SEATTLE (AP) — Aircraft assembly workers walked off the job early Friday at Boeing factories near Seattle after union members voted overwhelmingly to go on strike and reject a tentative contract that would have increased wages by 25% over four years. The strike started at 12:01 a.m. PDT, less than three hours after the local
BEIJING (AP) — China starting next year will raise its retirement age for workers, which is now among the youngest in the world’s major economies. The extension was considered long overdue in a country facing a shrinking population and an aging work force. The policy change will be carried out over 15 years, with the
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A fake video that ricocheted across the internet claiming tensions between France and the United Arab Emirates after Telegram CEO Pavel Durov’s detention in Paris likely came from Russia, an analysis by The Associated Press shows, despite Moscow’s efforts to maintain crucial ties to the UAE. It remains unclear
NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s top court on Friday allowed the release on bail of Arvind Kejriwal, a prominent opposition leader and chief minister of New Delhi, who was arrested nearly six months ago ahead of national elections on charges of receiving bribes from a liquor distributor. Supreme Court Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan
Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar thanked Lebanon’s Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah for his support in the ongoing war with Israel in a letter released Friday by Hezbollah’s media office. In the letter, dated Monday, Sinwar thanks Nasrallah for the “blessed acts” of Iran-backed groups in their support for Hamas since Oct. 7, when Hamas-led militants killed
Russia’s Federal Security Service on Friday accused six British diplomats of spying and said a decision has been made to withdraw their accreditation. Russian state TV quoted an official from the security service known as the FSB as saying that they will be expelled. The move comes two days after the United States and Britain
Sept. 6-12, 2024 Former President Donald Trump points, Taylor Swift arrives at the MTV Awards and people watch the debate between the presidential nominees . Nepalese women dance at the Pashupatinath Temple, residents transport drinking water along the dry Madeira River and police detain a protester during a demonstration in Argentina. This gallery highlights some
BANGKOK (AP) — Pope Francis has wrapped up his longest and most challenging trip ever, which took the 87-year-old pontiff more than 32,000 kilometers (20,000 miles) by air to four countries in the Asia-Pacific from Sept. 2 to 13. He visited the country with the world’s largest Muslim population — Indonesia, with about 242 million
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa sustained a concussion for the third time in his NFL career, leaving his team’s game Thursday night against Buffalo after running into defensive back Damar Hamlin and hitting the back of his head against the turf. Tagovailoa remained down for about two minutes before getting
NEW YORK (AP) — A federal appeals court has rejected Donald Trump’s request to halt postconviction proceedings in his hush money criminal case, leaving a key ruling and the former president’s sentencing on track for after the November election. A three-judge panel of the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan cited the postponement
