BEIJING (AP) — European milk and cheese producers have become the latest target in a simmering trade war with China. The Chinese Commerce Ministry said Wednesday that it would launch an investigation into subsidies given by the European Union and EU member countries for dairy products that could lead to tariffs on their export to
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Gilma became the second hurricane of this year’s eastern Pacific Ocean season early Wednesday and is forecast to remain away from land. The Category 1 storm was located about 935 miles (1,504 kilometers) west-southwest of the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula of Mexico, according to the National Hurricane Center
Recent evacuation orders issued by the Israeli military have pushed thousands of displaced Palestinians to already overcrowded areas, where they can barely find space to move around or properly eat or sleep. (AP Video by Abd Al Kareem Hana/ Production: Wafaa Shurafa) Recent evacuation orders issued by the Israeli military have pushed thousands of displaced
Kites soaring through the sky are a common sight across Brazil, and are particularly popular in Rio’s low-income communities known as favelas. For most people in the world, kite flying symbolizes light-hearted fun. But in Brazil it can pose a danger when it involves kite fighting. (AP video shot by Mario Lobao and Lucas Dumphreys)
Russian President Vladimir Putin made an unscheduled visit to Chechnya, his first trip to the mainly Muslim republic within the Russian Federation in nearly 13 years. Putin was greeted by Chechnya’s self-styled strongman leader Ramzan Kadyrov, before meeting volunteer fighters who train there prior to being deployed in Ukraine. Russian President Vladimir Putin made an
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A commercial ship traveling through the Red Sea came under repeated attack Wednesday, leaving the vessel “not under command” in an assault suspected to have been carried out by Yemen’s Houthi rebels, the British military said. Details remained few about the attack, though it comes during the Houthis’ monthslong
Lebanon’s Hezbollah has launched more than 50 rockets, hitting a number of private homes in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights. The attack on Wednesday came a day after U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with fellow mediators Egypt and Qatar as he pressed ahead with the latest diplomatic mission to secure a cease-fire in the
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MOSCOW (AP) — Russian authorities said Wednesday that Moscow came under the largest attack yet by Ukrainian drones since the start of fighting in 2022, and that it destroyed all of them. Russia destroyed 45 Ukrainian drones overnight, Russia’s Ministry of Defense said. It said 11 were destroyed over the Moscow region, 23 over the
ISLAMABAD (AP) — After six days of being stranded on a remote peak in Pakistan’s northeast, two injured Russian climbers were finally rescued, while another remains missing and is presumed dead, a mountaineering official said Wednesday. The five-member climbing team, which began their expedition on one of Gasherbrum’s peaks to retrieve the body of a
