CEUTA, Spain (AP) – When he heard the border had been breached, Abdulah Buji jumped on his motorbike and raced from his home in northern Morocco towards Ceuta, joining thousands of people trying to swim into the tiny Spanish territory in North Africa. Like many of his fellow countrymen, Buji was...
NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon and resurgent stocks of computer chipmakers are leading the U.S. stock market higher on Friday, even as oil prices rise and worries about inflation weigh on the bond market. The S&P 500 rose 0.7% at the end of a seesaw week that could be its first winning one in the last...
CAIRO (AP) — Hamas said Friday that it will begin disarming as part of a deal announced by U.S. President Donald Trump that also requires Israel to end its strikes and withdraw from Gaza. It marks a potential breakthrough in ending the war, but implementation faces major challenges. Hamas also...
CEUTA, Spain (AP) — At least eighteen migrants have died trying to reach the Spanish exclave of Ceuta, where Spain deployed its military after thousands of people breached the border with Morocco and poured into the tiny Spanish territory. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is expected to...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans outside the nation 's capital will soon be able to get limited-edition U.S. passports that feature a picture of President Donald Trump and celebrate America’s 250th birthday, the State Department said Thursday. The department’s 27 passport agencies nationwide...
KUMAMOTO (Jiji Press) -- The number of deaths confirmed after Tuesday 's powerful earthquake in Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, reached 34 as of 3 p.m. on Thursday, while five people were seriously injured, according to the prefecture 's disaster response headquarters. The full...
KUMAMOTO (Jiji Press) -- Residents in Kumamoto Prefecture voiced concerns Thursday, two days after a powerful earthquake struck the southwestern Japan prefecture, with many being evacuated and the full extent of damage still unknown. In the city of Uki, which logged the highest level of 7 on Japan...
TOKYO (Jiji Press) -- Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Thursday officially announced a plan to cut the consumption tax rate on food to 1 pct for two years starting next April. The government plans to lower the food tax rate to virtually zero through the envisaged consumption tax cut and...
YOKOHAMA (Jiji Press) -- A third-party investigation by three lawyers has confirmed workplace harassment by the sitting mayor of Yokohama, south of Tokyo, according to their report submitted to the city on Thursday. The report found that Takeharu Yamanaka, 53, yelled at subordinates, called them...
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — As wildfires rage in France and Spain and a renewed heat wave is bearing down on Western Europe, a prolonged drought half a continent away is setting record low water levels on one of Europe 's largest rivers, disrupting tourism and industry and confronting...
Climate change 's fingerprints are all over the extreme fire weather that sparked this week 's devastating wildfires in Spain and France and has spiked Southern Europe 's burning the past eight years, two new studies conclude. Human-caused climate change made the hot and dry...
CAIRO (AP) — The United States and Iran each fired barrages of missiles Thursday, as the pattern of back-and-forth strikes took hold again and hope dimmed for a quick end to the five-month conflict. Following a few days of respite, fears of a wider war have grown, with renewed fighting...
