TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were mostly higher Wednesday as markets focused on prospects for the U.S. Federal Reserve’s first cut to interest rates in more than four years. The Bank of Japan and the Bank of England are also holding monetary policy meetings later this week. But neither central bank is expected to move
CARACOLLO, Bolivia (AP) — Thousands of anti-government demonstrators marching in support of Bolivia’s former President Evo Morales clashed on Tuesday with counterprotesters blocking their way, a stark sign of an escalating power struggle in the volatile Andean nation. In his most brazen show of force yet against current President Luis Arce , Morales sent word
FLINT, Mich. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he’s meeting next week with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi when Modi visits the U.S. Modi is scheduled to be in the United States this weekend, along with the leaders of Australia and Japan, for a summit of the so-called Quad hosted by President
BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — A federal court in Brazil dismissed charges Tuesday against one of three men arrested for the killings of Indigenous peoples expert Bruno Pereira and British journalist Dom Phillips in the Amazon, ruling there wasn’t enough evidence to try him. Oseney da Costa de Oliveira, a poor fisherman who lived by the
ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — Ghana’s biggest opposition party held nationwide protests in regional capitals across the country Tuesday demanding an audit of the voter roll for the general election set for December. Millions of supporters of the National Democratic Congress party, the country’s main opposition party, participated in the protests, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, an NDC
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — An attack on a military base in eastern Colombia injured at least 16 soldiers, Colombia’s military said on Tuesday, as tensions escalate between Colombia’s government and one of the nation’s largest remaining rebel groups. Colombia’s top military commander, Admiral Francisco Cubides, attributed the attack to the National Liberation Army, or ELN
MEXICO CITY (AP) — At least 30 people have been killed in the past two weeks in Mexico’s northern state of Sinaloa as two factions of the powerful Sinaloa cartel continue to clash, authorities said Tuesday. Defense Secretary Luis Cresencio Sandoval said that two military personnel were among those killed in the fighting that started
Residents in northern Israel expressed scepticism Tuesday after the security cabinet declared stopping attacks by Lebanon’s militant group Hezbollah is a new war goal, saying it should have been a priority much earlier. (AP video by Moshe Edri) Residents in northern Israel expressed scepticism Tuesday after the security cabinet declared stopping attacks by Lebanon’s militant
Authorities in Peru and Colombia continue to combat forest fires over vast areas of land. High temperatures and low rainfall have provided optimal conditions for the fires to extend rapidly. Authorities in Peru and Colombia continue to combat forest fires over vast areas of land. High temperatures and low rainfall have provided optimal conditions for
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (AP) — A small Ohio city has been inundated with hoax bomb threats since last week’s presidential debate, when former President Donald Trump falsely accused members of Springfield’s Haitian community of abducting and eating cats and dogs. Trump’s running mate, Ohio Sen. JD Vance, has amplified debunked internet rumors about Haitian migrants as
