SIDOARJO, Indonesia (AP) — Rescue workers continued to search on Wednesday for dozens of missing students suspected of still being buried under the rubble of a collapsed school in the province of East Java. The death toll following the incident on Monday has risen to six, according to Yudhi...
ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV took aim Wednesday at skeptics who “ridicule those who speak of global warming,” as he strongly embraced Pope Francis’ environmental legacy and made it his own in some of his strongest and most extensive comments to date. Leo presided over the 10th anniversary...
GENEVA (AP) — Switzerland 's glaciers have faced “enormous” melting this year with a 3% drop in total volume — the fourth-largest annual drop on record — due to the effects of global warming, top Swiss glaciologists reported on Wednesday. The shrinkage this year means that ice mass...
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel 's defense minister on Wednesday ordered all remaining Palestinians to leave Gaza City, saying it was their “last opportunity” and that anyone who stayed would be considered a militant supporter and face the “full force” of Israel 's...
ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV has intervened for the first time in an abortion dispute roiling the U.S. Catholic Church by raising the seeming contradiction over what it really means to be “pro-life.” Leo, a Chicago native, was asked late Tuesday about plans by Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich to...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Plunged into a government shutdown , the U.S. is confronting a fresh cycle of uncertainty after President Donald Trump and Congress failed to strike an agreement to keep government programs and services running by Wednesday’s deadline. Roughly 750,000...
SIDOARJO, Indonesia (AP) — At least 91 students remain trapped in concrete rubble almost two days after an Islamic school building collapsed on them, authorities said after reviewing attendance records and reports from anxious families of those missing. More than 300 rescue workers...
BANGKOK (AP) — A well-known Vietnamese dissident has been convicted of speaking out inside prison against the ruling Communist Party and sentenced to another 11 years, in a move rights activists said Tuesday highlights the country 's strict suppression of any opposition. Trinh Ba Phuong, who...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Japan’s outgoing prime minister and his South Korean counterpart underscored the need to strengthen cooperation between their nations, as U.S. President Donald Trump’s transactional approach to allies and trade wars are bringing the often-feuding Asian neighbors...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government starts phasing out paper checks for most programs on Tuesday. The change, which was initiated through an executive order signed by President Donald Trump in March, will affect recipients of benefits including Social Security, Supplemental Security Income and...
NEW YORK (AP) — Researchers have discovered life-size rock carvings of camels, gazelles and other animals in the Saudi Arabian desert. The carvings date back to around 12,000 years ago and many are over 6 feet (1.8 meters) tall. Scientists say they were created using a wedge-shaped rock to create...
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Lingering heavy rains from a former typhoon caused more flooding and landslides in Vietnam, raising the death toll to 19 in the country with more missing. Rainfall topped 30 centimeters (nearly a foot) in parts of Vietnam over the past 24 hours, the national weather agency...
