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Millions around the world celebrate Lunar New Year and ring in the Year of the Snake

Jan. 29, 2025 17:06 PM EST

BEIJING (AP) — Firecrackers popped, incense was offered at temples and dancers and drummers paraded Wednesday in Asia and farther afield as millions around the world celebrated the Lunar New Year. From Beijing to Havana, the holiday — known as the Spring Festival in China, Tet in...

Tiger poachers use fishing boats to smuggle body parts out of Malaysia, study shows

Jan. 29, 2025 09:57 AM EST

BANGKOK (AP) — Commercial fishing fleets have been playing a key role in trafficking parts of tigers poached in Malaysia, according to research released Wednesday that could help enforcement efforts to save the critically endangered cat. The fishing boats are part of a network of...

What is Lunar New Year and how is it celebrated?

Jan. 28, 2025 12:48 PM EST

On Jan. 29, Asian American communities around the U.S. will ring in the Year of the Snake with community carnivals, family gatherings, parades, traditional food, fireworks and other festivities. In many Asian countries, it is a festival that is celebrated for several days. In diaspora communities,...

Today in History: February 5, Senate acquits Donald Trump in first impeachment

Jan. 27, 2025 00:02 AM EST

Today is Wednesday, Feb. 5, the 36th day of 2025. There are 329 days left in the year. Today in history: On Feb. 5, 2020, the Senate voted to acquit President Donald Trump, bringing to a close the third presidential trial in American history. Though a majority of...

Nancy Leftenant-Colon, who was the first Black woman in Army Nurse Corps, has died

Jan. 22, 2025 21:08 PM EST

The first Black woman to join the U.S. Army Nurse Corps after the military was desegregated in the 1940s has died. She was 104. Nancy Leftenant-Colon, who retired as a major and died earlier this month at a New York nursing home, was remembered by relatives and friends for quietly...

Federal officials identify the remains of a Wisconsin pilot lost over Vietnam in 1967

Jan. 22, 2025 13:01 PM EST

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Federal officials have identified the remains of a U.S. Air Force pilot from Wisconsin who went missing during the Vietnam War nearly 60 years ago. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced Tuesday that its scientists in December positively identified the...

Russia says it will help Vietnam become a 'partner country' in the BRICS bloc of developing nations

Jan. 15, 2025 07:44 AM EST

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Russia will facilitate Vietnam's participation in the BRICS bloc of developing economies as a “partner country,” the countries said in a joint statement on Wednesday after Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin’s two-day visit to Hanoi. “The Russian...

Vietnam and Russia sign an agreement to expand cooperation on nuclear energy

Jan. 14, 2025 05:59 AM EST

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Vietnam and Russia inked Tuesday an agreement to boost cooperation on nuclear energy during Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin’s two-day visit to Hanoi. The Southeast Asian country has been trying to revive its nuclear energy plans — after it shelved...

Why are US flags being flown at half-staff on Inauguration Day?

Jan. 13, 2025 13:42 PM EST

President-elect Donald Trump has expressed frustration that flags will be flying at half-staff when he takes office later this month. It's an action put in place by President Joe Biden to honor the late President Jimmy Carter, who died last month at 100. It's not a timeline that...

The ‘Worst in Show’ CES products put your data at risk and cause waste, privacy advocates say

Jan. 10, 2025 19:58 PM EST

LAS VEGAS (AP) — So much of the technology showcased at CES includes gadgets made to improve consumers' lives — whether by leveraging AI to make devices that help people become more efficient, by creating companions to cure loneliness or by providing tools that help people with mental and...