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Amid Earth's heat records, scientists report another bump upward in annual carbon emissions

Nov. 12, 2024 19:08 PM EST

BAKU, Azerbaijan (AP) — Even as Earth sets new heat records, humanity this year is pumping 330 million tons (300 million metric tons) more carbon dioxide into the air by burning fossil fuels than it did last year. This year the world is on track to put 41.2 billion tons (37.4...

A look at the research revealing China's work on prototype nuclear reactor to power aircraft carrier

Nov. 11, 2024 22:02 PM EST

BANGKOK (AP) — China has built a land-based prototype nuclear reactor for a large surface warship, in the clearest sign yet Beijing is advancing toward producing the country’s first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, according to a new analysis of satellite imagery and Chinese government...

Japan's reelected Prime Minister Ishiba vows to step up reform

Nov. 11, 2024 10:53 AM EST

TOKYO (AP) — Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba pledged to take tougher measures against misuse of political funds after he was reelected by parliament Monday following a major loss in the polls last month by his governing coalition. Ishiba’s Liberal Democratic Party and its...

Book Review: 'Those Opulent Days' is a mystery drenched in cruelties of colonial French Indochina

Nov. 11, 2024 10:42 AM EST

It’s not often that a historical novel is set in the Vietnam of the 1920s, a period when the land in Indochina was occupied and exploited by French colonizers. It’s also unusual that such a novel would be a whodunit murder mystery. “Those Opulent Days,” the debut novel of...

Trump pressures candidates for Senate GOP leader to fill his Cabinet right away

Nov. 10, 2024 19:07 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — Days before Senate Republicans pick their new leader, President-elect Donald Trump is pressuring the candidates to change the rules and empower him to appoint some nominees without a Senate vote. Republican Sens. John Thune of South Dakota, John Cornyn of Texas...

Lavelle's late goal sends Gotham into the NWSL semifinals with 2-1 win over Portland

Nov. 10, 2024 17:39 PM EST

HARRISON, N.J. (AP) — Rose Lavelle scored in stoppage time and Gotham FC defeated the Portland Thorns 2-1 on Sunday to advance to the semifinals of the National Women's Soccer League playoffs. Gotham, the defending NWSL champions, will face the second-seeded Washington Spirit next...

Frustrated Americans await the economic changes they voted for with Trump

Nov. 09, 2024 07:09 AM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — Fed up with high prices and unimpressed with an economy that by just about any measure is a healthy one, Americans demanded change when they voted for president. They could get it. President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to topple many of the Biden...

Trump victory spurs worry among migrants abroad, but it's not expected to halt migration

Nov. 08, 2024 01:29 AM EST

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Donald Trump's victory in the United States presidential election instantly changed calculations for millions of migrants or potential migrants across the globe. But perhaps not in the way Trump imagined. Trump has pledged to reduce immigration....

How 5 key demographic groups voted in 2024: AP VoteCast

Nov. 07, 2024 12:45 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump won the presidency after holding tight to his core base of voters and slightly expanding his coalition to include several groups that have traditionally been a part of the Democratic base. That finding comes from AP VoteCast, a sweeping survey of more than 120,000...

Global leaders congratulate Trump but his victory looks set to roil the world -- again

Nov. 07, 2024 04:01 AM EST

LONDON (AP) — The verdict of U.S. voters was more decisive than most pollsters and pundits had predicted. Now the world waits to see whether the election of Donald Trump as president for a second time will prove as destabilizing as many American allies fear. Trump secured victory...