In the Honduran capital Tegucigalpa, inmates brandishing white paint rollers are taken under armed escort to paint over gang tags. The inmates belonged to the Mara Salvatrucha gang, commonly known as MS-13. Gangs like Salvatrucha or Barrio 18 often use graffiti to mark territory or advertise illicit drug selling points. AP Video shot by Elmer
BEIJING (AP) — China’s Commerce Ministry announced Wednesday it will launch an investigation into whether unfair trade practices were adopted by the European Union in its probe of Chinese companies. It said the investigation will focus on wind power, photovoltaics, security equipment and others and will be completed before nexxt Jan. 10.
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese auto sales slumped in June as the domestic economy remained sluggish , but buoyant exports offset the decline at home, an industry association said Wednesday. Sales in China dropped 7.4% compared to a year earlier to 1.8 million cars, while exports rose 29% to 400,000 units, the China Association of Automobile
BANGKOK (AP) — China’s authorities said they were investigating food safety concerns in cooking oils after an investigative report from local media revealed that tankers carrying soybean oil from a major state-owned company were also used to carry a form of coal. The report from Beijing News, a state-backed outlet known for original reporting, found
LONDON (AP) — British police were hunting for an armed man on Wednesday after three women were killed in a house near London. Hertfordshire Police said Kyle Clifford, 26, was being sought over the suspected triple murder. Police said the three women, who were related, were found seriously injured in a house in Bushey, northwest
MOSCOW (AP) — The Russian parliament’s lower house gave final approval Wednesday to a bill that would raise income taxes for the rich, in a move to help fill government coffers during t he fighting in Ukraine. The bill, which was endorsed in the final third reading by the State Duma, needs to be approved
DAMASCUS (AP) — Regular flights between the Syrian capital of Damascus and Saudi Arabia resumed Wednesday for the first time in more than a decade as part of a thaw in relations between the countries, Syrian state media reported. Syria and Saudi Arabia had severed ties in 2012 over President Bashar Assad’s brutal crackdown on
BEIJING (AP) — Rescue efforts were underway Wednesday for more than 130 people including some tourists who were trapped in a mountainous town in China’s Tibet region after heavy rains and flooding washed away sections of a provincial highway, China’s state media said. Those trapped also included migrant workers and business people, according to state
AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — At the graduation ceremony of New York University Abu Dhabi this May, a student wearing the traditional Palestinian black-and-white keffiyeh scarf shouted “Free Palestine!” as he crossed the stage to receive his diploma, witnesses say. Days later, he reportedly was deported from the United Arab Emirates. The incident at the graduation
MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan (AP) — A jeep fell from a mountain road into a ravine in the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir on Wednesday, killing 14 people and injuring two others, officials said. The incident happened in the Neelam Valley, government administrator Nadeem Janjua said. Rescuers had transported the dead and injured to a hospital while
