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By KRUTIKA PATHI Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris has spoken briefly with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in another step toward keeping lines of communication open between the two biggest economies. A White House official said Harris and Xi exchanged remarks Saturday while heading into a closed-door meeting at the Asia-Pacific

By KRUTIKA PATHI, CHISATO TANAKA AND CHALIDA EKVITTHAYAVECHNUKUL Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Leaders from around the Asia-Pacific called for an end to Russia’s war on Ukraine and pledged to steer the region’s economies toward sustainable growth as they wrapped up summit meetings Saturday. Host Thailand garnered a diplomatic coup in managing to bridge divisions

BEIRUT (AP) — The Syrian military says Israeli airstrikes have hit central and coastal regions of Syria, killing four soldiers and wounding one. State media quoted an unidentified Syrian military official as saying that Israeli warplanes flying over the Mediterranean fired missiles early Saturday toward military positions in coastal and central Syria. Israel has carried

By COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Even with their threadbare House majority, Republicans doubled down this week on using their new power next year to investigate the Biden administration and, in particular, the president’s son. But the midterm results have emboldened a White House that has long prepared for this moment. Republicans secured

BEIJING (AP) — Performances have been suspended at one of Beijing’s oldest and most renowned theaters as part of a new wave of shop and restaurant closures in response to a spike in COVID-19 cases in the Chinese capital. The Jixiang Theater in the downtown Wangfujing shopping district was originally built in 1906 and recently

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea has unveiled the little-known daughter of its leader Kim Jong Un at a missile launch site, attracting keen attention on a fourth-generation member of the dynastic family that has ruled North Korea for more than seven decades. The North’s state media said Saturday

By KIM CHANDLER and JAY REEVES Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama’s string of troubled lethal injections, which worsened late Thursday as prison workers aborted another execution because of a problem with intravenous lines, is unprecedented nationally, a group that tracks capital punishment said Friday. The uncompleted execution of Kenneth Eugene Smith was the

By MORGAN LEE and SCOTT SONNER Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Certification of this year’s midterm election results appears to be proceeding smoothly and with little controversy across the country, save for one hiccup in a rural Arizona county. That has calmed fears that local commissions consumed by talk of election conspiracies would

By BOB CHRISTIE Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — The board overseeing a southeastern Arizona county whose Republican leaders had hoped to recount all Election Day ballots is refusing to certify the results of last week’s vote. Friday’s move by Cochise County supervisors could delay statewide certification that will trigger a recount in at least one

By DAVID RISING Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping has used his first face-to-face meetings with America’s Asia-Pacific allies since 2020 to forge fresh diplomatic inroads as Washington pushes back against Beijing’s influence in the region. Xi has not backed away from China’s longstanding claims to Taiwan and most of the South

By GABE STERN Associated Press/Report for America RENO, Nev. (AP) — Nevada’s Democratic congressional members used a strong midterm showing as evidence for why the western state should be the first stop of primary season. They issued a joint statement Friday urging the Democratic National Committee to put the state in the top slot. It’s

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A key U.N. committee has taken a first step toward negotiating a treaty on crimes against humanity, which can be committed at any time, not just during conflicts. The committee that deals with legal issues approved a resolution by consensus Friday that would authorize its

NEW YORK (AP) — Al Roker is recovering after he was hospitalized last week for blood clots, the NBC “Today” show weather anchor said Friday. “So many of you have been thoughtfully asking where I’ve been. Last week I was admitted to the hospital with a blood clot in my leg which sent some clots

By JOHN ANTCZAK and AMY TAXIN Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Authorities have released from custody a young man who was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder of a peace officer after the SUV he was driving veered into the wrong lane and crashed into Los Angeles County law enforcement recruits on a training

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Disgraced Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes was sentenced Friday to more than 11 years in prison for duping investors in the failed startup that promised to revolutionize blood testing but instead made her a symbol of Silicon Valley ambition that veered into deceit. The sentence

By EILEEN NG Associated Press KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Voting is underway in Malaysia’s tightly contested national election that will determine whether its long-ruling coalition can make a comeback after its electoral defeat four years ago. Political reformers under opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim is forecast to lead Saturday’s polls. But with three main blocs vying

By MICHAEL BIESECKER and MICHAEL RUBINKAM Associated Press A vent at an underground natural gas storage well in Western Pennsylvania has been spewing massive amounts of planet-warming methane into the atmosphere for more than 11 days and attempts to plug the leak have thus far failed. Owner Equitrans Midstream says the well at its Rager

By GABE STERN Associated Press/Report for America RENO, Nev. (AP) — Nevada’s Democratic congressional members used a strong midterm showing as evidence for why the western state should be the first stop of primary season. They issued a joint statement Friday urging the Democratic National Committee to put the state in the top slot. It’s

By CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — A dangerous lake-effect snowstorm paralyzed parts of western and northern New York on Friday, dumping over 5 feet in some spots with more expected to fall through the night into Saturday. The storm was blamed for the deaths of two people stricken while clearing snow. The