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The US and allies clash with North Korea, China and Russia over failed satellite launch and tensions
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States and its allies clashed Friday with North Korea, Russia and China over Pyongyang’s failed attempts to launch a spy satellite and who is responsible for escalating tensions on the Korean Peninsula. The open Security Council meeting called by...
India's Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping agree on efforts to de-escalate border tensions
NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s prime minister and China's leader agreed Thursday to intensify efforts to de-escalate tensions at the disputed border between them and bring home thousands of their troops deployed there, according to an official from India's foreign ministry. Prime...
China blasts US-Japan-South Korea summit, warns of 'contradictions and increasing tensions'
BEIJING (AP) — China is renewing its criticism of this weekend’s summit among the leaders of the U.S., Japan and South Korea, saying no country should “seek its own security at the expense of the security interests of others and of regional peace and stability.” “The...
Maui fire survivors are confronting huge mental health hurdles, many while still living in shelters
KIHEI, Hawaii (AP) — The evacuation center at the South Maui Community Park Gymnasium is now Anne Landon’s safe space. She has a cot and access to food, water, showers, books and even puzzles that bring people together to pass the evening hours. But all it took was a strong wind...
Today in History: August 14, McVeigh sentenced to death
Today in History Today is Monday, Aug. 14, the 226th day of 2023. There are 139 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Aug. 14, 1945, President Harry S. Truman announced that Imperial Japan had surrendered unconditionally, ending World...
Ohio police chief says K-9 handler was deceptive during probe of dog attack on surrendering trucker
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio police agency shared records Tuesday that showed an officer who released his police dog on a surrendering truck driver was repeatedly told not to keep talking about the incident before he was fired last week. Records provided to The Associated Press by...
Movie Review: Tensions boil over in Christian Petzold’s haunting summer drama ‘Afire’
Fire is in the air this summer, literally, and at the movies. Though the flames in German filmmaker Christian Petzold’s “Afire” aren’t of the nuclear variety, the smoke from his tension-filled chamber piece about a few young adults at a vacation house near the Baltic Sea certainly gets in...
At least 15 migrants died this week off Tunisia's coast and at a desert border amid tensions
TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — At least 15 migrants have been found dead off Tunisia's coast and on its border with Algeria this week, authorities said Friday as sub-Saharan Africans face increasing tensions in Tunisia and more and more people seek to leave or transit through the country en route to...
US climate envoy John Kerry spars in heated exchanges with House Republicans ahead of Beijing trip
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. climate envoy John Kerry defended his negotiations with China — and angrily rebuffed what he called a “stupid” lie that he routinely travels by private jet — during a grilling by House Republicans on Thursday before he sets out on his next climate mission to...
Climate change ratchets up the stress on farmworkers on the front lines of a warming Earth
Mily Trevino-Sauceda was 9 when her mother fell as she worked to move irrigation pipes along rows of potato and alfalfa on an Idaho farm. Mily's 10-year-old brother splashed water over their mother's face and body while her children looked on, scared and crying. Their mother had fainted from the...
