Japan trade minister resigns over vote buying scandal
TOKYO — Japan's trade minister resigned Friday a month into his job in a scandal over condolence money, expensive melons and other gifts allegedly off...
Samsung heir Lee appears in court for corruption retrial
SEOUL, South Korea — Billionaire Samsung scion Lee Jae-yong appeared in court Friday for a retrial on corruption allegations linked to a 2016 scandal ...
Asian shares mixed after US gains amid global uncertainties
TOKYO — Asian shares were mixed Friday, after Wall Street indexes posted modest gains, cheered by solid profits and forecasts from U.S. technology com...
Wind-whipped fires rage across California as lights go out
GEYSERVILLE, Calif. — Fast-growing fires throughout California forced tens of thousands of people to evacuate their homes Thursday as dry winds and hi...
16 sentenced to death for setting Bangladesh student on fire
DHAKA, Bangladesh — A court in eastern Bangladesh sentenced the principal of an Islamic school and 15 others to death on Thursday over the killing of ...
Pence takes swipe at NBA, Nike in critical speech on China
WASHINGTON — Vice President Mike Pence took a swipe at Nike and the NBA on Thursday in a speech criticizing communist China's record on trade and huma...
Buttigieg calls Facebook’s political ad policy a ‘mistake’
NASHUA, New Hampshire — Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg said Thursday that he believes Facebook's policy to not filter out phony poli...
Fossil trove shows life’s fast recovery after big extinction
NEW YORK — A remarkable trove of fossils from Colorado has revealed details of how mammals grew larger and plants evolved after the cataclysm that kil...
Outgoing ECB chief defends legacy against stimulus skeptics
FRANKFURT, Germany — Mario Draghi ended his eight-year term as head of the European Central Bank by defending his most recent stimulus package and rem...
The Latest: UK police get 24 hours to question truck driver
LONDON — The Latest on the death of 39 people found in a truck container in southeastern England (all times local):
Stretchy, lovable slime takes up residence in New York City
NEW YORK — Slime, the bedazzled, stretchy sensation that has spawned its own social media influencers and fans of all ages, is taking up residence in ...
Weak profit, revenue, overshadow Twitter user growth
SAN FRANCISCO — Disappointing third-quarter profit and revenue at Twitter overshadowed strong user growth, sending shares of the social media company ...
World shares advance as earnings remain in focus
BANGKOK — Stock markets rose on Thursday after some upbeat company earnings and as investors awaited the European Central Bank's monetary policy decis...
India holds Kashmir elections despite lockdown, boycott
SRINAGAR, India — Village council elections were held Thursday across Indian-controlled Kashmir, with the detention of many mainstream local politicia...
As China builds up Africa, some in Uganda warn of trouble
KAMPALA, Uganda — China's assertive, large-scale investments in Africa are starting to find pushback in Uganda, where some critics worry the East Afri...
South Korean prosecutors arrest ex-minister’s wife
SEOUL, South Korea — Prosecutors on Thursday arrested the wife of South Korea's former justice minister who resigned last week over corruption allegat...
Nissan ex-chairman Ghosn’s lawyers want charges dismissed
TOKYO — The lawyers of former Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn, who is awaiting trial in Japan, said Thursday they have requested that financial misconduc...
Mountain skeleton may be man from Japanese internment camp
SANTA MONICA, Calif. — In the closing days of World War II, a Japanese American set out with other men from the infamous internment camp at Manzanar o...
California utility begins another blackout amid fire fears
SAN FRANCISCO — Lights went out across large portions of Northern California on Wednesday, as the state's largest utility began its second massive bla...
Stocks eke out gains after a mixed set of earnings reports
U.S. stock indexes eked out tiny gains Wednesday following a wobbly day of trading as investors reviewed another set of mixed quarterly report cards f...
The Latest: Edison increase estimate of possible power cuts
SAN FRANCISCO — The Latest on planned power shutoffs to prevent wildfires (all times local):
Google claims breakthrough in blazingly fast computing
SAN FRANCISCO — Google announced Wednesday it has achieved a breakthrough in quantum computing, saying it has developed an experimental processor that...
In Scorsese and Coppola, Marvel meets formidable foes
NEW YORK — It's not exactly the stuff of "Stop the presses!" that some of the greatest filmmakers in the world have misgivings about the rise of the s...
Leader of South Africa’s leading opposition party resigns
JOHANNESBURG — The first black leader of South Africa's largest opposition party resigned Wednesday in a blow to efforts to shed the liberal party's i...
Black Baptist church shaped Cummings’ commitment
DETROIT — To many black clergy, Maryland Rep. Elijah E. Cummings was more than a formidable orator, civil rights champion and passionate public servan...
Sri Lanka spy chief blamed for failures before Easter attack
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — A Sri Lankan parliamentary committee that investigated last April's Easter suicide bombings has concluded that the country's spy ...
Q&A: How a woman’s death got tangled in Hong Kong politics
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Around Valentine's Day last year, the decomposing body of a pregnant Hong Kong woman, 21-year-old Poon Hiu-wing, turned up in the tal...
Hong Kong government withdraws bill that sparked protests
HONG KONG — Hong Kong authorities on Wednesday withdrew an unpopular extradition bill that sparked months of chaotic protests that have since morphed ...
Is the stethoscope dying? High-tech rivals pose a threat
CHICAGO — Two centuries after its invention, the stethoscope — the very symbol of the medical profession — is facing an uncertain prognosis.
Trump 2020 targeting Hispanic vote in nontraditional places
YORK, Pa. — President Donald Trump's reelection campaign is making contrarian appeals in the most unusual places, trying to win over Hispanic voters i...