Asia will get a prime view of this weekend’s total lunar eclipse

09/06/2025

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The year’s second total lunar eclipse is coming up fast, and this time Asia will have the best seats in the cosmos. Earth’s shadow will obscure this weekend’s full moon as the…

China shows off military strength in a parade for anniversary of end of WW II

09/03/2025

BEIJING  — Chinese leader Xi Jinping said humanity must choose between peace and war and dialogue and confrontation in a speech Wednesday, September 3, 2025, before a major military parade marking the 80th anniversary of the end…

Heavy rain causes flooding, landslides and 8 deaths in Vietnam and Thailand

08/27/2025

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Heavy rain caused flooding and landslides Wednesday in parts of Southeast Asia, where at least eight deaths were reported in the aftermath of a tropical storm. Flooding occurred in several northern and central…

Trump, Putin shake hands in Alaska, start summit on Ukraine war

08/16/2025

OINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska  — President Donald Trump and Russia’s Vladimir Putin kicked off their Alaska summit with a warm handshake on Friday, greeting each other like old friends before heading into hours of discussions that could reshape the war in Ukraine and relations between Moscow…

In-flight turbulence: What is it and when is it dangerous for passengers and crews?

08/01/2025

A Delta Air Lines flight from Salt Lake City to Amsterdam that was hit by serious turbulence Wednesday, July 30, 2025, sending 25 people on board to hospitals and forcing the flight to divert to Minnesota, highlighted…

Tsunami warnings up in Japan, Alaska and Hawaii after 8.7-magnitude earthquake in Russia’s Far East 

07/30/2025

TOKYO — A tsunami has hit coastal areas of Russia’s Kuril Islands and Japan’s large northern island of Hokkaido after an 8.7-magnitude earthquake early Wednesday, July 30, 2025. Tsunami warning sirens blared Tuesday in Honolulu and people…

Bangladesh Air Force jet crashes into Dhaka school, at least 19 dead

07/21/2025

DHAKA, Bangladesh — A Bangladesh Air Force training aircraft crashed into a school campus in the capital, Dhaka, shortly after takeoff on Monday, killing at least 19 people including the pilot and injuring more than 100, officials…

Gaza children have missed 2 years of school. Truce won’t undo the damage

07/21/2025

KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip — Two years ago, Sarah Qanan was a star high school student preparing for final exams and dreaming of becoming a doctor. Today, the 18-year-old lives in a sweltering tent in the Gaza…

Cambodia scam centers: Over 2,100 nabbed in 3 weeks

07/19/2025

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia  — Authorities in Cambodia continued their stepped-up campaign against online scam centers, arresting at least 500 suspects in two provinces on Thursday and Friday, the country’s information minister said. The arrests in Kandal province on the outskirts of…

59 Palestinians in Gaza are killed by Israeli airstrikes or shot dead while seeking aid

07/13/2025

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — At least 31 Palestinians were fatally shot on their way to an aid distribution site in the Gaza Strip on Saturday, while Israeli airstrikes killed at least 28 Palestinians including four…

Fuel to Air India plane was cut off moments before crash – probe

07/12/2025

NEW DELHI (AP) — Fuel control switches for the engines of an Air India flight that crashed last month were moved from the “run” to the “cutoff” position moments before impact, starving both engines of fuel, a…

US commander says China has failed to coerce rival states in South China Sea

07/11/2025

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — China has failed to intimidate rival claimant states into surrendering their sovereign interests in the disputed South China Sea despite its intensifying “bullying tactics” and the United States and other allied countries are…

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