BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s military regime acknowledged Monday it had lost communications with the commanders of a strategically important army headquarters in the northeast, adding credence to claims from a militia group it had captured the base. The fall of the army’s Northeast Command in the city of Lashio would be the biggest in a
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union on Monday slapped sanctions on 28 officials accused of human rights violations in Belarus and links to the ongoing crackdown against opponents of authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko . In a move just ahead of the anniversary of the disputed 2020 elections that brought Lukashenko to power, the EU said
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — A prominent Vietnamese business tycoon was found guilty Monday of defrauding stockholders of nearly $150 million by falsely inflating the value of his company, in a case that comes as the government cracks down on widespread corruption in the country. The Hanoi People’s Court sentenced Trinh Van Quyet, 48, to 21
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South African police said they rescued 90 Ethiopian migrants who were being held against their will at a property in Johannesburg. Police carried out a search at the property on Sunday for a person reported to have been kidnapped and discovered the migrants, they said. Two people were arrested on suspicion of
WASHINGTON (AP) — A surprising rise in the U.S. unemployment rate last month has rattled financial markets and set off new worries about the threat of a recession — but it could also prove to be a false alarm. Friday’s jobs report, which also showed hiring slowed last month, coincides with other signs the economy
America’s drugstores are testing smaller locations and more ways to offer care as price-sensitive shoppers look elsewhere. Customers may see Walgreens stores that are one-fourth the size of a regular location or CVS drugstores with entire primary clinics stuffed inside. If these experiments succeed, the new stores might improve access to care and create a
MONTIGNY-LE-BRETONNEUX, France (AP) — Forty years after winning gold in Los Angeles, Connie Carpenter-Phinney watched in nervous anticipation — praying, pleading, holding her breath in hope — that Kristen Faulkner could hold on in the road race at the Paris Olympics. When she did, completing an audacious ride amid the shadows of the Eiffel Tower
PARIS (AP) — Hours after he knelt on the red clay, after his body shook as he cried, after he finally got to kiss an Olympic gold medal won for Serbia, Novak Djokovic was asked whether he can consider his tennis career complete. He already had 24 Grand Slam trophies , after all, putting him
LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Keir Starmer will hold an urgent meeting with ministers and top law enforcement officials as he seeks to end days of street violence and attacks on hotels housing asylum seekers, which he has described as thuggery. Lawlessness has swept the country over the past six days as right-wing activists
MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan (AP) — Hundreds of angry people took to the streets in Pakistan-administered Kashmir Monday to mark the fifth anniversary of India’s decision to strip the disputed region of its semi-autonomy and take direct control of it. The decision— which Islamabad insists was unilateral and violated United Nations resolutions — has tested the already
