Mar 27, 2025, 11:40 PM | Updated: Mar 28, 2025, 9:00 pm
BANGKOK (AP) 鈥� A strong 7.3 magnitude earthquake rocked the Thai capital Friday, causing buildings to sway.
Germany鈥檚 GFZ center for geosciences said the midday temblor was a shallow 10 kilometers, with an epicenter in neighboring Myanmar, according to temporary reports.
There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties.
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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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