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India and Canada steer clear, in UN speeches, of their dispute over Sikh separatist leader's killing

Sep. 26, 2023 18:11 PM EDT

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Indian and Canadian diplomats didn't directly address their countries' row over the killing of a Sikh separatist leader, but they obliquely underscored some key talking points as they addressed world leaders at the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday. Foreign...

Leander Paes is the first Asian man nominated as a player to the International Tennis Hall of Fame

Sep. 26, 2023 11:27 AM EDT

NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) — Leander Paes, the owner of 18 Grand Slam titles in men’s doubles or mixed doubles, is the first Asian man to be nominated for the International Tennis Hall of Fame in the player category. Paes, who is from India, was one of six player candidates announced...

China goes on charm offensive at Asian Games, but doesn't back down from regional confrontations

Sep. 26, 2023 09:11 AM EDT

HANGZHOU, China (AP) — A month before the Asian Games, China released a new national map, doubling down on its claims to almost the entire South China Sea and disputed border territories with India. A few days before the event, it flew more than 100 warplanes toward Taiwan,...

India and US army chiefs call for free and stable Indo-Pacific as Chinese influence grows

Sep. 26, 2023 04:31 AM EDT

NEW DELHI (AP) — India's army chief on Tuesday said the country was committed to maintaining a free and stable Indo-Pacific, where the sovereignty and territorial integrity of all nations is respected, as global concern grows over Chinese influence in the region. General Manoj...

Chef JJ Johnson's new cookbook celebrates rice, the humble grain that feeds the world

Sep. 25, 2023 14:43 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Chef JJ Johnson uses rice at home in many different ways — making crepes with his kids, using leftover rice for his wife's salad and frying it for dinner multiple ways. “Rice is a Swiss army knife. It can do so much for you,” he says. This fall he's tried to...

On the campaign trail, New Zealand leader Chris Hipkins faces an uphill battle wooing voters

Sep. 25, 2023 05:49 AM EDT

NEW PLYMOUTH, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins was on the campaign trail Monday visiting an art gallery when his guide asked him what he pictured when he looked up at a towering wooden sculpture. “I was actually just contemplating that,” Hipkins...

India had been riding a geopolitical high. But it comes to the UN with a mess on its hands

Sep. 24, 2023 09:28 AM EDT

NEW DELHI (AP) — The Group of 20 Summit, hosted by India earlier this month, couldn’t have gone better for Prime Minister Narendra Modi. His pledge to make the African Union a permanent member became reality. And under his leadership, the fractured grouping signed off on a final statement. It...

UNGA Briefing: There's one more day to go after a break — but first, here's what you missed

Sep. 23, 2023 20:26 PM EDT

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — It's almost the end of the U.N. General Assembly high-level meeting that brings world leaders together at U.N. headquarters in New York. Here are the highlights of what happened Saturday at the United Nations and what to keep an eye on Tuesday, the last day (Monday's off for...

Pakistan's prime minister says manipulation of coming elections by military is 'absolutely absurd'

Sep. 23, 2023 18:38 PM EDT

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Pakistan’s interim prime minister said he expects parliamentary elections to take place in the new year, dismissing the possibility that the country’s powerful military would manipulate the results to ensure that jailed former premier Imran Khan’s party doesn’t win...

Biden faces foreign policy trouble spots as he aims to highlight his experience on the global stage

Sep. 23, 2023 12:07 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — This probably wasn't how President Joe Biden envisioned his big foreign policy week ending. Biden spent much of the time trying to make the case to world leaders at the U.N. General Assembly as well as to Democratic donors and voters that his decades of foreign...