ASEAN meeting grapples with trade war, territorial disputes
NONTHABURI, Thailand — Malaysia's prime minister has urged leaders in Southeast Asia to use the sway of their shared market of 650 million people and ...
Greta Thunberg call to fight global warming cheers LA rally
LOS ANGELES — Greta Thunberg, Sweden's 16-year-old climate-change activist, joined fellow teenagers from throughout California Friday in telling a che...
Expanding US footprint is like walking in quicksand for F1
AUSTIN, Texas — Formula One officials have dreamed of expanding in the U.S. since the day the series returned to American soil in 2012.
Hamlin racing for NASCAR title with torn labrum in shoulder
FORT WORTH, Texas — Denny Hamlin can put off until after the season the surgery he needs to repair a torn labrum in his left shoulder that has bothere...
Halloween terror: 4 killed at Northern California party
ORINDA, Calif. — Four people were killed and several wounded at a Halloween night party shooting at a Northern California home rented on Airbnb by a w...
Ellen Burstyn talks women in film, Pacino interview, #MeToo
NEW YORK — Ellen Burstyn hoped her Oscar-winning performance in the 1974 film in "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore" would lead to more Hollywood storie...
Stocks head for record high following solid jobs report
NEW YORK — A government report revealing surprisingly solid job growth in October put investors in a buying mood Friday and drove broad gains for U.S....
Pliskova advances, Svitolina wins again at WTA Finals
SHENZHEN, China — Karolina Pliskova advanced to the semifinals of the WTA Finals for the third straight year, beating Simona Halep 6-0, 2-6, 6-4 Frida...
Trade body: China can hit US with sanctions worth $3.6 bln
GENEVA — The World Trade Organization says China can impose sanctions on up to $3.6 billion worth of U.S. goods over the U.S. government's failure to ...
Indian guru Rajneesh’s ex-aide to star in new documentary
NEW DELHI — Ma Anand Sheela, who helped controversial Indian mystic Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh set up a commune in Oregon in the 1980s and was a subject o...
World stocks edge up ahead of US jobs report
BANGKOK — World shares advanced Friday as investors looked to the monthly U.S. jobs report and amid concerns about the prospects for a long-term U.S-C...
ASEAN meet spotlights advances in trade, sea pact, and rifts
NONTHABURI, Thailand — Southeast Asian leaders are making last-minute efforts with wealthier neighbors led by China to conclude negotiations on one of...
China’s economy struggles as consumers tighten belts
BEIJING — With home sales crashing, real estate agent Zhang Yonggang is tightening his belt, part of a plunge in Chinese consumer demand that is a big...
Qantas grounds 3 Boeing 737s due to hairline cracks
CANBERRA, Australia — Australian airline Qantas Airways said on Friday it grounded three of its Boeing 737s over hairline cracks found in wing structu...
Seniors at California complex ‘abandoned’ during blackout
NOVATO, Calif. — One woman in her 80s tripped over another resident who had fallen on the landing in a steep stairwell. Others got disoriented, even i...
$2 million Juvenile tops opening day of Breeders’ Cup
ARCADIA, Calif. — Breeders' Cup weekend kicks off with five stakes Friday, topped by the $2 million Juvenile, as Santa Anita hosts the world champions...
Fires, smoke disrupt Halloween fun for many California kids
BERKELEY, Calif. — For tens of thousands of children in California, the biggest monsters this Halloween are wildfires that have thrown trick-or-treati...
Cynthia Erivo on becoming Harriet Tubman
TORONTO — British actress Cynthia Erivo is relatively small in stature. In person, she is earnest and genial. In performance, the 32-year-old can appe...
AP FACT CHECK: Impeachment probe isn’t driving stock decline
NEW YORK — President Donald Trump is falsely suggesting that Thursday's stock market decline was driven primarily by the impeachment inquiry.
3-2-1-Cookoff! Astronauts to bake cookies with new test oven
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Forget reheated, freeze-dried space grub. Astronauts are about to get a new test oven for baking chocolate chip cookies from sc...
F1 unveils news rules for 2021 to improve competition
AUSTIN, Texas — Closer racing and smaller budgets.
Measles saps kids’ ability to fight other germs
WASHINGTON — Measles has a stealth side effect: New research shows it erases much of the immune system's memory of how to fight other germs, so childr...
Spain offers Madrid as host of December UN climate summit
MADRID — Spain's interim leader has offered to have Madrid host an international U.N. climate conference next month that was originally scheduled to b...
Survivors say burning train took 20 minutes to stop, 74 dead
MULTAN, Pakistan — A raging fire swept through a train in Pakistan's eastern Punjab Province on Thursday killing 74 people and survivors said afterwar...
Hong Kong protesters, police in Halloween standoff
HONG KONG — Police and protesters engaged in a standoff in Hong Kong's nightlife district on Thursday after pro-democracy demonstrators urged people t...
Real estate stocks surge as investors balance risk
NEW YORK — In 2019, investors have relied on bricks and mortar to balance the riskier parts of their portfolios and get a good return.
As economy slows, new ECB head Lagarde faces big challenges
FRANKFURT, Germany — Europe's economy is losing strength. Top officials at the European Central Bank are at odds over policy. And it's even unclear wh...
N. Korea fires 2 missiles in the sea amid stalled talks
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea on Thursday fired two projectiles toward its eastern sea, an apparent resumption of weapons tests aimed at ramping up...
Global stocks mixed after Wall Street rises on Fed rate cut
BEIJING — Global stock markets were mixed Thursday after the Federal Reserve cut a key U.S. interest rate and Chinese factory activity contracted.
Fire nearly destroys historic Japanese castle
TOKYO — A fire broke out early Thursday and spread quickly through historic Shuri Castle on Japan's southern island of Okinawa, nearly destroying the ...