TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares mostly rose Friday as markets continued to be moderately optimistic about the prospects of technology companies and the relative health of global economies. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 added 0.5% to reach 38,566.40 after data on the world’s fourth largest economy came in mostly positive. Industrial production rose 2.8% in July
Aug. 23-29, 2024 Spain’s annual Tomatina street battle took place in the eastern town of Buñol, where workers on trucks tipped more tons of overripe tomatoes into the main street of the town for participants to throw. Vice President Kamala Harris and running mate Gov. Tim Walz reached out to voters in GOP strongholds in
The United States’ longest war is over. But not for everyone. Outside of San Francisco, surgeon Doug Chin has helped provide medical assistance to people in Afghanistan via video calls. He has helped Afghan families with their day-to-day living expenses. Yet he remains haunted by the people he could not save. In Long Beach, California
SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Residents of Indian-controlled Kashmir are gearing up for their first regional election in a decade that will allow them to have their own truncated government, also known as a local assembly, instead of remaining under New Delhi’s direct rule. Muslim-majority Kashmir is divided between nuclear-armed rivals India and Pakistan and claimed
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A flash flood that transformed a series of idyllic, azure waterfalls into a monstrous brown froth was ferocious but not unusual for the summer rainy season on the Havasupai reservation, one of the most remote reaches of the continental U.S. that attracts visitors worldwide. But this time the rush of
VENICE, Italy (AP) — Nicole Kidman returns to the Venice Film Festival for the world premiere of “Babygirl” on Friday. The erotic drama is about a powerful CEO who jeopardizes her career and family life by having an affair with a younger intern. “Babygirl” was made by “Bodies Bodies Bodies” filmmaker Halina Reijn, who was
WASHINGTON (AP) — It was their most challenging mission. U.S. Army soldiers in the 7th Transportation Brigade had previously set up a pier during training and in exercises overseas but never had dealt with the wild combination of turbulent weather , security threats and sweeping personnel restrictions that surrounded the Gaza humanitarian aid project .
Aug. 2 -29, 2024 Nearly 3,000 Indigenous people protest in the streets of Bogotá, demanding that the government take action against the growing violence generated by illegal armed groups. Soccer fans mourned the death of Uruguayan soccer player Juan Izquierdo who died in a São Paulo hospital days after collapsing on the pitch during a
WEST CHESTER, Pa. (AP) — A convicted killer captured last year after two weeks on the run in southeastern Pennsylvania’s rolling farmlands is due in court Friday for a potential plea on the escape charges. Danilo Cavalcante, 35, a native of Brazil, escaped from a Chester County lockup while waiting to be transferred to state
DALLAS (AP) — From barbecues to getaways to shopping the sales, many people across the U.S. mark Labor Day — the federal holiday celebrating the American worker — by finding ways to relax. This year is the 130th anniversary of the holiday, which is celebrated on the first Monday of September. While actions by unions
