HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong dog owners and their four-legged friends have gained new freedoms after the city relaxed a decades-old rule, allowing the pets to join them at eateries. Since 1994, only guide dogs and those performing statutory duties were allowed in restaurants under the city 's...
BEIJING (AP) — A fire broke out at a shoe factory in the southeastern Chinese province of Fujian on Thursday, killing 28 people, the official Xinhua News Agency said. Chinese President Xi Jinping demanded “an all-out search and rescue effort," urging a swift investigation of the incident and...
CATIA LA MAR, Venezuela (AP) — Victims of the powerful twin earthquakes that jolted Venezuela last month as well as people spared by the destruction on Thursday flooded relief services offered by nongovernmental organizations in the hardest-hit areas. The demand for help comes as the United...
BANGKOK (AP) — When China launched a ballistic missile into the South Pacific Ocean on Monday, it was a rare test of a nuclear-capable weapons system that drew international rebuke. Arriving two years after a similar missile launch in international waters in the Pacific, the test by the People...
BEIJING (AP) — Authorities in southern China said Thursday that 39 people died in flooding after a tropical storm dumped heavy rainfall, as the country 's east coast and Taiwan prepared for a typhoon expected to make landfall in the coming days. Most of the deaths were in Hengzhou, where...
FOXBOROUGH, Massachusetts (AP) — Kylian Mbappé had a goal and an assist after missing a first-half penalty kick, Ousmane Dembélé also scored and France beat Morocco, 2-0, Thursday, July 9, in the World Cup quarterfinals. Mbappé 's goal in the 60th minute was the 20th of his World Cup...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United States launched new airstrikes against Iran early Thursday, and Tehran responded by targeting U.S.-allied Mideast countries in an exchange of fire that threatened an interim deal intended to help end the war in the Middle East. Back-and-forth...
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian drones hit more Russian oil facilities and set two oil tankers ablaze in the Sea of Azov on Thursday, a day after U.S. President Donald Trump pledged to grant Kyiv a license to manufacture the Patriot air defense systems to protect its cities. A top Ukrainian...
NEW YORK (AP) — Justin Bieber is officially joining the lineup for the FIFA World Cup Final halftime show, taking the stage alongside Madonna, Shakira, and BTS in what organizers are billing as the tournament 's first-ever Super Bowl-style halftime spectacle. FIFA announced Wednesday that...
FOXBOROUGH, Massachussettes (AP) — France coach Didier Deschamps spent most of his World Cup news conference on Wednesday, July 8, fielding questions about a multitude of off-field issues, from racist remarks aimed at French star Kylian Mbappé, to officiating concerns, to his own future....
NARA (Jiji Press) -- As Wednesday (July 8) marked four years since the fatal shooting of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in the western Japan city of Nara, about 1,000 visitors paid their respects to him at a floral tribute stand at the shooting site. The stand was set up in front of Kintetsu...
ANKARA (Jiji Press) -- Defense chiefs from Japan, Australia and New Zealand on Wednesday affirmed the importance of the three nations ' cooperation for the stability of the Indo-Pacific region. At their meeting held in Turkey on the sidelines of a NATO summit, Japan 's Defense Minister...
