Crowds gather to watch cherry blossoms at peak bloom in Tokyo
TOKYO (AP) — Crowds gathered Friday in Tokyo to enjoy Japan's famed cherry blossoms, which are blooming later than expected in the capital because...
Rescue teams in Taiwan searching for family feared trapped in rockslide following earthquake
HUALIEN, Taiwan (AP) — Rescue teams are searching for a family of five feared trapped in a rockslide following Taiwan’s biggest earthquake in 25...
After six months of war, Israel’s isolation grows with no end in sight
JERUSALEM (AP) — When Israel declared war against Hamas last October, it stood unified at home and enjoyed broad backing from around the world...
South Korea election issues: Green onions, striking doctors, an alleged sexist jab at a...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Soaring prices for green onions and apples. Striking doctors. A politician's allegedly sexist jab at a female candidate. These...
Mercury exposure widespread among Yanomami tribe in Amazon, report finds
BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Many Yanomami, the Amazon's largest Indigenous tribe in relative isolation, have been contaminated with mercury coming from widespread illegal gold...
How Dev Patel got ‘Monkey Man,’ his directorial debut beset by challenges, to the...
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — Dev Patel first pitched “Monkey Man” as “a revenge film about faith.”“Faith can be such a beautiful, powerful thing....
Venice day-trippers will face steep fines if they fail to pay an access fee...
MILAN (AP) — Day-trippers to the fabled canal city of Venice who fail to pay 5 euros ($5.43) to enter the lagoon city’s historic...
Algerians question president for calling an early election without announcing his own campaign
ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Like many of the elections in more than 50 countries voting this year, the upcoming presidential race in Algeria was...
President Macron says France and its allies ‘could have stopped’ the 1994 Rwanda genocide
PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron said Thursday that France and its allies could have stopped the 1994 Rwanda genocide but lacked the...
Rights group says Israeli strike on Gaza building killed 106 in apparent war crime
JERUSALEM (AP) — A Human Rights Watch investigation published Thursday said an Israeli attack on a Gaza building in October had no apparent militant...