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By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Tokyo is demanding that China release a Japanese national detained in Beijing earlier this month for allegedly breaking the law. Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno said Monday the Chinese authorities told Japan that a man in his 50s was taken into custody in Beijing earlier in March

By TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel’s ceremonial president on Monday urged Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to immediately halt a contentious overhaul of the judiciary. Isaac Herzog’s plea comes hours after tens of thousands of people burst into the streets around the country in a spontaneous show of anger at Netanyahu’s

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — The Australian government has taken a major step toward implementing a key climate policy that would force chief greenhouse gas polluters to reduce emissions. The center-left Labor Party administration said the so-called Safeguard Mechanism reforms are essential to Australia reaching its target of reducing its emissions

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares were mixed on Monday after stocks on Wall Street shook off a weak start to end higher on Wall Street last week despite persisting worries over banks on both sides of the Atlantic. Coming off a lull in fresh news of troubles over the

By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The October 2002 votes in the House and Senate to authorize war with Iraq were grave moment in American history that would have reverberations for decades. Only now, 20 years after the Iraq invasion in March 2003, is Congress seriously considering walking it back, with a

By STEVE PEOPLES AP National Political Reporter TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Jim McKee is standing at the end of a line that snakes through five aisles of fiction inside the Books-A-Million store in Florida’s capital city. He is smiling because in a matter of minutes, the book he’s holding will be signed by its author,

By CHRIS MEGERIAN and SAM MEDNICK Associated Press ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris begins her first full day in Africa as she meets with Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo. Monday’s meeting will show support for the West African leader, who’s facing discontent over inflation and concerns about regional security. One fear is

By CORA LEWIS and ALEXANDRA OLSON AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — A software developer twice invested his savings in cryptocurrencies, only to lose it all. But he still promotes it to the Black community and would like to get back in himself. A recent college graduate and a single mom are dabbling hopefully

By ABBY SEWELL Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The Lebanese government’s last-minute decision to delay the start of daylight saving time by a month until the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan resulted in mass confusion Sunday. With some institutions implementing the change while others refused, many Lebanese have found themselves in the

WEST READING, Pa. (AP) — All seven bodies have been recovered from the site of a powerful explosion at a chocolate factory in a small town in eastern Pennsylvania, officials said. West Reading Mayor Samantha Kaag said in a statement Sunday night that none of the victims will be named until officials are certain that

By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A nuclear-powered U.S. aircraft carrier and its battle group have begun exercises with South Korean warships hours after North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles in an apparent protest of the allies’ expanding drills. The seventh missile test this month underscored heightening tensions in the

By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles toward waters off its eastern coast Monday, adding to a recent flurry in weapons tests as the United States prepared to deploy an aircraft carrier strike group to neighboring waters to step up military exercises with the South.

WEST READING, Pa. (AP) — A fifth body has been recovered from the site of a powerful explosion at a chocolate factory in a small town in eastern Pennsylvania and two remained unaccounted for Sunday. West Reading Mayor Samantha Kaag said in an email to the Associated Press that the fifth body was found Sunday

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Basketball Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Jordan Miller scored 27 points and made a series of crucial foul shots down the stretch as Miami rallied to an 88-81 victory over Texas for a spot in the Final Four. Miller finished 7 of 7 from the field and 13 of 13

PLEASANT VIEW, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee authorities say a car crash killed six young people after they were ejected from their vehicle, including a 1-year-old infant. Robertson County emergency management says two adults were also injured, one of them critically. Emergency crews responded to the crash site on I-24 at around 2 a.m. Sunday. They

By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Some parts of Twitter’s source code — the fundamental computer code on which the social network runs — were leaked online, the social media company said in a legal filing on Sunday that was first reported by The New York Times. According to the legal

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s military says it detected North Korea firing at least one ballistic missile toward the sea off its eastern coast, adding to a recent flurry in weapons tests as the United States steps up its military exercises with the South to counter the North’s growing threat. Seoul’s Joint Chiefs

By ILAN BEN ZION Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Tens of thousands of Israelis poured into the streets of cities across the country Sunday night in a spontaneous outburst of anger after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu abruptly fired his defense minister for challenging the Israeli leader’s judicial overhaul plan. Protesters in Tel Aviv blocked a