WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump demanded the self-governed island of Taiwan pay for U.S. protection, dodged the question of whether he would defend the island from Beijing’s military action , and accused the island of taking the semiconductor industry away from the United States. “Taiwan should pay us for defense,” Trump
ROME (AP) — Italian border police are looking for a truck driver who is shown on a widely circulated video whipping female migrants after he found them in the back of his truck near the French border, officials said Wednesday. Smugglers loaded the 12 Eritrean women on the truck at a rest stop near the
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — A European aid worker who was arrested two months ago in Central African Republic over spying allegations has begun a hunger strike to protest the conditions of his detention, his family and the Portuguese honorary consul told The Associated Press. Martin Joseph Figueira, a consultant for the American nongovernmental organization FHI
Search teams rescued nine crewmembers, mostly Indians, and were searching for seven others after an oil tanker capsized this week off the coast of Oman, the Indian Navy said Wednesday. The tanker, the MT Prestige Falcon, capsized in the Arabian Sea late Monday about 25 nautical miles (29 miles) southeast of Oman’s Ras Madrakah area
MADRID (AP) — Real Madrid said Wednesday that a Spanish court has given a suspended eight-month prison sentence to a person who racially insulted soccer stars Vinícius Júnior and Antonio Rudiger in the comments section of a popular Spanish sports news website. The club said that the offender, whose name was not given, was found
Lionel Messi faced calls on Wednesday to apologize for racist chants made by Argentina’s players after they won the Copa America. An Argentinean government official said Messi, who is the team captain, and the president of the country’s soccer federation, Claudio Tapia, should apologize after a video was shared on social media showing members of
LOS ANGELES (AP) — “The Bear” went on a tear at Wednesday morning’s Emmy nominations with a comedy-series record 23, and “Shogun” led all nominees with 25 in a dominant year across categories for FX. Nominations for the acclaimed culinary phenomenon “The Bear” included best comedy series and best actor in a comedy series for
ROME (AP) — With no men picked to compete in artistic swimming at the Paris Olympics, where they are eligible for the first time , a former world champion is ending his career this week. At the Italian national championships, four-time worlds gold medalist Giorgio Minisini said he is competing for the last time at
Denmark mixed doubles badminton player Mathias Christiansen has withdrawn from the Paris Olympics , a decision his national federation on Wednesday called the result of multiple unintentional errors made in reporting his whereabouts in line with anti-doping regulations. The Badminton World Federation confirmed Christiansen’s absence from the field and the removal of his team with
TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Leading opposition parties in Tunisia asserted Wednesday that politically motivated arrests and gag orders are creating impossible conditions for holding democratic elections later this year. Members of the National Salvation Front, a coalition of secular and Islamist opponents to President Kais Saied , said a government crackdown on opponents had created
