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Bomb targeting police assigned for polio drive kills 9 people, including 5 children, in SW Pakistan

Nov. 01, 2024 17:57 PM EDT

QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — A powerful bomb attached to a motorcycle exploded near a vehicle carrying police officers assigned to protect polio workers in restive southwest Pakistan on Friday, killing nine people including five nearby children, and wounding 17 other people, officials said. ...

Japan and EU announce a security and defense partnership as regional tensions rise

Nov. 01, 2024 09:49 AM EDT

TOKYO (AP) — Japan and the European Union announced a security and defense partnership on Friday as they seek to step up military ties, including joint exercises and exchanges between their defense industries, amid growing tensions with China, North Korea and Russia. It is the...

Taiwanese driver recounts his narrow escape during Typhoon Kong-rey

Nov. 01, 2024 07:21 AM EDT

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A ride-hailing driver recounted Friday how he had narrow escape when a huge tree smashed onto his vehicle as Typhoon Kong-rey swept over Taiwan, also sweeping away metal roofs and sending landslides onto roads and railway tracks and into houses. Song Zi-jie...

US, Germany and France urge China to free a human rights lawyer and his wife accused of subversion

Nov. 01, 2024 06:55 AM EDT

BEIJING (AP) — The United States, Germany and France have called for the release of a Chinese human rights lawyer and his wife who were sentenced to prison this week for alleged subversion. On Tuesday, a court in Suzhou sentenced lawyer Yu Wensheng to three years' detention and his...

The Latest: With just 5 days to go, Harris and Trump continue to battle for votes

Oct. 31, 2024 22:28 PM EDT

Democrat Kamala Harris says recent comments by her opponent, Republican Donald Trump, are “offensive” and that it's clear he doesn't understand women. She was responding to Trump, who said Wednesday that he will protect women, “whether the women like it or not.” The subtext...

US calls on a silent China to use its sway over Russia and North Korea

Oct. 31, 2024 21:04 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. and South Korea have called on China to use its influence over Russia and North Korea to prevent escalation after Pyongyang sent thousands of troops to Russia to aid Moscow's war against Ukraine. Beijing has so far stayed quiet. In a rare meeting earlier...

Chinese online retailer Temu faces European Union investigation into rogue traders and illegal goods

Oct. 31, 2024 09:03 AM EDT

LONDON (AP) — Chinese online retailer Temu is facing a European Union investigation over suspicions it's failing to prevent the sale of illegal products, the 27-nation bloc's executive arm said on Thursday. The European Commission opened its investigation five months after adding...

India says frontier disengagement with China along their disputed border is 'almost complete'

Oct. 31, 2024 06:44 AM EDT

NEW DELHI (AP) — India and China have moved most of their frontline troops further from their disputed border in a remote region in the northern Himalayas, India’s defense minister said Thursday, some 10 days after the two countries reached a new pact on military patrols that aims to end a...

Troubled carmaker Stellantis reports 27% plunge in 3Q revenues as it cleans up US inventories

Oct. 31, 2024 04:54 AM EDT

MILAN (AP) — Troubled carmaker Stellantis on Thursday reported a 27% plunge in net revenues during the third quarter as gaps in launching new product s and action to reduce inventories slashed global shipments of new vehicles by 20%. The world’s fourth-largest...

A key manufacturing index in China turned positive in October after months of contraction

Oct. 31, 2024 00:55 AM EDT

BEIJING (AP) — A closely watched survey on manufacturing in China has edged into positive territory after months of contraction, the government statistics agency said Thursday. The Purchasing Managers’ Index rose to 50.1. A reading above 50 indicates an improvement over the...