An official for the Japan Meteorological Agency speaks during a news conference in Tokyo, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024, following its observation of about 20-inch (50-centimeter) tsunami on Hachijo Island of the Izu and Ogasawara island chains, which occurred after an earthquake. (Kyodo News via AP)...
Since the Tang Dynasty (618-907), Guangzhou in Guangdong Province has been a prominent port where Sino-foreign trade flourished, attracting numerous foreign merchants who traveled here along the Maritime Silk Road. Following the founding of the People’s Republic of China, Guangdong...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional leaders announced an agreement Sunday on a short-term spending bill that will fund federal agencies for about three months, averting a possible partial government shutdown when the new budget year begins Oct. 1 and pushing final decisions until after the...
Pope Francis waves during the Angelus noon prayer from the window of his studio overlooking St.Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino) ROME (AP) — Pope Francis canceled his audiences Monday because of a “slight flu-like state” just days...
Courtesy of Daniel Patangan/MANILA BULLETIN Around 10 houses were gutted in a fire that broke out along Amelya Street in Sampaloc, Manila, on Monday, September 23. According to the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP), the fire started around 2:41 p.m. and was immediately raised to second alarm at 2:48...
A man who was injured in the explosion of one of the handheld devices, sits outside the Eye Specialist hospital, in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, Sept. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla) BEIRUT (AP) — For almost a week, ophthalmologist Elias Jaradeh has worked around the clock, trying to...
Former President Donald Trump said on Sunday that he doesn't “think” he'd run again for president in 2028 if he falls short in his bid to return to the White House in 2024. Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump shouts after speaking at a campaign event at Wilmington...
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — “Paper or plastic” will no longer be a choice at grocery store checkout lines in California under a new law signed Sunday by Gov. Gavin Newsom that bans all plastic shopping bags. California had already banned thin plastic shopping bags at supermarkets and other...
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Marxist lawmaker Anura Kumara Dissanayake won Sri Lanka’s presidential election, the Election Commission announced Sunday, after voters rejected the old political guard that has been widely accused of pushing the South Asian nation toward economic ruin. Marxist...
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Four people were killed and 17 others injured when multiple shooters opened fire Saturday in what police described as a targeted “hit” on one of the people killed at a popular nightlife spot in Birmingham, Alabama. This image provided by WBMA shows police and emergency...
Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks at the Israeli American Council National Summit, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) — Donald Trump returns to North Carolina on Saturday, stumping in the southern battleground...
FILE - Gisele Pelicot speaks to media as she leaves the Avignon court house, southern France, Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Lewis Joly, File) AVIGNON, France (AP) — The trial of dozens of men accused of raping an unconscious woman whose husband repeatedly drugged her over the course of...
