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By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — Backers of an international agreement that bans cluster munitions are striving to prevent erosion in support for it after what one leading human rights group calls an “unconscionable” U.S. decision to ship such weapons to Ukraine for its fight against Russia. Advocacy groups in the Cluster Munitions
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By Mengchen Zhang and Nectar Gan, CNN (CNN) — Two people have been detained in northern China after allegedly damaging a section of the Great Wall with an excavator, according to local authorities. A 38-year-old man and 55-year-old women in Shanxi province were accused of digging through the Great Wall to create a shortcut for
Continue ReadingBy CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Government workers in Nigeria have begun their second strike in a month to protest the growing cost of living after the government removed subsidies that had made gas affordable. The strike by labor unions from across all sectors is expected to disrupt activities in many government
Continue ReadingBy ABBY SEWELL and OMAR ALBAM Associated Press AIN SHEEB, Syria (AP) — More than 300 people were killed by cluster munitions in Ukraine in 2022, surpassing Syria as the country with the highest number of deaths from the controversial weapons for the first time in a decade. That’s according to the Cluster Munition Coalition’s
Continue ReadingBy KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — An activist detained in Hong Kong has partially won his appeal seeking recognition for same-sex marriage registered overseas. It’s a landmark court ruling that is likely to have a far-reaching impact on the city’s LGBTQ+ community. Jimmy Sham is a prominent pro-democracy activist arrested in connection
Continue ReadingATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s coast guard says that 14 migrants and the body of a man have been found on the shore of a tiny island in the eastern Aegean Sea. The coast guard says the five men, six women and three children were found on Tuesday on the remote island of Farmakonisi, along
Continue ReadingBy RAF CASERT Associated Press ZONNEBEKE, Belgium (AP) — With war ravaging Europe’s heartland again, the countless headstones, cemeteries and memorials from World War I are a timeless testimony to its cruelty. Belgium and France want them recognized as UNESCO World Heritage sites to make sure people stop and think. They bring pause and introspection
Continue ReadingBy EDNA TARIGAN and NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian President Joko Widodo will welcome fellow Asian and world leaders with a captivating jungle scene of a two-story waterfall, wild orchids and even an orangutan perched up a tree. The make-believe wilderness set up in elaborate detail in the huge lobby of
Continue ReadingJERUSALEM (AP) — Palestinian health officials say Israeli troops killed a Palestinian man during an army raid in the occupied West Bank. The Israeli military said that troops destroyed an explosives stockpile in the Nour Shams refugee camp in the northern West Bank on Tuesday. It says that during the operation, soldiers came under attack
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Luis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — Una perra de Los Ángeles demostró ser el “Master of Puppies” después de colarse en uno de los conciertos de la legendaria banda de metal Metallica. La banda publicó en Facebook sobre el invitado sorpresa en su show del 25 de agosto en Los Ángeles. “¡Quizás hayas oído que
Continue ReadingBy EDNA TARIGAN and NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian President Joko Widodo will welcome fellow Asian and world leaders with a captivating jungle scene of a two-story waterfall, wild orchids and even an orangutan perched up a tree. The make-believe wilderness set up in elaborate detail in the huge lobby of
Continue ReadingBy ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer Shares were mostly lower Tuesday in Asia after U.S. markets were closed for the Labor Day holiday. U.S. futures also were lower and oil prices were mixed. Hong Kong fell nearly 2% as Chinese property stocks declined. Investors sold real estate shares to lock in gains fueled by recent
Continue ReadingBy AIJAZ HUSSAIN Associated Press SRINAGAR, India (AP) — A first of its kind “climate-friendly” soccer tournament is underway in India’s remote desert region of Ladakh, an ecologically fragile territory where oxygen is thin and breathing is hard. The organizers say the matches are first in Asia to be held at an altitude of 11,000
Continue Reading By Helen Regan, CNN (CNN) — Invasive species cost the world at least $423 billion every year as they drive plant and animal extinctions, threaten food security and exacerbate environmental catastrophes across the globe, a major new United Nations-backed report has found. Human activity – often through travel or global trade – is spreading these
Continue Reading By Jessie Yeung, Yoonjung Seo and Gawon Bae, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — Hundreds of thousands of teachers are protesting in South Korea after the suspected suicide of a teacher that was widely blamed on the burden on educators in a country notorious for its high-pressure education system. Angry teachers say they face overly
Continue ReadingBy EVA VERGARA and DANIEL POLITI Associated Press SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — The world remembers Gen. Augusto Pinochet as the dictator whose regime tortured, killed and disappeared 3,065 people in the name of fighting communism. But as Chile marks the 50th anniversary next Monday of the coup that brought Pinochet to power for almost 17
Continue Reading By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — A pilot has died after the plane he was flying as part of a gender reveal party in Mexico crashed on Sunday. Video posted online shows the plane releasing pink smoke as it flies over a couple waiting in front of a sign that reads “Oh baby,” surrounded by
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — China’s foreign minister is seeking to sell his Italian counterpart on the benefits of leader Xi Jinping’s signature “Belt and Road” initiative of Chinese-built and -funded infrastructure projects, as Rome considers whether to renew the agreement. Wang Yi told Antonio Tajani in their meeting Monday that bilateral trade had grown from $50
Continue ReadingCANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A group of Australian lawmakers say they will travel to Washington this month to lobby the United States to abandon its efforts to extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. The delegation includes former Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce and lawmakers from across the political spectrum. Their trip is timed to draw attention
Continue ReadingBy DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press When the NFL season kicks off this week, Kentucky residents and visitors — for the first time — will be able to legally place sports bets on something other than horse racing. When they do, some of that money will also fund the state’s first-ever program for people with
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