QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Insurgents in an overnight attack threw a grenade at people sitting in front of a hotel in the restive southwest Pakistan and killed at least one person while wounding 10 more, police and hospital officials said Thursday. The attack was the third in as many days in Quetta, the capital of
TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were mostly higher Thursday after the latest update on U.S. inflation came in almost exactly as economists expected, and data on Japan’s economy showed relatively healthy growth . Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 jumped 1.0% in morning trading to 36,808.75. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 rose 0.3% to 7,871.90. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng
CHICAGO (AP) — New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge hit his 300th homer , reaching that milestone faster than any other player when he connected against the Chicago White Sox during a 10-2 victory on Wednesday night. Judge hit the mark in his 955th game and 3,431st at-bat with a three-run drive in the eighth
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) — Five officials from Costa Rica’s child welfare agency were arrested on charges they were involved in trafficking migrant children for the purpose of adoption, authorities said Wednesday. Randall Zúñiga, head of the country’s main investigative agency, the Judicial Investigation Agency, said in a video statement that the case began
South Sudan is not ready to hold its first post-independence elections in December and political players are discussing whether voting should be held this year, the U.N.’s top envoy in the troubled African country said Wednesday. Nicolas Haysom told the U.N. Security Council that the consultations make it difficult to treat the election date of
The New England Patriots have traded four-time Pro Bowl edge rusher Matthew Judon to the Atlanta Falcons for a third-round draft pick, a person with knowledge of the deal told The Associated Press. The person spoke on condition of anonymity Wednesday because the teams haven’t announced the trade. Judon had 28 sacks in his first
HONOLULU (AP) — Wallace “Wally” Amos, the creator of the cookie empire that took his name and made it famous and who went on to become a children’s literacy advocate, has died. He was 88. Amos created the Famous Amos cookie empire and eventually lost ownership of the company — as well as the rights
A top Hamas official said the militant group is losing faith in the United States’ ability to mediate a ceasefire in Gaza ahead of a new round of talks scheduled for this week amid mounting pressure to bring an end to the 10-month-old war with Israel. (AP video shot by Malak Harb) A top Hamas
A Russian rocket strike hit a school in the Ukrainian region of Sumy days after Kyiv launched its incursion into Russia. Serhii Zaichenko, a guard at the school, said the strike on August 8 killed two brothers, one of whom was six years old. (AP video shot by: Alex Babenko) A Russian rocket strike hit
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Hideki Matsuyama is starting the PGA Tour’s lucrative postseason without his caddie and coach after they were victims of a robbery during a stopover in London from the Paris Olympics, Golf Digest Japan reported. The magazine said Matsuyama had his wallet stolen, but not his Olympic bronze medal or his passport.
