BANGKOK (AP) — Human rights groups urged Thailand on Thursday not to extradite a Vietnamese activist detained in Bangkok, saying he could be at risk if handed back to Vietnam. FILE - A flag of Vietnam is seen as a soldier watches from a top of a building neighboring Government Guesthouse and a...
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A tropical disturbance has brought a rare flash flood emergency to much of southern Florida as residents prepared to weather more heavy rainfall on Thursday and Friday. Matthew Koziol, Matías Ricci, Manuel Ricci and Raúl Fernández travel by raft through a flooded...
NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City subway station would be renamed to commemorate the Stonewall riots that galvanized the modern LGBTQ+ rights movement, under legislation approved by state lawmakers as they wrapped up their session this month. FILE - Rainwater seeps down into the Christopher...
FILE - United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres speaks during a Security Council meeting at the United Nations headquarters, April 18, 2024. Guterres will tell the Security Council next week that both Israel and Hamas are violating children’s rights and leaving them exposed to danger in...
FILE - This Dec. 24, 1968, file photo made available by NASA shows the Earth behind the surface of the moon during the Apollo 8 mission. Retired Maj. Gen. William Anders, the former Apollo 8 astronaut who took the iconic “Earthrise” photo showing the planet as a shadowed blue marble from space...
A person takes video of Olympic rings on the Eiffel Tower Friday, June 7, 2024, in Paris. The Paris Olympics organizers mounted the rings on the Eiffel Tower on Friday as the French capital marks 50 days until the start of the Summer Games. The 95-foot-long and 43-foot-high structure of five rings,...
Palestinians wounded in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip arrive at al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir al Balah on Saturday, June 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi) JERUSALEM (AP) — An official at a hospital in central Gaza says at least 94 bodies have arrived during heavy fighting. Khalil Degran...
Sofia Ramirez, left, of Mexico drinks water as she waits in line to take a photo at the Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign in Las Vegas Thursday, June 6, 2024. (Steve Marcus/Las Vegas Sun via AP) RENO, Nev. (AP) — Records tumbled across the Southwest United States on Thursday as temperatures...
FILE - The image provided by U.S, Central Command, shows U.S. Army soldiers assigned to the 7th Transportation Brigade (Expeditionary), U.S. Navy sailors assigned to Amphibious Construction Battalion 1, and Israel Defense Forces placing the Trident Pier on the coast of Gaza Strip on May 16, 2024. A...
U.S. President Joe Biden shakes hands with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Paris, Friday, June 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) PARIS (AP) — U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday for the first time publicly apologized to Ukraine for a monthslong congressional holdup in American military...
Hunter Biden arrives to federal court, Friday, June 7, 2024, in Wilmington, Del. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum) WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Federal prosecutors aimed to wrap up their gun case against Hunter Biden on Friday with two final witnesses in their effort to prove that the president's son lied on a...
Dean Leano takes a water break while photographing tourists at the Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign in Las Vegas Thursday, June 6, 2024. (Steve Marcus/Las Vegas Sun via AP) RENO, Nev. (AP) — The first heat wave of the year is expected to maintain its grip on the Southwestern United States for...
