The Song Is Over North America Farewell Tour,” named after the band鈥檚 1971 hit. The band, which by […]
LUSAKA, Zambia (AP) 鈥� The United States will cut $50 million worth of aid a year to the southern African country of Zambia because of the 鈥渟ystematic” theft of medicines and medical supplies the money paid for, the U.S. ambassador said Thursday. The U.S. had discovered in 2021 that medicines and supplies that were meant […]
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) 鈥� Last fall, weeks before Donald Trump was elected U.S. president, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy floated a pitch that proposed, among other things,鈥痑n economic deal that would allow Washington access to Ukraine鈥檚 largely untapped minerals and deepen strategic ties. Under pressure from Western allies and amid global war fatigue, Zelenskyy saw that […]
JERUSALEM (AP) 鈥� Israel permanently closed six U.N. schools in east Jerusalem on Thursday, forcing Palestinian students to leave early and throwing the education of more than 800 others into question. Last month, heavily armed Israeli police and Education Ministry officials ordered six schools in east Jerusalem to close within 30 days, which ended on […]
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) 鈥� Denmark says it will summon the top U.S. diplomat in the country for an explanation following a Wall Street Journal report about the United States stepping up intelligence gathering on Greenland, a semi-autonomous Danish territory coveted by President Donald Trump. Danish Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen told broadcaster DR outside a […]
LONDON (AP) 鈥� Even if the end of World War II in Europe spawned one of the most joyous days the continent ever lived, Thursday鈥檚 80th anniversary of V-E Day is haunted as much by the specter of current-day conflict as it celebrates the defeat of ultimate evil. Hitler鈥檚 Nazi Germany had finally surrendered after […]
TOKYO (AP) 鈥� Asian shares rose moderately Thursday after a lackluster finish on Wall Street, with most shares ticking higher after the Federal Reserve left its main interest rate unchanged, as was widely expected. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 edged up 0.2% in morning trading to 36,863.15. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 added 0.2% to 8,190.40. South Korea’s […]
HAVANA (AP) 鈥� Ten times a day for the past two weeks, Heidy S谩nchez has made the same two-block trek from her parents鈥� home in Havana looking for an internet signal to video call her family and sing her daughter to sleep. And every single time she has ended up crying. Cuban-born S谩nchez, 44, was […]
PANAMA CITY (AP) 鈥� The United States government says that a deal reached with Panama last year to pay for charter flights and airline tickets to deport migrants without status in Panama has led to nearly 2,000 migrants exiting the country. The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump is touting it as a factor in […]
REIMS, France (AP) 鈥� When Allied forces brought World War II in Europe and the Holocaust to an end 80 years ago this week, AP reporters and photographers were there, chronicling the Nazis鈥� historic defeat. Here are excerpts of AP news reports that momentous week: ___ EDITORS’ NOTE: On May 7, 1945, AP’s Edward Kennedy […]
