Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent speaks to reporters outside the West Wing of the White House, Wednesday, April 9, 2025, in Washington, with White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) WASHINGTON (AP) — Facing a global market meltdown, President Donald...
Rescue workers search for survivors at the Jet Set nightclub after its roof collapsed two nights before during a merengue concert in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Wednesday, April 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Ricardo Hernandez) SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — Dozens of people lingered...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump 's administration will immediately start considering “antisemitic activity” on social media and physical harassment of Jewish people as grounds for denying immigration benefits, according to a federal agency announcement on Wednesday. FILE - People...
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama teen who narrowly survived a fierce shark attack last year said she hopes a proposed alert system before state lawmakers can help keep others safe in the water. Lulu Gribbin, second from left, an Alabama teenager who survived a shark attack in 2024, speaks with...
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Three Americans repatriated to the United States from Congo this week have been charged with participating in an elaborate coup attempt aimed at overthrowing the African nation’s government last year, the U.S. Justice Department said Wednesday. FILE - Benjamin Reuben...
ROME (AP) — Pope Francis met privately with King Charles III and Queen Camilla on Wednesday at the Vatican during the royal couple's four-day state visit to Italy and on the occasion of their 20th wedding anniversary, the Vatican announced. Britain's King Charles III and Queen Camilla in Rome,...
In this photo taken from video distributed by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Tuesday, April 8, 2025, Russian 120mm mortar crew fire toward Ukrainian position at an undisclosed location in Ukraine. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP) KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The Ukrainian...
Hong Kong social worker Jackie Chen, second left in bottom row, poses for a photo with her supporters outside the District Court building in Wan Chai, Hong Kong ahead of her verdict hearing Tuesday, March 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Kanis Leung) HONG KONG (AP) — A Hong Kong social worker was...
Kim Yo Jong, the powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, attends a wreath-laying ceremony at Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum in Hanoi, Vietnam, March 2, 2019. (Jorge Silva/Pool Photo via AP, File) SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on...
U.S. political science lecturer Paul Chambers, left, of Thailand's Naresuan University, stands outside the police station in Phitsanulok, Thailand, where he was arrested on Tuesday, April 8, 2025, on charges of insulting the monarchy. (AP Photo) BANGKOK (AP) — A U.S. political science...
BEIJING (AP) — A fire at a nursing home in northern China has killed 20 people, according to state media, as officials investigate the cause of the fire. China's official Xinhua news agency said Wednesday the fire started at 9 p.m. Tuesday in Chengde city in Hebei province. Six hours...
President Donald Trump attends a meeting with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, Monday, April 7, 2025. (Pool via AP) The Supreme Court has allowed the Trump administration to use an 18th century wartime law to deport Venezuelan...
