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Kim again rides horse up sacred peak as N. Korea raps Trump

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un rode a white horse up a sacred mountain in his second symbolic visit in less than two months, sta...
15:14 4 December 2021

AP Exclusive: 629 Pakistani girls sold as brides to China

LAHORE, Pakistan — Page after page, the names stack up: 629 girls and women from across Pakistan who were sold as brides to Chinese men and taken to C...
14:23 4 December 2021

AP Interview: Joshua out to regain aura, belts in rematch

Anthony Joshua didn't just lose three world heavyweight titles and an undefeated record when he was beaten by Andy Ruiz Jr. in one of boxing's biggest...
12:27 4 December 2021

China and US clash over Xinjiang, Hong Kong bills

BEIJING — Already strained relations between China and the United States were further muddied after U.S. Congress overwhelmingly approved a bill targe...
10:28 4 December 2021

Hot Water: Pressure to move Tokyo Olympics open-water venue

TOKYO — The IOC moved next year’s Tokyo Olympic marathons and race walks out of the Japanese capital to avoid the stifling heat and humidity.
5:48 4 December 2021

Elon Musk tells jurors insult provoked ‘pedo guy’ tweet

LOS ANGELES — Elon Musk testified Tuesday that he was being insulting, not literally calling a British cave diver a pedophile when he lashed out on Tw...
3:04 4 December 2021

Trump’s US-Japan trade deal wins Japan parliament approval

TOKYO — Japan’s Parliament has approved a trade deal that was agreed upon by President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe earlier thi...
3:03 4 December 2021

Half-North Korean, half-Chinese kids struggle in South Korea

UIJEONGBU, South Korea — Song Hong Ryon looks like any other young woman in South Korea. But three years after her arrival from China, the half-North ...
2:32 4 December 2021

Column: Joke as playing captain turns into reality for Tiger

NASSAU, Bahamas — Tiger Woods meant it as a joke.
23:05 3 December 2021

Powerful typhoon leaves at least 4 dead in Philippines

MANILA, Philippines — Typhoon Kammuri barreled across the Philippines with fierce winds and rain Tuesday, leaving at least four people dead, forcing h...
12:51 3 December 2021

Malaysia’s ex-PM Najib seeks to show he’s victim of fugitive

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak sought to show he was the victim of a cunning fugitive financier as he opened his...
6:52 3 December 2021

North Korea says it’s up to US to choose ‘Christmas gift’

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea on Tuesday repeated its assertions the Trump administration is running out of time to salvage nuclear negotiations, s...
5:46 3 December 2021

Man rescued after 13 nights stranded in Outback; 1 missing

PERTH, Australia — A second person stranded in the punishing Australian Outback for almost two weeks has been rescued, and a search continued Tuesday ...
3:12 3 December 2021

China’s climate paradox: A leader in coal and clean energy

WASHINGTON — As world leaders gather in Spain to discuss how to slow the warming of the planet, a spotlight falls on China — the top emitter of greenh...
0:22 3 December 2021

Philippine capital warned as strong typhoon approaches

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines’ main island, including the national capital, Manila, is under a tropical cyclone warning for a typhoon forecast...
7:26 2 December 2021

China to suspend US Navy visits to Hong Kong over new law

HONG KONG — China said Monday it will suspend U.S. Navy visits to Hong Kong and sanction a range of pro-democracy non-governmental organizations in re...
6:58 2 December 2021

Asian stocks rise after China factory activity improves

BEIJING — Asian stock markets rose Monday after Chinese factory activity improved ahead of a possible U.S. tariff hike on Chinese imports.
4:59 2 December 2021

50 children killed by measles in Samoa as outbreak worsens

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — A measles outbreak in Samoa has killed 50 children as authorities race to vaccinate the entire population.
2:46 2 December 2021

Fukushima melted fuel removal begins 2021, end state unknown

TOKYO — Japan’s economy and industry ministry proposed a revision Monday to its decades-long road map to clean up the radioactive mess at the Fukushim...
1:49 2 December 2021

Hundreds rally in Myanmar to show support for Suu Kyi

YANGON, Myanmar — About 700 people rallied Sunday to show support for Myanmar’s leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, as she prepares to defend the country agains...
0:49 2 December 2021

Hong Kong pro-democracy rally cut short by police tear gas

HONG KONG — Thousands took to Hong Kong’s streets Sunday in a new wave of pro-democracy protests, but police fired tear gas after some demonstrators h...
12:30 1 December 2021

Vietnam receives last of 39 remains of trafficking victims

DO THANH, Vietnam — The last remains of the 39 Vietnamese who died while being smuggled in a truck to England last month were repatriated to their hom...
9:48 30 November 2021

Hong Kong elders, youths vow to keep up pro-democracy fight

HONG KONG — Hundreds of silver-haired activists have joined young protesters for a unity rally at a Hong Kong park, vowing that their monthslong movem...
8:44 30 November 2021

Approaching storm, snafus cast pall on Southeast Asian Games

CLARK, Philippines — An approaching typhoon is threatening to complicate the hosting by the Philippines of the largest biennial games in Southeast Asi...
2:47 30 November 2021

Hong Kong protesters seek British support; campus siege ends

HONG KONG — Hundreds of Hong Kong pro-democracy activists rallied Friday outside the British Consulate, urging the city’s former colonial ruler to emu...
13:57 29 November 2021

Japan’s ex-Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone dead at 101

TOKYO — Former Japanese Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone, a giant of his country’s post-World War II politics who pushed for a more assertive Japan wh...
4:48 29 November 2021

LGBT activists in China seek to change marriage civil code

BEIJING — It was only after her partner’s death that He Meili realized the full meaning of marriage.
3:54 29 November 2021

Asian shares slide on weak Japan data; US markets closed

BEIJING — Shares extended losses in Asia on Friday after Japan and South Korea reported weak manufacturing data that suggest a worsening toll from tra...
3:50 29 November 2021

North Korea may deploy ‘super-large’ rocket launcher soon

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea says the latest test-firing of its “super-large” multiple rocket launcher was a final review of the weapon’s combat a...
2:09 29 November 2021

China furious, Hong Kong celebrates after US move on bills

BEIJING — China reacted furiously Thursday to President Donald Trump’s signing two bills aimed at supporting human rights in Hong Kong, summoning the ...
15:53 28 November 2021