International

NKorean defectors in China a sore point in Seoul

AP - World News - Fri, 2025-05-16 04:39
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- Activists and the occasional celebrity have gathered nearly every day in front of the Chinese Embassy for more than two weeks, sometimes scuffling with police or tearing up pictures of China's president as they protest on behalf of a group of North Koreans they say China holds....

Entire Pacific nation could one day move to Fiji

AP - World News - Fri, 2025-05-16 04:39
Fearing that climate change could wipe out their entire Pacific archipelago, the leaders of Kiribati are considering an unusual backup plan: moving the populace to Fiji....

Entire Pacific nation could one day move to Fiji

AP - World News - Fri, 2025-05-16 04:39
Fearing that climate change could wipe out their entire Pacific archipelago, the leaders of Kiribati are considering an unusual backup plan: moving the populace to Fiji....

Fire at Bangkok high-rise hotel kills 1 foreigner

AP - World News - Fri, 2025-05-16 04:39
BANGKOK (AP) -- A fire at a high-rise hotel in Bangkok's main tourist district sent smoke billowing through the upper floors, killing at least one foreigner and injuring almost two dozen other people, authorities said Friday....

2 Tibetans set selves on fire outside Lhasa temple

AP - World News - Fri, 2025-05-16 04:39
BEIJING (AP) -- Two men engulfed themselves in towering flames outside a temple that is a popular tourist site in Lhasa, marking the first time a recent wave of self-immolations to protest Chinese rule has reached the tightly guarded Tibetan capital....

Mass dolphin rescue witnessed off Rio coast

AP - World News - Fri, 2025-05-16 04:39
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- A dramatic video showing 30 beached dolphins being rescued by beachgoers in Brazil has become an internet sensation....

Dad-son talk, celebrity tweets key to viral video

AP - World News - Fri, 2025-05-16 04:39
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) -- The young American boy sums up what his father does for a living: "You stop the bad guys from being mean."...

Dad-son talk, celebrity tweets key to viral video

AP - World News - Fri, 2025-05-16 04:39
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) -- The young American boy sums up what his father does for a living: "You stop the bad guys from being mean."...

Dad-son talk, celebrity tweets key to viral video

AP - World News - Fri, 2025-05-16 04:39
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) -- The young American boy sums up what his father does for a living: "You stop the bad guys from being mean."...

Japanese town haunted by loss a year after tsunami

AP - World News - Fri, 2025-05-16 04:39
MINAMISANRIKU, Japan (AP) -- The squat 71-year-old fisherman turns his ruddy, weathered face toward the top of the hillside cemetery. With a heavy heart, he climbs steadily past row after row of tall tombstones, a bucket of water in each hand....

Japanese town haunted by loss a year after tsunami

AP - World News - Fri, 2025-05-16 04:39
MINAMISANRIKU, Japan (AP) -- The squat 71-year-old fisherman turns his ruddy, weathered face toward the top of the hillside cemetery. With a heavy heart, he climbs steadily past row after row of tall tombstones, a bucket of water in each hand....

Japanese town haunted by loss a year after tsunami

AP - World News - Fri, 2025-05-16 04:39
MINAMISANRIKU, Japan (AP) -- The squat 71-year-old fisherman turns his ruddy, weathered face toward the top of the hillside cemetery. With a heavy heart, he climbs steadily past row after row of tall tombstones, a bucket of water in each hand....

A modern Falkland Islands, transformed by war

AP - World News - Fri, 2025-05-16 04:39
STANLEY, Falkland Islands (AP) -- Falkland Islanders are still bristling over the invasion by Argentina 30 years ago, but they're not complaining about its aftermath....

A modern Falkland Islands, transformed by war

AP - World News - Fri, 2025-05-16 04:39
STANLEY, Falkland Islands (AP) -- Falkland Islanders are still bristling over the invasion by Argentina 30 years ago, but they're not complaining about its aftermath....

A modern Falkland Islands, transformed by war

AP - World News - Fri, 2025-05-16 04:39
STANLEY, Falkland Islands (AP) -- Falkland Islanders are still bristling over the invasion by Argentina 30 years ago, but they're not complaining about its aftermath....

British, Italian hostages killed in Nigeria

AP - World News - Fri, 2025-05-16 04:39
LONDON (AP) -- Two Europeans held hostage in Nigeria by kidnappers claiming ties to al-Qaida were killed before rescuers could free them, authorities said Thursday....

British, Italian hostages killed in Nigeria

AP - World News - Fri, 2025-05-16 04:39
LONDON (AP) -- Two Europeans held hostage in Nigeria by kidnappers claiming ties to al-Qaida were killed before rescuers could free them, authorities said Thursday....
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