WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck off the west coast of New Zealand Wednesday, but authorities reported no damage and issued no tsunami warning. The U.S. Geological Survey says the quake occurred shortly after 1 a.m. local time. It was 187 miles (300 kilometers)...
This photo provided by the North Korean government, shows what it says the test-firings, conducted on April 28 and April 29, 2025, of missiles from a newly launched destroyer " Choe Hyon " at an undisclosed place in North Korea. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP) SEOUL,...
FILE - Mons. Angelo Becciu presides over an eucharistic liturgy, at the St. John in Latheran Basilica, in Rome, Feb. 9, 2017. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, File ) VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Italian cardinal at the heart of the Vatican’s “trial of the century” announced Tuesday he was withdrawing...
In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, workers build a scaffolding around the site of a restaurant fire in Liaoyang, northeastern China's Liaoning province on Tuesday, April 29, 2025.. (Xinhua via AP) TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Chinese authorities say 22 people have been killed and 3 injured in...
President Donald Trump arrives to welcome the Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles NFL football team to the South Lawn of the White House, Monday, April 28, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump will sign an executive order Tuesday to relax some...
Cardinals attend a mass on the third of nine days of mourning for late Pope Francis, in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Monday, April 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini) VATICAN CITY (AP) — A conclave is the centuries-old election of a pope that derives its name from the Italian "con...
People wait outside a closed train station, during a major power outage in Barcelona, Spain, Monday, April 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Officials in Spain and Portugal raced to restore electricity early Tuesday after a huge power outage that grounded...
Liberal Leader Mark Carney arrives in Ottawa, Canada, Monday, April 28, 2025. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press via AP) TORONTO (AP) — Prime Minister Mark Carney's Liberal Party won Canada's federal election on Monday, capping a stunning turnaround in fortunes fueled by U.S. President...
Presiding judge Yuji Iwasawa opens the International Court of Justice hearings into a United Nations request for an advisory opinion on Israel's obligations to allow humanitarian assistance in Gaza and the West Bank, in The Hague, Netherlands, Monday, April 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong) ...
The exterior view of Shek Pik Prison in Hong Kong, Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Chan Long Hei) HONG KONG (AP) — Four former Hong Kong lawmakers were freed from prison on Tuesday, having served more than four years for their conviction under a Beijing-imposed law that crushed a...
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — A blackout brought much of Spain and Portugal to a standstill Monday, halting subway and railway trains, cutting phone service and shutting down traffic lights and ATMs for millions of people across the Iberian Peninsula. Passengers roam outside Atocha train station during...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Yemen’s Houthi rebels on Monday alleged a U.S. airstrike hit a prison holding African migrants, killing at least 68 people and wounding 47 others. The U.S. military had no immediate comment. This is a locator map for Yemen with its capital, Sanaa. (AP Photo)...
