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 […]
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) 鈥� Ukraine’s security agency said Sunday it tracked down and killed Russian agents suspected of shooting one of its senior officers to death in the Ukrainian capital. The Security Service of Ukraine, or SBU, said in a statement that the suspected Russian agents were killed in the Kyiv region after they offered […]
HAVANA (AP) 鈥� The United States government announced Friday it was sanctioning Cuban President Miguel D铆az-Canel and other top officials for human rights violations and restricting access to visas on the anniversary of the biggest protests on the island in recent decades. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on social media platform X that […]
LONDON (AP) 鈥� It’s fitting that the Wimbledon final between Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner on Sunday represents the first time the same two men meet for that title right after playing for the French Open trophy since a couple of guys named Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal did so every year from 2006-2008. That’s […]
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) 鈥� The State Department is firing over 1,300 career diplomats and civil servants in line with a dramatic reorganization plan initiated by the Trump administration earlier this year. A senior State Department official said Friday the department is sending layoff notices to 1,107 civil servants and 246 foreign service officers with […]
MANILA, Philippines (AP) 鈥� China has failed to intimidate rival claimant states into surrendering their sovereign interests in the disputed South China Sea despite its intensifying 鈥渂ullying tactics鈥� and the United States and other allied countries are ready to further boost deterrence against Beijing鈥檚 aggression, the U.S. Pacific Fleet commander said. Adm. Stephen Koehler, who […]
MANILA, Philippines (AP) 鈥� Asian shares were mixed in cautious trading Friday after Wall Street closed at an all-time high with Delta Air Lines kicking off earnings season with a solid outlook for the rest of 2025, spurring an airline stock rally. Chinese markets were sharply higher. The Hang Seng in Hong Kong added 1.6 […]
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) 鈥� U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is wrapping his up his second and final day at a Southeast Asian security conference with a high-stakes meeting with his Chinese counterpart as tensions grow between Washington and Beijing over issues from trade to security and China’s support for Russia’s war in Ukraine. […]
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) 鈥� The vice president of Costa Rica鈥檚 Congress said Thursday that the U.S. embassy told her the U.S. had revoked her visa because of alleged contacts with the Chinese Communist Party. Vanessa Castro of the opposition Social Christian Unity Party, speaking in the Legislative Assembly, denied such ties and said […]
MEXICO CITY (AP) 鈥� An American diplomat has died in a traffic accident in the northern Mexican state of Coahuila, authorities announced Thursday. Brian Matthew Faughnan, vice consul of the U.S. Consulate General in the northern city of Monterrey, died on Wednesday when the vehicle he was traveling in flipped over on a highway in […]
ROME (AP) 鈥� The co-sponsors of a new bipartisan U.S. sanctions package targeting Russia briefed European allies and Ukraine on the legislation Thursday, in an effort to show continued resolve to help Kyiv and force Moscow to the negotiating table through what they describe as a 鈥済ame-changer鈥� bill. The bill backed by Republican Sen. Lindsey […]
ROME (AP) 鈥� The head of the United Nations鈥� migration agency warned Thursday that Western nations risk creating greater instability by simultaneously tightening borders and reducing development aid to countries experiencing mass migration. In an interview with The Associated Press, Director General of the International Organization for Migration Amy Pope said that an approach focused […]
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) 鈥� U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and his Russian counterpart will meet Thursday in Malaysia for what could be a testy conversation as tensions between the countries rise over Moscow鈥檚 increasing attacks on Ukraine and questions about whether Russia’s leader is serious about a peace deal. Rubio and Foreign Minister […]
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) 鈥� A U.S. envoy said on Wednesday that Syria鈥檚 central government and the Kurds remain at odds over plans on merging forces after the latest round of talks. U.S. Ambassador to Turkey Tom Barrack, who is also a special envoy to Syria, told The Associated Press after meetings in Damascus that differences […]
THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) 鈥� A court in Greece has rejected an U.S. extradition request for a 21-year-old American man wanted in connection with an online network that is alleged to have targeted children for acts of violence and sexual exploitation. Court officials in the northern city of Thessaloniki said Wednesday that the claim was rejected […]
MEXICO CITY (AP) 鈥� A U.S. citizen arrested in central Mexico over the weekend with a number of guns, tactical equipment and a CIA identification is not a U.S. government employee and carried a fake ID, Mexico鈥檚 security chief said Tuesday. The man was arrested Saturday in Atlacomulco, Mexico state, an industrial city 80 miles […]
MOSCOW (AP) 鈥� The apparent suicide of Russia鈥檚 transportation minister brought expressions of shock and sorrow Tuesday from the Kremlin but no new clues as to why Roman Starovoit might have taken his own life amid media speculation that he potentially was facing corruption charges. Starovoit, who served in his post for little over a […]
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) 鈥� Yemen’s Houthi rebels continued an hourslong attack Tuesday targeting a Liberian-flagged cargo ship in the Red Sea, authorities said, after the group claimed to have sunk another vessel in an assault that threatens to renew combat across the vital waterway. The Greek-owned Eternity C remains 鈥渟urrounded by small craft […]
SARWORLOR, Liberia (AP) 鈥� As cuts to U.S. aid take hold, medical services in Liberia are feeling the pinch. Clinics, undernourished children and overwhelmed families are grappling with the sudden loss of support that once funded health care, medicine and basic services across the country. This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors.
