SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) 鈥� The FBI has joined the search for a 20-year-old University of Pittsburgh student who went missing nearly a week ago while on spring break in the Dominican Republic tourist town of Punta Cana, police said Tuesday. Dominican police said they are re-interviewing people who were with Sudiksha Konanki before […]
ROME (AP) 鈥� Pope Francis woke up Tuesday to good news from his doctors: They upgraded his prognosis and say he is no longer in imminent danger of death as a result of the double pneumonia that has kept him hospitalized for nearly a month in the longest and gravest threat to his 12-year papacy. […]
TOKYO (AP) 鈥� Japan鈥檚 trade minister said Tuesday that he has failed to win assurances from U.S. officials that the key U.S. ally will be exempt from tariffs, some of which effect on Wednesday. Yoji Muto was in Washington for last ditch negotiations over the tariffs on a range of Japanese exports including cars, steel […]
BEIJING (AP) 鈥� China is wrapping up its biggest political event of the year on Tuesday leaving one question unanswered: How far will it go to try to revive economic growth in 2025? A recurring theme throughout the weeklong meeting of the nearly 3,000-member National People鈥檚 Congress was the need to boost investment and consumer […]
TOKYO (AP) 鈥� Asian benchmarks dove Tuesday, as worries grew about the ripple effects from President Donald Trump’s tariffs on regional economies and companies. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 dove 1.7% in morning trading to 36,382.57. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 lost 0.9% to 7,888.50. South Korea’s Kospi declined 1.5% to 2,532.29. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng slipped 0.9% […]
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) 鈥� A boat has capsized in southwestern Congo and killed 25 people, many of them soccer players, authorities said Monday. The players were returning from a match in Mushie city in Ma茂-Ndombe province on Sunday night when the vessel capsized on the Kwa River, said Alexis Mputu, the provincial spokesman. Mputu suggested […]
TORONTO (AP) 鈥� Ontario’s premier, the leader of Canada鈥檚 most populous province, announced that effective Monday his province is charging 25% more for electricity to 1.5 million Americans in response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade war. Ontario provides electricity to Minnesota, New York and Michigan. 鈥淧resident Trump鈥檚 tariffs are a disaster for the U.S. […]
JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (AP) 鈥� Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrived Monday in Saudi Arabia for a visit with its powerful crown prince ahead of his team’s meeting with America’s top diplomat. While Zelenskyy himself won’t be there, his team will try to repair the damage done when his Feb. 28 visit to Washington descended into […]
PUNTA CANA, Dominican Republic (AP) 鈥� The father of a 20-year-old University of Pittsburgh student from Virginia who went missing in the popular Dominican Republic tourist town of Punta Cana while on spring break with friends said he has asked authorities to widen their investigation. Sudiksha Konanki was last seen before dawn on March 6 […]
ROME (AP) 鈥� Pope Francis followed the Vatican鈥檚 weeklong spiritual retreat via videoconference on Monday as he continued his recovery from double pneumonia and looked ahead to the 12th anniversary of his election amid questions about what the future of his papacy might look like. As he did on Sunday, Francis participated in the retreat […]
BANGKOK (AP) 鈥� Asian stocks got a mixed start to trading Monday as uncertainty persisted over what President Donald Trump will do with tariffs. U.S. futures were lower and oil prices also fell. Shares in China led losses in Asia, with Hong Kong鈥檚 Hang Seng index down 2.1% at 23,720.26. The Shanghai Composite index shed […]
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) 鈥� Authorities in the Dominican Republic are searching for a 20-year-old university student from the U.S. who went missing in the popular tourist town of Punta Cana while on vacation. Sudiksha Konanki was last seen before dawn on March 6 at a beach near the resort where she was staying […]
MEXICO CITY (AP) 鈥� Tens of thousands of people packed into Mexico鈥檚 City main plaza on Sunday to celebrate with President Claudia Sheinbaum a decision by the U.S. to postpone tariffs on many of the country鈥檚 goods. The crowd clutched large Mexican flags and yelled, 鈥淢exico is to be respected!鈥� as they cheered on Sheinbaum. […]
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) 鈥� Iran鈥檚 Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said he rejects a U.S. push for talks between the two countries because they would be aimed at imposing restrictions on Iranian missile range and its influence in the region. Speaking to a group of officials on Saturday, Khamenei did not identify the United States […]
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) 鈥� A Russian strike on a town in Ukraine’s embattled Donetsk region killed at least 11 people, officials said Saturday, as a wave of heavy aerial attacks continued into the second night following a U.S. decision to stop sharing satellite images with Ukraine. Thirty people were also reported injured in multiple strikes […]
GENEVA (AP) 鈥� Trump administration freezes on U.S. foreign aid have led many United Nations organizations to cut staff, budgets and services in places as diverse as Afghanistan, Sudan, Ukraine and far beyond. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has lamented the 鈥渟evere cuts” and cited some fallout last week: Over 9 million people in Afghanistan will miss […]
TORONTO (AP) 鈥� Canada looks set to pick a measured former central banker to deal with the threats President Donald Trump’s tariffs pose against a pillar of Western free trade. Mark Carney, 59, could become the next prime minister when the governing Liberal Party of Canada announces a replacement for Justin Trudeau in a leadership […]
JERUSALEM (AP) 鈥� Some 90,000 Palestinians prayed at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem鈥檚 Old City under tight security by Israeli forces in the first Friday prayers of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Thousands made their way from the West Bank into Jerusalem for the prayers after Israel allowed men over 55 and women […]
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) 鈥� U.S. President Donald Trump said he sent a letter to Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, something not immediately confirmed by the supreme leader. Trump made the comments in an interview aired on Friday by Fox Business News. The White House confirmed Trump鈥檚 comments, saying that he sent a letter to […]
LATAKIA, Syria (AP) 鈥� Clashes between Syrian security forces and gunmen loyal to former President Bashar Assad in the country鈥檚 coastal region have left more than 70 people dead and an area outside government control, a war monitor said Friday. Government forces sent major reinforcements overnight to the cities of Latakia and Tartus as well […]
ROME (AP) 鈥� Pope Francis hit the three-week mark Friday in his hospitalization for double pneumonia, after giving the world a tangible indication of just how frail he is. The Vatican said the 88-year-old pope had a good night鈥檚 rest and woke up Friday morning just after 8 a.m. Doctors said they didn’t expect to […]
BANGKOK (AP) 鈥� Wall Street is poised to open with gains Friday after another U.S. pivot on tariffs kicked off the third market sell-off in four days. Futures for the S&P 500 gained 0.3% before the bell, while futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average were up 0.2%. Nasdaq futures rose 0.4%. However, the high […]
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) 鈥� U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem pledged Thursday to help Puerto Rico in her first visit to the U.S. territory as it struggles to rebuild from catastrophic hurricanes amid chronic power outages. Noem spoke briefly with reporters during her one-day trip to the island, saying she would look into […]
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) 鈥� The U.S. decision to stop sharing military intelligence with Ukraine hobbles its ability to strike and defend against the Russian army, and increases the pressure on it to accept a peace deal being pushed by the Trump administration. Earlier in the week, the U.S. suspended weapons shipments 鈥� a severe blow, […]
