BEIJING (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump arrived in Beijing on Wednesday for his hotly anticipated talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping on the Iran war, trade and U.S. arms sales to Taiwan. The meat of the summit doesn 't start until Thursday, when the leaders hold bilateral talks,...
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — More than 100 Russian drones targeted areas of Ukraine on Wednesday, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, hours after another barrage of civilian areas killed at least eight people. "Russia continues its strikes and is doing so brazenly — deliberately targeting our railway...
The company that operates the cruise ship at the center of a hantavirus outbreak told The Associated Press Wednesday that it expects to know by the end of the week if the vessel will keep to its cruising schedule for the rest of the summer, as it previously indicated it would. The Dutch-flagged MV...
BEIRUT (AP) — Israeli drones struck three vehicles on the main highway south of Beirut Wednesday, killing eight people, including a woman and her two children, the Lebanese Health Ministry said. The Israeli military said it struck Hezbollah infrastructure in several areas in southern Lebanon,...
BEIJING (AP) — As Presidents Xi Jinping and Donald Trump prepare for a highly anticipated summit, both China and the United States say their ties have been broadly stable in recent months — and they are planning on keeping it that way. But many issues are at stake in one of the world 's...
LONDON (AP) — King Charles III on Wednesday will deliver the government 's legislative program for the coming year to lawmakers with all the pomp and historic trappings that accompany the ceremonial opening of Britain 's Parliament. The question is whether Prime Minister Keir Starmer...
TOKYO (AP) — The packaging on some snacks in Japan is turning a somber black-and-white, as the war in Iran disrupts the supply of an ingredient used in colored ink. Tokyo-based Calbee Inc., which makes potato chips and cereal, said what 's inside remains the same. Calbee 's popular...
BEIJING (AP) — President Donald Trump is set to arrive in Beijing on Wednesday for a state visit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping at a restless moment for a world worried about war, trade and artificial intelligence. "We 're the two superpowers," Trump told reporters as he departed the White...
BEIJING (AP) — It 's a verbal tightrope American presidents have had to walk for nearly 50 years, where even small slip-ups when stating official U.S. policy toward Taiwan and China can trigger geopolitical alarm bells. The way the U.S. views Taiwan under the "One China" policy recognizes...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Scientists are tweaking a powerful cancer therapy in hopes it could fight HIV instead, by supercharging patients ' own immune cells. On Tuesday, researchers said a single dose of those revved-up cells strongly suppressed HIV in two people — one for nearly a year and the...
GOTLAND, Sweden (AP) — The war game scenario was this: One of NATO 's newest members, Sweden, was under threat by an unnamed country that was building up troops along the military alliance 's eastern border. And in an unusual twist, non-NATO member Ukraine was there to advise on drone...
The operator of the massive cargo ship that struck Baltimore 's Francis Scott Key Bridge is now facing criminal charges for actions leading up to and after the crash that killed six people more than two years ago. The Dali container ship 's power loss caused it to lose propulsion and...
