PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A pair of gunmen on a motorcycle opened fire on Thursday and killed a policeman guarding a group of polio workers going door-to-door in a vaccination campaign in northwestern Pakistan, police said, the second attack on the country’s anti-polio campaign in as many days . The latest attack took place in
HONG KONG (AP) — American companies in China are seeing record-low profits, with business confidence at an all-time low amid U.S.-China tensions and a slowing Chinese economy , according to a report published Thursday by a U.S. business group. Out of 306 companies polled, a record-low 66% were profitable in 2023, according to the China
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — A policeman opened fire inside a police station in the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta on Thursday, killing a suspect held on accusations of blasphemy , a local official said. The slain man was identified as Syed Khan. Police said he had been arrested the day before, after officers snatched him
PETUSHKI, Russia (AP) — The trial of three lawyers who once represented late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny got underway in Russia on Thursday. Vadim Kobzev, Igor Sergunin and Alexei Liptser were arrested in October 2023 on charges of involvement with an extremist group, in a case widely seen at the time as a means
SEATTLE (AP) — For her 26th birthday in July, human rights activist Aysenur Ezgi Eygi gathered friends for a bonfire at one of her favorite places, a sandy beach in Seattle where green-and-white ferries cruise across the dark, flat water and osprey fish overhead. On Wednesday night, hundreds of people traveled to the same beach
LONDON (AP) — Since Elon Musk acquired Twitter , renamed it X, fired much of its staff and made other big changes, a steady stream of celebrities, public figures , organizations and ordinary people have quit the social media platform. Some blame Musk for turning a place that used to be fun into one that’s
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — With inflation subsiding, the European Central Bank will likely cut interest rates again on Thursday to prop up tepid growth with lower borrowing costs for companies and home buyers. The U.S. Federal Reserve likely won’t be far behind in joining the rate-cutting process. But don’t expect a rapid series of rate
POHANG, South Korea (AP) — The Associated Press spoke with dozens of South Koreans for a detailed look at the nation’s stark division in views about North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s aggressive pursuit of nuclear-tipped missiles targeting the South and its major ally and protector, the United States. How South Korea sees its northern
Carolyn Baker, clad in a neon pink top and matching sunglasses, smiled as she ran the Falmouth Road Race on the shore of Cape Cod, looking around for friends as she neared the end of a race she’d completed more than a dozen times before. Suddenly, Baker collapsed, as her exertion on a sunny August
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — First came space tourism. Now comes an even bigger thrill for the monied masses: spacewalking . The stage is set for the first private spacewalk Thursday. Tech billionaire Jared Isaacman will pop out of the hatch of his orbiting SpaceX capsule, two days after blasting off from Florida on a
