HONG KONG (AP) — A Hong Kong court will hand down a verdict Thursday for two former editors of a shuttered news outlet in a case that is widely seen as a barometer for the future of media freedom in the city once hailed as a bastion of free press in Asia. The delivery of
TOKYO (AP) — A typhoon lashed southern Japan with torrential rain and strong winds Thursday, causing at least three deaths as it started a crawl up the length of the archipelago and raised concerns of flooding, landslides and extensive damage. Typhoon Shanshan made landfall in the morning near Satsumasendai in southern Kyushu, where up to
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A Brazilian Supreme Court justice on Wednesday threatened to shut down the local operations of X, formerly Twitter, unless its billionaire owner Elon Musk names an in-country legal representative within 24 hours. The order from Justice Alexandre de Moraes is the latest development in an ongoing feud with Musk’s platform.
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — In a small auditorium in the seaside capital of Trinidad and Tobago, Christopher Columbus and other colonial-era figures came under scrutiny late Wednesday in a lengthy debate punctuated by snickers, applause and outbursts. The government had asked residents of the diverse, twin-island nation in the eastern Caribbean if they
A gallery of highlights from the Opening Ceremony of the Paralympics captured by AP photographers at the Paris Games. Member of the South Korea delegation parade during the Opening Ceremony for the 2024 Paralympics, Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2024, on Concorde plaza in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena) Spectators arrive to attend the Opening Ceremony for
US Open: Varvara Lepchenko advances in her first Grand Slam event after a doping suspension Former top-20 tennis player Varvara Lepchenko has played in a Grand Slam tournament for the first time in more than three years — and for the first time since she served a doping ban. Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day]
Polio has been eliminated in most parts of the world, but the infectious disease is still spreading in a small number of countries. The recent polio infection in an unvaccinated baby in Gaza is the first time the disease has been reported in the territory in more than 25 years. Polio has been eliminated in
Haitian forces have teamed up with police sent from Kenya to oust criminal gangs from one of the roughest neighborhoods of Haiti’s capital. The operation was announced by Haiti’s Prime Minister Garry Conille on Wednesday at a hospital in Port-au-Prince, where three Haitian policemen were recuperating after being injured in a shootout in the impoverished
MANAUS, Brazil (AP) — Smoke from wildfires in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest Wednesday was causing people in the region to cough, burning their throats and reddening their eyes. Large swaths of the country have been draped in smoke in recent days, resulting from fires raging across the Amazon, Cerrado savannah, Pantanal wetland and the state of
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Yemen’s Houthi rebels have agreed to allow tugboats and rescue ships to assist a Greek-flagged oil tanker that remains ablaze in the Red Sea “in consideration of humanitarian and environmental concerns,” Iran’s U.N. Mission said late Wednesday. The Pentagon said Tuesday that attempts by an unidentified “third party” to send two
