QUITO, Ecuador (AP) 鈥� Ecuador on Sunday extradited to the United States the leader of a violent Ecuadorian gang who relied on hitmen, bribes and military weapons to do business. Jos茅 Adolfo Mac铆as Villamar, whose nickname is 鈥淔ito,鈥� escaped from a prison in Ecuador last year and was recaptured late June. In April, a U.S. […]
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) 鈥� Venezuela released 10 jailed Americans Friday in exchange for getting home scores of migrants deported by the United States to El Salvador months ago under the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown. The resolution represents a diplomatic achievement for Venezuelan President Nicol谩s Maduro, helps President Donald Trump in his goal of bringing home […]
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) 鈥� When U.S. President Donald Trump met five African leaders in Washington in July, his lack of familiarity with the continent was on display. He praised Liberian President Joseph Boakai鈥檚 English 鈥� Liberia鈥檚 official language 鈥� and gestured at another leader to wrap up remarks. But the bigger takeaway was Trump鈥檚 pledge […]
BANGKOK (AP) 鈥� China’s state security agency says it is cracking down on alleged smuggling of rare earths minerals that it says threaten national security, just weeks after Beijing and Washington agreed to make it easier for American firms to obtain from China those materials, which are critical for manufacturing and computer chip production. In […]
TOKYO (AP) 鈥� A Nagasaki cathedral has blessed the final piece to complete its restoration nearly 80 years after being destroyed by the second U.S. atomic bomb dropped on Japan: a reproduction of its lost bell restored by a group of Americans. The new bell was blessed and named 鈥淪t. Kateri Bell of Hope,鈥� by […]
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) 鈥� Asian countries are offering to buy more U.S. liquefied natural gas in negotiations with the Trump administration as a way to alleviate tensions over U.S. trade deficits and forestall higher tariffs. Analysts warn that strategy could undermine those countries’ long-term climate ambitions and energy security. Buying more U.S. LNG has topped […]
MANILA, Philippines (AP) 鈥� Asian shares were mostly higher on Friday after Wall Street rose to records following better-than-expected updates on the economy and a mixed set of profit reports from big U.S. companies. Japan鈥檚 Nikkei 225 edged 0.1% lower to 39,854.28 as traders stayed on the sidelines ahead of an election for the upper […]
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) 鈥� Five immigrants deported by the United States to the small southern African nation of Eswatini under the Trump administration’s third-country program are in prison, where they will be held in solitary confinement for an undetermined time, a government spokesperson said. Thabile Mdluli, the spokesperson, declined to identify the correctional […]
BAGHDAD (AP) 鈥� A fire at a newly opened mall in eastern Iraq鈥檚 Wasit province killed more than 60 people, including women and children, Iraqi officials said Thursday. Iraq’s Ministry of Interior said in a statement that 61 people died, most of them from suffocation, in the fire that broke out late Wednesday in the […]
LONDON (AP) 鈥� Eight healthy babies were born in Britain with the help of an experimental technique that uses DNA from three people to help mothers avoid passing devastating rare diseases to their children, researchers reported Wednesday. Most DNA is found in the nucleus of our cells, and it’s that genetic material 鈥� some inherited […]
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) 鈥� The United States has deported five immigrants from Vietnam, Jamaica, Cuba, Yemen and Laos to Eswatini, a small country in southern Africa where the king still holds absolute power. Eswatini says it is holding the men in correctional facilities until they can be sent to their home countries, after […]
PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland (AP) 鈥� President Donald Trump is not getting a British Open to the Turnberry course he owns in the near future, an issue the R&A’s new chief executive said Wednesday was more about transportation than politics. Turnberry is regarded as the most beautiful of the links on the Open rotation, set along […]
MANILA, Philippines (AP) 鈥� The U.S. Navy will construct two facilities for the repair and maintenance of Philippine military boats in a province facing the South China Sea, where confrontations between the Philippine and Chinese coast guards have flared. The U.S. Embassy said Wednesday the project that will take place at Oyster Bay and Quezon […]
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) 鈥� The United States has sent five men to the small African nation of Eswatini in an expansion of the Trump administration’s third-country deportation program, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security said Tuesday. The U.S. has already deported eight men to another African nation, South Sudan, after the Supreme Court […]
BANGKOK (AP) 鈥� Shares in Asia traded mixed on Wednesday after an update on inflation pulled most U.S. stocks lower, though gains for Nvidia pushed the Nasdaq to another record. Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 gained 0.6% to 39,895.84 as the U.S. dollar rose against the Japanese yen, trading near 149 yen. Investors are focused on the […]
LONDON (AP) 鈥� Thousands of Afghans who worked with British forces have been secretly resettled in the U.K. after a leak of data on their identities raised fears that they could be targeted by the Taliban. The British government disclosed the existence of the resettlement program on Tuesday. A dataset containing the personal information of […]
BERLIN (AP) 鈥� Germany’s highest court on Tuesday rejected a case brought by Yemeni plaintiffs who argued the German government failed in a duty to protect relatives who they say were killed in a 2012 drone strike against an attack controlled with help from a U.S. military base in Germany. Ruling in a case that […]
GENEVA (AP) 鈥� A team of three independent experts working for the U.N.’s top human rights body with a focus on Israel and Palestinian areas say they are resigning, citing personal reasons and a need for change. The resignations, announced Monday by the U.N.-backed Human Rights Council that set up the team, come as violence […]
TOKYO (AP) 鈥� Asian shares were mostly lower in early Tuesday trading, as worries about President Donald Trump鈥檚 latest updates to his tariffs weighed on investor sentiments. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 rose 0.1% in morning trading to 39,507.28. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 added 0.4% to 8,602.70. South Korea’s Kospi edged down 0.2% to 3,195.72. Hong Kong’s […]
BANGKOK (AP) 鈥� Nvidia鈥檚 CEO Jensen Huang says the technology giant has won approval from the Trump administration to sell its advanced H20 computer chips used to develop artificial intelligence to China. The news came in a company blog post late Monday and Huang also spoke about the coup on China鈥檚 state-run CGTN television network […]
BRUSSELS (AP) 鈥� European trade ministers are meeting in Brussels on Monday, following U.S. President Donald Trump鈥檚 surprise announcement of 30% tariffs on the European Union. The EU is America鈥檚 biggest business partner and the world鈥檚 largest trading bloc. The U.S. decision will have repercussions for governments, companies and consumers on both sides of the […]
BANGKOK (AP) 鈥� Shares were mixed in Asia on Monday after the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq composite edged away from the records they set last week. An announcement over the weekend by U.S. President Donald Trump that he plans 30% tariffs on goods from Mexico and the European Union had scant immediate impact, as […]
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) 鈥� The largest-ever warfighting drills in Australia, Exercise Talisman Sabre, is underway and expected to attract the attention of Chinese spy ships. Talisman Sabre began in 2005 as a biennial joint exercise between the United States and Australia. This year, more than 35,000 military personnel from 19 nations, including Canada, Fiji, France, […]
BRUSSELS (AP) 鈥� The EU will suspend retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods scheduled to take effect Monday in hopes of reaching a trade deal with the Trump administration by the end of the month. 鈥砊his is now the time for negotiations,鈥� European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen told reporters in Brussels on Sunday, after […]
