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AP Week in Pictures: Asia
Dec. 1-7, 2023 Mount Marapi spews volcanic materials during its eruption in Indonesia, a powerful earthquake struck Saturday off the southern Philippines and a hospital is flooded after heavy rains along the Bay of Bengal coast in Chennai, India. This photo gallery...
AP PHOTOS: Photographers in Asia capture the extraordinary, tragic and wonderful in 2023
TOKYO (AP) — Individually, the photographs are the product of a moment, capturing glimpses of joy, grief, rage, hope, and resilience. As a whole, the work this year of Associated Press photojournalists in Asia forms a visual patchwork quilt, an extraordinary reflection of the...
AP Week in Pictures: Asia
Nov. 24-30, 2023 Sikhs lit candles to mark the birth anniversary of Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikhism, at the illuminated Golden Temple, in Amritsar, India. A pro-democracy activist known as Grandma Wong protested outside a Hong Kong court hearing the trial of 47 pro-democracy...
AP Week in Pictures: Asia
Nov. 16-24, 2023 Ethnic Rohingya disembark from their boat upon landing in Indonesia. About 2,000 pairs of shoes symbolizing all the victims from Gaza, West Bank and Israel are placed before a rally in South Korea. Australia players celebrate after winning the men’s Cricket World...
Stock market today: World shares are mixed, with markets in Japan and US closed for holidays
BANGKOK (AP) — World shares were mixed on Thursday after a modest advance on Wall Street that kept the market on track for a fourth straight weekly gain. Markets in Japan and the U.S. are closed for holidays. Oil prices initially fell about $1 a barrel after OPEC...
Stock market today: Asian shares are mostly lower, with markets in Japan and US closed
BANGKOK (AP) — Shares were mostly lower in Asia on Thursday after a modest advance on Wall Street that kept the market on track for a fourth straight weekly gain. Markets in Japan and the U.S. are closed Thursday for holidays. Oil prices fell about $1 a barrel...
Stock market today: Asian shares slip following a weak close on Wall Street
BANGKOK (AP) — Shares slipped in Asia on Wednesday, tracking a decline on Wall Street a day after stocks there hit their highest level since the start of August. Tokyo and Mumbai advanced while most other major markets declined. U.S. futures were little changed and oil prices...
Biden seizes a chance to refocus on Asia as wars rage in Europe and the Mideast
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Sometimes it can be easy to forget that President Joe Biden's original foreign policy priority was reasserting American influence in Asia. After all, that was before Russian tanks tried to blitz Ukraine, and before Israel and Hamas descended into a fresh round...
AP Week in Pictures: Asia
Nov. 10-16, 2023 Indian cricket fans celebrate their team’s victory in the ICC Cricket World Cup semi-final match against New Zealand in Mumbai, India. Former Philippine senator Leila de Lima leaves court after being released on bail after six years. A Chinese coast guard vessel...
Plant-based meat is a simple solution to climate woes - if more people would eat it
THORNTON, Colo. (AP) — Lars Obendorfer says he was “badly insulted” after he first began offering vegan sausage at his stands, dubbed “Best Worscht in Town.” He even found himself mediating between customers arguing on social media about what to him was just another menu item. ...
