By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press
BANGKOK (AP) — The whereabouts of a Chinese citizen journalist who served four years in prison for reporting on the early days of the pandemic in Wuhan and was expected to be released Monday are unknown, raising concern from activists.
Zhang Zhan, who had ...
By MARIA CHENG and JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press
GENEVA (AP) — After the coronavirus pandemic triggered once-unthinkable lockdowns, upended economies and killed millions, leaders at the World Health Organization and worldwide vowed to do better in the future. Years later, countries are ...
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. General Assembly is expected to vote Friday on a resolution that would grant new "rights and privileges" to Palestine and call on the Security Council to favorably reconsider its request to become the 194th member of the ...
By JACK JEFFERY Associated Press
DUMA, West Bank (AP) — Charred homes and cars dotting this hilltop village surrounded by olive groves are a searing reminder of Palestinians' vulnerability to rising violence from Israeli settlers.
The trail of wreckage along Duma's main road is the ...
By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — The Vodou faithful sing, their voices rising above the gunfire erupting miles away as frantic drumbeats drown out their troubles.
They pause to swig rum out of small brown bottles, twirling in unison as they sing in Haitian ...
By MOUTA ALI and EDOUARD TAKADJI Associated Press
N'DJAMENA, Chad (AP) — Chad's military leader, Mahamat Deby Itno, was declared the winner of this week's presidential election, according to provisional results released Thursday. The results were contested by his main rival, Prime Minister ...
By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina's biggest trade unions mounted one of their fiercest challenges to the libertarian government of President Javier Milei, staging a mass general strike on Thursday that led to the cancellation of hundreds of flights ...
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia on Thursday wrapped itself in patriotic pageantry for Victory Day, as President Vladimir Putin celebrated the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II by hailing his forces fighting in Ukraine and blasting the West for fueling conflicts around the world.
Even though few ...
By DANICA KIRKA and LAURIE KELLMAN Associated Press
CAMBRIDGE, England (AP) — About three dozen pro-Palestinian protesters crawled out of their tents Thursday morning at Cambridge University, grabbed coffee and tea and sat in a circle for the daily briefing.
Drink water, display the ...
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The administration of Mexico's president has accused the press and volunteer searchers who look for the bodies of missing people of "necrophilia," comments that drew criticism this week.
President Andrés Manuel López Obrador is known for insulting people he views as ...