TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A magnitude 5.6 earthquake shook buildings in Taiwan on Thursday morning, as a series of temblors hit the island, causing little damage but possibly portending more seismic activity in the near future. The biggest of the quakes hit at 10:11 a.m. (0211 GMT) in Chiayi...
A view of the emergency response from Arlington, Va., south of Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, across the Potomac River toward the District of Columbia, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — A jet carrying 60 passengers and four crew members...
This image provided by NASA shows a top-down view of the OSIRIS-REx Touch-and-Go-Sample-Acquisition-Mechanism (TAGSAM) head with the lid removed, revealing the remainder of the asteroid sample inside. (NASA via AP) CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Asteroid samples fetched by NASA hold not...
LAKEN RILEY ACT – President Donald Trump holds the document after signing the Laken Riley Act during an event in the East Room of the White House, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed the Laken Riley...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's budget office on Wednesday rescinded a memo freezing spending on federal loans and grants, less than two days after it sparked widespread confusion and legal challenges across the country. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters aboard Air Force One...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Meta has agreed to pay $25 million to settle a lawsuit filed by President Donald Trump against the company after it suspended his accounts following the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, according to three people familiar with the matter. Meta logo (AP file) It's the...
NEW YORK (AP) — Former U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez was sentenced Wednesday to 11 years in prison for accepting bribes of gold and cash and acting as an agent of Egypt -- crimes his own lawyer said earned him the nickname “Gold Bar Bob.” Former Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., speaks to reporters outside...
Pope Francis delivers the Angelus noon prayer in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, Jan. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) VATICAN CITY (AP) — A Vatican document released Tuesday offers wide-ranging ethical guidelines for the application of artificial intelligence in...
President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner, File) WADI GAZA, Gaza Strip (AP) — President Donald Trump has invited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the White House next week as the first foreign leader to visit in...
Firefighters work to extinguish a fire on an Air Busan airplane at Gimhae International Airport in Busan, South Korea, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025. (Son Hyung-joo/Yonhap via AP) SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A passenger plane caught fire before takeoff at an airport in South Korea late...
The bridge that was destroyed during the Korean War, is seen in Paju, South Korea, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man) SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has inspected a facility that produces nuclear material and called for bolstering the country's...
People displaced by the fighting with M23 rebels make their way to the center of Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sunday, Jan. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa) GOMA, Congo (AP) — Dozens of demonstrators attacked several foreign embassies, including those of Rwanda, France and Belgium,...
