Month: August 2022

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission has found the country’s past military governments responsible for atrocities committed at Brothers Home, a state-funded vagrants’ facility where thousands were enslaved and abused from the 1960s to 1980s. The commission on Wednesday announced the initial results from its investigation into human rights violations

BEIJING (AP) — China is easing its tight restrictions on visas after it largely suspended issuing them to students and others more than two years ago at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. The website of the Chinese Embassy in India said the updated procedures would take effect from Wednesday, without mentioning specific requirements for

By LOLITA C. BALDOR and MATTHEW LEE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is expected on Wednesday to announce an additional roughly $3 billion in aid to train and equip Ukrainian forces to fight for years to come, U.S. officials said. The officials told The Associated Press that the package will fund contracts

By DAVID HAMILTON AP Technology Editor SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Startling new revelations from Twitter’s former head of security, Peiter Zatko, have raised serious new questions about the security of the platform’s service, its ability to identify and remove fake accounts, and the truthfulness of its statements to users, shareholders and federal regulators. Zatko —

By SEUNG MIN KIM, MICHAEL BALSAMO, CHRIS MEGERIAN and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Millions of Americans were waiting to learn the fate of their federal student debt on Wednesday as President Joe Biden prepared to deliver on his campaign promise to provide up to $10,000 in debt cancellation. Details of the plan

By NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis learned who his Democratic challenger will be this fall. The impact of redistricting was on full display in New York and Florida. The battle between centrist Democrats and more progressive party members continued. And former President Donald Trump’s influence on the GOP remains immeasurable. The most

BY MICHELLE L. PRICE and BRENDAN FARRINGTON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York Democrat Carolyn Maloney’s three-decade career in the U.S. House is coming to a close. She lost her primary Tuesday to a longtime colleague turned rival, congressman Jerry Nadler. Maloney and Nadler each chair powerful committees and have spent 30 years