Feb. 23-29, 2024A Hindu devotee performed rituals during Maghi Purnima in Prayagraj, India. South Korean doctors protested the government’s medical policy near the presidential office in Seoul. Farmers and other borrowers protesting the alleged excesses of private lenders gathered in Kathmandu, Nepal.This photo gallery highlights some of the most compelling images in the Asia-Pacific region
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Cade Stover plays tight end with a linebacker’s ferociousness.He’s aggressive, relentless and willing to do whatever it takes to succeed. When other NFL draft prospects opted out of bowl games rather than risk injury, Stover defied his agents and bucked the trend by playing in the Cotton Bowl. And he’d prefer being
A fire in a six-story shopping mall in the Bangladeshi capital of Dhaka, has killed at least 40 people and injured dozens of others. (Feb. 29) (AP video: Al Emrun Garjon) A fire in a six-story shopping mall in the Bangladeshi capital of Dhaka, has killed at least 40 people and injured dozens of others.
The top Palestinian envoy at the United Nations has strongly condemned Israelis after more than 100 were killed in violence on Friday. (Feb 29) The top Palestinian envoy at the United Nations has strongly condemned Israelis after more than 100 were killed in violence on Friday. (Feb 29) Published [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year]
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — The Maryland State House was locked down for about two hours Thursday after an anonymous phone threat was made, but officials said no signs of suspicious activity were found and later allowed people back inside.Annapolis Police Department spokesperson Bernie Bennett said someone made an anonymous threat to the State House via
Iowa star Caitlin Clark, who is on the verge of becoming the all-time NCAA scoring leader in college basketball, announced Thursday she will leave the Hawkeyes after this season and enter the WNBA draft. MORE COVERAGE Meet Grace Beyer, the small-school scoring phenom Iowa star Caitlin Clark might never catch The women’s scoring record belongs
TORONTO (AP) — Former Canadian prime minister Brian Mulroney, who forged closer ties with the United States through a sweeping free trade agreement and whose Progressive Conservative party suffered a devastating defeat just after he left office, died Thursday. He was 84. The country’s 18th prime minister died peacefully and surrounded by family, his daughter
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. senators declined on Thursday to block the sale of F-16s to Turkey, despite voicing deep disdain for Turkey’s conduct as an ally. They were upholding an unofficial bargain that Turks would get the fighter jets if they stopped blocking Sweden’s accession to NATO.“A deal’s a deal,” said Idaho Sen. Jim Risch
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil’s finance minister told his peers Thursday at a G20 meeting in Sao Paulo that countries should implement a global tax on the super-rich in an effort to tackle rampant tax evasion.Fernando Haddad said tax evasion can be resolved through international cooperation so that “these few individuals make their contribution
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro announced Thursday his government is suspending purchases of weapons from Israel after Palestinians say Israeli troops fired at people seeking food in Gaza, marking an escalation of tensions between both countries over the Israel-Hamas war.Describing the deaths as “genocide,” Petro said he blamed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin
