By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The Trump administration on Thursday announced $1.8 billion in additional funding for U.N. humanitarian aid, saying the money will be earmarked for life-saving aid to victims of natural disasters, famine and "people who are truly ...
By WILL WEISSERT and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — China's Xi Jinping warned President Donald Trump on Thursday that their two countries could clash over Taiwan if the issue is not handled properly, an unusually harsh admonition that stood in contrast to the American ...
BORDEAUX, France (AP) — Passengers unaffected by an illness outbreak on a British cruise ship have been allowed off the ship in the French port city of Bordeaux, while authorities confirmed the cause of the outbreak is norovirus, a nasty stomach bug that spreads easily. French authorities ...
By KANIS LEUNG and HUIZHONG WU Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — China on Thursday stepped up its tough stance on Taiwan, an island democracy it deems its territory, warning the United States that Beijing and Washington will "have clashes and even conflicts" if the issue is not handled ...
RIGA, Latvia (AP) — Latvian center-right Prime Minister Evika Silina announced her resignation on Thursday, after the Progressives Party, her left-leaning coalition partner, pulled support from the government and left her without a majority. Her resignation came after Latvia's Defense ...
By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A Philippine senator wanted by the International Criminal Court for an alleged crime against humanity has fled from the Senate, where he sought refuge to evade arrest, officials said Thursday. Sen. Ronald dela Rosa 's exit from the ...
By SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's former chief of staff has been named by two Ukrainian anti-corruption watchdogs as a suspect in a major graft probe, bringing the man who once wielded enormous influence in the country's wartime planning ...
By NATALIE MELZER and ADAM SCHRECK Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu quietly visited the United Arab Emirates during the Israeli-U.S. war with Iran, his office said Wednesday. The UAE later denied any secret visit had occurred. Netanyahu met with ...
By HANNA ARHIROVA and BARRY HATTON Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia fired at least 800 drones in a massive daytime barrage on about 20 regions of Ukraine on Wednesday, killing at least six people and wounding dozens, including children, in one of the longest attacks by Moscow ...
By MAURICIO SAVARESE Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazilian Sen. Flávio Bolsonaro denied any wrongdoing Wednesday in his reported request for millions from jailed banker Daniel Vorcaro, a revelation that could harm the lawmaker's expected run for the country's presidency in October ...
By MARTÍN ADAMES Associated Press SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — Opposition figures in the Dominican Republic on Wednesday criticized an agreement signed with the United States to have the Caribbean nation receive third-country deportees, saying it lacks transparency and ...
By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Jurors started deliberating Wednesday in Harvey Weinstein 's rape retrial, weighing an unresolved piece of a case that epitomized the #MeToo movement. The jury is tasked with deciding whether the former movie mogul raped hairstylist and ...
By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — A licensed drug addiction counselor who delivered "Friends" star Matthew Perry the doses of ketamine that killed him is set to be sentenced on Wednesday. Prosecutors are asking for 2 1/2 years in prison for 56-year-old Erik ...
By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer This summer at the movies, the Minions are filmmakers, the Mandalorian is working for the good guys, Matt Damon tries to find his way home (again), Anne Hathaway, Zendaya and Tom Holland are everywhere and no one remembers Peter Parker. Well, at least in the ...
By ALICIA RANCILIO Associated Press Thanks to "Heated Rivalry," hockey hunks — and their love stories — are having a moment. Prime Video's "Off Campus" is the next show hoping to score with viewers. This series, which started streaming Wednesday and is based on a collection of romance ...
By TERRY TANG Associated Press Director Eugene Yi has always been interested in the term Asian American and Pacific Islander and which ethnicities it includes. "When we're talking about Asian Americans or Asian people in the U.S., oftentimes it's people who might look like you and me, and ...
CANNES, France (AP) — The cast of "The Fast and the Furious" rolled into the Cannes Film Festival on Wednesday for a 25th anniversary celebration of the nitrous-boosting franchise. This year's Cannes is largely bereft of Hollywood films. But to help cover the blockbuster-sized hole in this ...
By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The wide-ranging prosecution in the death of "Friends" star Matthew Perry is coming to a close. Five people have pleaded guilty for various roles in supplying the actor with ketamine, the drug that killed him at age 54 in 2023. ...
By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER and GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Two states could try a new way to reduce the influence of corporations and hard-to-track "dark money" groups that have been able to spend unlimited amounts on politics since the Supreme Court's 2010 Citizens ...
By MEGAN JANETSKY Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on Wednesday denied a CNN report that the CIA was carrying out deadly operations in Mexican territory, accusing the U.S.-based news organization of attempting to "hurt the government and the people of ...