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Across India, opposition building against citizenship law

NEW DELHI — Thousands of university students flooded the streets of India's capital, while a southern state government led a march and demonstrators h...
10:07 16 December 2021

US says it won’t accept North Korea-set nuclear deadline

SEOUL, South Korea — A senior U.S. diplomat said Monday that Washington won’t accept a year-end deadline set by North Korea to make concessions in sta...
6:12 16 December 2021

Sackler-owned opioid maker pushes overdose treatment abroad

The gleaming white booth towered over the medical conference in Italy in October, advertising a new brand of antidote for opioid overdoses. “Be prepar...
3:06 16 December 2021

Police targets of both love and anger at Hong Kong rallies

Several thousand people, some making heart signs with their hands, turned out in Hong Kong on Sunday in an unusual display of support for the police f...
12:34 15 December 2021

Tokyo’s new stadium: A masterpiece by Japan’s Kengo Kuma

TOKYO — Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe spoke at Sunday's official completion of the new national stadium, the venue for the opening and closing ce...
10:37 15 December 2021

Strong quake kills 1, collapses building in Philippines

DAVAO, Philippines — A strong earthquake jolted the southern Philippines on Sunday, killing at least one person and causing a three-story building to ...
10:09 15 December 2021

China delays tariffs on US autos, other goods in trade deal

BEIJING — China’s government says it will postpone planned punitive tariffs on U.S.-made automobiles and other goods following an interim trade deal w...
8:28 15 December 2021

Tiger Woods caps comeback year by leading emotional team win

MELBOURNE, Australia — The emotions poured out of Tiger Woods, just like they did at Augusta National in the spring, except this felt different.
8:18 15 December 2021

Tiger Woods and US team rally to win Presidents Cup again

MELBOURNE, Australia — High emotions, fierce hugs from Tiger Woods, this time as a winner both ways in the Presidents Cup.
6:56 15 December 2021

Supporters of embattled Thai opposition party hold big rally

BANGKOK — Several thousand supporters of a popular opposition party in Thailand that is under threat of dissolution rallied Saturday in the nation's c...
1:13 15 December 2021

Houses of worship attacked with deadly frequency in 2019

On Dec. 1, a band of assailants opened fire on worshippers at a small-town Protestant church in Burkina Faso, an impoverished West African country whe...
19:22 14 December 2021

Reed’s caddie out of Presidents Cup after conflict with fan

MELBOURNE, Australia — The caddie for Patrick Reed will not be on the bag for the final session of the Presidents Cup after shoving a spectator who he...
8:14 14 December 2021

International clings to 2-point lead in Presidents Cup

MELBOURNE, Australia — The International team has the lead going into the final day of the Presidents Cup for the first time in 16 years, and it has a...
7:59 14 December 2021

Cries of abuse in Catholic Church start to be heard in Japan

TOKYO — During Pope Francis’ recent visit to Japan, Harumi Suzuki stood where his motorcade passed by holding a sign that read: “I am a survivor.”
7:55 14 December 2021

AP Exclusive: China tightens up on info after Xinjiang leaks

The Xinjiang regional government in China’s far west is deleting data, destroying documents, tightening controls on information and has held high-leve...
6:25 14 December 2021

Holloway, Nunes eager to show championship form at UFC 245

LAS VEGAS — With a months-long barrage of trash talk and provocative posturing, Colby Covington and champion Kamaru Usman have infused their welterwei...
0:15 14 December 2021

American Samoa declares measles outbreak, closes schools

PAGO PAGO, American Samoa — The government of American Samoa declared that the U.S. territory has an outbreak of measles, a move that will lead to the...
1:10 8 December 2021

Pro-government protesters denounce Hong Kong ‘rioters’

HONG KONG — Only after finding safety in numbers, joining hundreds of other pro-government protesters in Hong Kong on Saturday, did Reddy Lin drum up ...
12:14 7 December 2021

Navy vet’s ashes destined for sunken Pearl Harbor battleship

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii — On Dec. 7, 1941, then-21-year-old Lauren Bruner was the second-to-last man to escape the burning wreckage of the USS Arizona af...
17:50 6 December 2021

‘Sportswashing’ fears dog Ruiz-Joshua fight in Saudi Arabia

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — In one part of Riyadh, two of the world’s most high-profile boxers squared off at a weigh-in outside a 5-star hotel ahead of th...
17:08 6 December 2021

Ruiz even heavier for his heavyweight rematch with Joshua

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — World heavyweight champion Andy Ruiz Jr. will be nearly 50 pounds heavier than Anthony Joshua for their title rematch on Saturd...
15:15 6 December 2021

Troubled waters: Open water swimming faces do-over of 2016

ATLANTA — Haley Anderson has been through this before.
7:35 6 December 2021

Indian police fatally shoot 4 suspects in gang-rape case

NEW DELHI — An Indian police official says four men accused of raping and killing a woman in India's southern city of Hyderabad have been fatally shot...
4:55 6 December 2021

Injured journalist seeks answers from Hong Kong police

HONG KONG — More than two months after being blinded in one eye by what she believes was a projectile fired by riot police, Indonesian video journalis...
3:14 6 December 2021

Mekong River’s new aquamarine color may be sign of trouble

BANGKOK — The Mekong River has recently acquired an aquamarine color that may beguile tourists but also indicates a problem caused by upstream dams, e...
1:00 6 December 2021

Prosecution: ICC judges were wrong to reject Afghan probe

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — International Criminal Court judges overstepped their powers when they refused to authorize an investigation into allegations...
13:20 5 December 2021

New dawn for boxing as Ruiz, Joshua set for Saudi rematch

The thick, sparkling ring on his right hand and the diamond-studded watch around his left wrist were indications of just how much life has changed for...
13:00 5 December 2021

China says US must cut tariffs in trade deal

BEIJING — Washington must roll back punitive tariffs on Chinese imports if the two sides reach a trade deal, China said Thursday, indicating Beijing i...
9:41 5 December 2021

Asian shares rise on optimism about US-China trade deal

TOKYO — Asian shares were rising Thursday amid renewed hopes a U.S. trade deal with China may be nearing, despite tough recent talk from President Don...
2:50 5 December 2021

Hong Kong residents living with tear gas worry of effects

HONG KONG — By day, the small commercial kitchen in a Hong Kong industrial building produces snacks. At night, it turns into a secret laboratory assem...
1:28 5 December 2021