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Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — One year into Russia’s war against Ukraine, China is offering a 12-point proposal to end the fighting. The proposal follows China’s recent announcement that it is trying to act as mediator in the war that has re-energized Western alliances viewed by Beijing and Moscow as rivals. China’s top diplomat

By JANIE HAR Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — When Miya Iwataki and other Japanese Americans fought in the 1980s for the U.S. government to apologize to the families it imprisoned during World War II, Black politicians and civil rights leaders were integral to the movement. Thirty-five years after they won that apology — and

By SIBI ARASU Associated Press BENGALURU, India (AP) — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has urged financial policymakers of the Group of 20 leading economies to focus on the world’s “most vulnerable people” in talks taking place in the technology hub of Bengaluru. As countries deal with slew of challenges in the aftermath of the

By NG HAN GUAN Associated Press ALXA LEAGUE, China (AP) — Work crews trying to find 47 people missing after a collapse at an open-pit mine in northern China have had to change their excavation methods to avoid causing more landslides, state media reported Friday. Six people have been confirmed dead and six injured people

By ROBERT JABLON Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A coast-to-coast storm that paralyzed roads and blacked out nearly 1 million homes and businesses was set to pound California on Friday, sparking warnings about floods and blizzards. The National Weather Service warned of a “cold and dangerous winter storm” through Saturday. As much as 5

By JOHN LEICESTER and HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s leader pledged to push for victory in 2023 as he and other Ukrainians on Friday marked the somber anniversary of the Russian invasion that upended their lives and Europe’s security. It was Ukraine’s “longest day,” President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, but the country’s

MEXICO CITY (AP) — A news photographer is dead after he was stabbed and beaten in an attack in the northern Mexico border state of Baja California. State prosecutors say José Ramiro Araujo suffered stab wounds in the Pacific coast city of Ensenada, south of Tijuana. Prosecutors say the attack on Araujo Tuesday may have

By The Associated Press No current or former Texas politician has announced a campaign for the 2024 presidential race. If that trend holds, it would be the first time since 1972 — and just the second time since 1952 — that a Texan hasn’t competed in a presidential primary or been on a major party’s

By WILL WEISSERT and PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — It’s early yet, but next year’s presidential race may feature something the political world hasn’t seen in the last 50 years: no Texans. The Texas-size hole in the field will be on stark display Friday at a closed Republican donor event outside

By ANITA SNOW Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — The rancher accused of first-degree murder in the fatal shooting of an unarmed migrant on his property near the U.S.-Mexico border returns to court Friday. Prosecutors allege George Alan Kelly opened fire with an AK-47 rifle on about eight unarmed migrants on his land Jan. 30. They

By KRISTIN M. HALL AP Entertainment Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A year ago, country star Brad Paisley watched the news on television as Russian troops invaded Ukraine and, like many people around the world, he felt helpless at the images of people fleeing their homes. “The world felt like it was in a new

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Shares in Asia were mixed Friday after Wall Street broke its longest losing streak since December with a modest rally led by tech stocks. Benchmarks rose in Tokyo and Sydney but fell in Hong Kong, Shanghai and Seoul. Oil prices rose while U.S. futures edged lower.

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Consumer prices in Japan have jumped by the most in more than 41 years, adding to pressure on the central bank to adjust its longstanding ultra-lax monetary policy. The report Friday came as the nominee to become governor of the Bank of Japan, Kazuo Ueda, told

By RIAZ KHAN and RAHIM FAIEZ Associated Press PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan has shut down a key border crossing with Afghanistan, just hours after it was reopened. Thursday’s developments are the latest twist in the closure of the Torkham junction and key trade route between the countries that has added to increasing tensions along

By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea said Friday it test-fired long-range cruise missiles off its eastern coast a day earlier, adding to a provocative streak in weapons demonstrations as its rivals step up military training. The launches, which were later confirmed by South Korea’s military, were intended to verify

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The creator of the hit HBO series “Succession” says the upcoming fourth season will be its last. Jesse Armstrong told The New Yorker in a piece posted online Thursday that he wanted the show’s many fans to know the end was approaching. Armstrong, who has won multiple Emmys for the series,

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A newspaper says Australia has quietly expelled a large Russian spy ring whose members were posing as diplomats. The Sydney Morning Herald reported Friday the spy ring comprised purported embassy and consular staff as well as other operatives using deep cover identities. Australia’s domestic spy agency had revealed

By DAVID FISCHER and FREIDA FRISARO Associated Press A man riding in a car with his cousin shot and killed another passenger then returned to the same neighborhood near Orlando hours later and shot four more people, killing a journalist covering the original shooting and a 9-year-old girl, Florida police and witnesses said. Orange County

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials returned two Pakistani brothers to their home country Thursday after holding them two decades without charges at the Guantanamo Bay military prison. Abdul and Mohammed Rabbani were the latest detainees to be released from U.S. custody as the U.S. moves toward emptying and shutting down

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Police say a 2-year-old girl was among seven people wounded in a shooting outside a school in Philadelphia. The Philadelphia Inquirer reports shots were fired shortly before 6 p.m. Thursday in the city’s Strawberry Mansion neighborhood. The 2-year-old was listed in stable condition at a hospital. She had been struck in the