California plans to revoke 17,000 commercial driver’s licenses given to immigrants after discovering the expiration dates went past when the drivers were legally allowed to be in the U.S., state officials said Wednesday. The announcement follows harsh criticism from the Trump administration about...
LONDON (AP) — The British government said Thursday that a memorial wall in London created by those who lost loved ones during the coronavirus pandemic will be preserved. In a statement, it said that the 8-foot-high (2½-meter-high) Portland stone wall on the south side of the River Thames,...
BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand on Wednesday extradited a Chinese man wanted by Beijing on suspicion of running over 200 illegal online gambling operations. A Thai appeals court on Monday approved sending She Zhijiang back to China, more than three years after his arrest in Bangkok on a 2014 warrant from...
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — More heavy rain fell in parts of Taiwan on Thursday from a tropical depression that caused flooding and brought a continued risk of landslides. A total of 95 people were injured around the island due to the storm that made landfall in southern Pingtung County on Wednesday...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump signed a government funding bill Wednesday night, ending a record 43-day shutdown that caused financial stress for federal workers who went without paychecks, stranded scores of travelers at airports and generated long lines at some food banks. The...
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto will visit Australia on Wednesday for the first time since taking office last year. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced the visit Tuesday, but provided few details. Prabowo most recently visited Australia as...
BEIJING (AP) — The stranded crew of a Chinese space mission is "in good condition, working and living normally,” China 's Manned Space Engineering office said on Tuesday. The three astronauts on the Shenzhou-20 mission are facing a delayed return to Earth after their scheduled Nov. 5...
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. airlines canceled more than 2,100 flights on Sunday as Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy warned that air traffic across the nation could “slow to a trickle” if the federal government shutdown lingers into the busy Thanksgiving travel holiday season. The slowdown at 40...
ATLANTA (AP) — A South Korean solar company says it will temporarily reduce pay and working hours for about 1,000 of its 3,000 employees in Georgia because U.S. customs officials have been detaining imported components needed to make solar panels. Qcells, a unit of South Korea's Hanwha...
MADRID (AP) — The longest U.S. government shutdown on record is doing more than grind activities to a halt at home; an ocean away in Europe, local workers at U.S. military bases have started to feel the pain. Thousands of people working at overseas bases in Europe have had their salaries...
WASHINGTON (AP) — With the combination of the longest government shutdown , the mass firings of government workers and a fresh cut in federal food aid , the Capital Area Food Bank in Washington is bracing for the swell of people who will need its help before the holiday season. The food...
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian police seized explosive powder and writings from the home of a 17-year-suspect in an attack on a mosque at a high school that injured scores of students, and are investigating his possible links to hate groups, officials said Saturday. The suspect was among...
