Month: May 2023

By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan’s opposition Nationalist Party has picked the popular mayor of New Taipei City as its candidate in next year’s presidential election, seen as a referendum on the island’s future relations with China. Hou Yu-ih, who is also the former head of the National Police Agency, will

By KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Arab foreign ministers are meeting Wednesday in Saudi Arabia ahead of the Arab League’s annual summit in the kingdom to discuss the upcoming gathering’s agenda and draft resolutions. This year’s summit, starting Friday in the city of Jeddah, will mark the readmittance of Syria into the 22-member

By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The leaders of South Korea and Canada have vowed to strengthen their security and economic cooperation to address challenges posed by North Korea and expand Canadian supplies of minerals crucial to South Korea’s technology industry as they held a summit in Seoul. The meeting on

IMOLA, Italy (AP) — This weekend’s Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix in northern Italy has been canceled because of deadly floods. Formula One said it made the decision for safety reasons and to avoid any extra burden on the emergency services. F1 personnel had earlier been told to stay away from the track after floods affected large

By LISA MASCARO and SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Debt limit talks have entered an encouraging new phase as President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy have tapped top emissaries to negotiate a deal to avert an unprecedented national default. The president also cut his upcoming overseas trip short in hopes

By MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Democrats will maintain their narrow Pennsylvania House majority after winning a special election in the Philadelphia suburbs. Tuesday’s win will also help them control how the chamber will handle abortion, gun rights and election law legislation. Heather Boyd defeated Republican Katie Ford in a special election

By AAMER MADHANI and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has decided to curtail an upcoming visit to the Indo-Pacific to focus on the debt limit standoff at home. He’s canceling what was to be a historic visit to Papua New Guinea and a stop in Australia, where he was to

By JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Authorities in Thailand have charged a 16-year-old girl with defaming the monarchy for messages she allegedly posted on Facebook two years ago. Thai Lawyers for Human Rights, a legal advocacy group, says the girl was charged by police on Monday with violating the law that which makes

DETROIT (AP) — Ford is recalling more than 310,000 trucks in the U.S. because the driver’s front air bag may not inflate in a crash. The recall covers certain F-250, F-350, F-450, and F-550 Super Duty trucks from the 2016 model year. The company says dust can accumulate in a cable inside the steering wheel,

By JAMEY KEATEN and COURTNEY BONNELL Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — The United Nations is racing to extend a deal that has allowed shipments of Ukrainian grain through the Black Sea to parts of the world struggling with hunger, helping ease a global food crisis exacerbated by the war Russia launched more than a year

BEIJING (AP) — Several ships and aircraft searched Wednesday for 39 people reported missing after a Chinese fishing boat capsized in the middle of the Indian Ocean. Chinese state broadcaster CCTV said the accident happened around 3 a.m. Tuesday. The report said the crew includes 17 from China, 17 from Indonesia and five from the

By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer There’s a two-out-of-three chance within the next five years that the world will temporarily reach the internationally accepted global temperature threshold for limiting the worst effects of climate change, a new World Meteorological Organization report forecasts. It likely would only be a fleeting and less worrisome flirtation with the

ROME (AP) — Officials in northern Italy are warning residents to get to higher ground amid fears that rain-swollen rivers could again burst their banks. Flooding earlier this week killed at least three people and forced the evacuation of thousands. The mayor of Cesena warned residents Wednesday that continued heavy rains in the Emilia-Romagna region

By NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian authorities have arrested the information technology minister as part of an investigation into a million-dollar corruption scandal linked to the construction of mobile phone transmission towers in remote regions. Communication and Information Technology Minister Johnny G. Plate was arrested Wednesday after showing up for questioning

BERLIN (AP) — A top official at the German economy and climate ministry has resigned following accusations that he was involved in choosing his best man to head the federally owned German Energy Agency and signed off on financial support for a project in which his sister was involved. Patrick Graichen was one of Economy

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Norway’s King Harald V, who was released from a hospital earlier this week, has waved from the royal castle’s balcony on a celebration of the country’s Constitution Day. He saluted thousands of cheering and shouting children, waving blue-white-red Norwegian flags. Elsewhere in Oslo, the chairman of the Ukrainian parliament, who was

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Global shares were trading mixed Wednesday as Japan’s benchmark jumped on the news of solid economic growth data, while the rest of Asia was mired in uncertainty. In Europe, France’s CAC 40 declined nearly 0.1% in early trading to 7,399.51, while Germany’s DAX added 0.3% to