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By EDNA TARIGAN and NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s top diplomat is warning of the threat posed by nuclear weapons, saying that Southeast Asia is “one miscalculation away from apocalypse” and pressing for world powers to sign a treaty to keep the region free from such arms. Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno

By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan is facing a long-delayed reckoning with sexual harassment and sexual violence. In the past month, people have stepped forward with accusations, one after the other, leading to criminal investigations, resignations at different levels of government, and a society-wide discussion of the unspoken rules that govern

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli protesters blocked highways leading to Jerusalem, Haifa and Tel Aviv at the start of countrywide demonstrations Tuesday against the government’s planned judicial overhaul that has divided the nation. The demonstrations came the morning after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s parliamentary coalition gave initial approval to a bill to limit the Supreme Court’s

By JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI and DAVID RISING Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Thai police say the dismembered body of a 62-year-old German businessman who has been missing for a week has been found in the freezer of a house in southern Thailand. The chief of police in the town of Nong Prue said the body of

By CHRIS MEGERIAN, SEUNG MIN KIM and KARL RITTER Associated Press VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — NATO opened its summit Tuesday with fresh momentum after Turkey withdrew its objections to Sweden joining the alliance, a step toward the unity that Western leaders have been eager to demonstrate in the face of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The

LONDON (AP) — Official figures in the U.K. show that wages are still rising at record highs, as inflation remains stubbornly high. The Office for National Statistics said Tuesday that wages, excluding bonus payments, rose by 7.3% in the three months to May, unchanged over the previous three-month period and matching the highest rate since

BANGKOK (AP) — Thai authorities say at least two people have been killed after an elevated road being built in Bangkok collapsed. Another 11 people were injured in the accident on Monday, according to the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration. Bangkok Governor Chadchart Sittipan said in a news conference on Tuesday that one person was killed at

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press A New Zealand prosecutor says tourists received no health and safety warnings before they landed on the country’s most active volcano ahead of a 2019 eruption that killed 22 people. There were 47 people on White Island when superheated gases erupted, and most of the 25 who survived had severe

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — A helicopter carrying foreign tourists is missing in the Mount Everest area of Nepal and contact has been lost with the aircraft. The helicopter was returning to the capital Kathmandu on Tuesday morning after bringing the five tourists on a sightseeing trip to the world’s highest peak. A search effort was

By TERRY TANG Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Even desert residents accustomed to scorching summers are feeling the grip of an extreme heat wave smacking the Southwest this week. Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico and Southern California are getting hit with 100-degree-plus temps and excessive heat warnings. To add insult to injury, the region has been

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — In a grim report, the U.N. is warning that at the current rate of global progress 575 million people will still be living in extreme poverty and 84 million children won’t be going to school in 2030 – and it will take 286 years to

By RIO YAMAT Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A jury was seated Monday afternoon in the trial of a Las Vegas police officer accused of stealing nearly $165,000 in a trio of casino heists. Opening statements on Tuesday morning will kick off the second day of a trial that’s expected to last through the

By TRISHA AHMED and CHARLIE NEIBERGALL Associated Press GENOA, Neb. (AP) — Amid a renewed push for answers, archeologists planned to resume digging Tuesday at the remote site of a former Native American boarding school in central Nebraska, searching for the remains of children who died there decades ago. The search for a hidden cemetery

BANGKOK (AP) — Thai authorities say at least one person has been killed after an elevated road being built in Bangkok collapsed, and two others are listed as missing, with rescue crews unable to access the site for fear of a further collapse. The department of disaster prevention and mitigation said another 12 people were