Hong Kong holdout protester: No surrender, no regrets
HONG KONG — Pale and thin, a teenager wandered the nearly deserted campus of Hong Kong Polytechnic University at about 1 a.m. Wednesday. He wrapped hi...
US eliminated from Davis Cup Finals despite win over Italy
MADRID — Not even some late heroics — some very, very late ones — were enough to keep the United States from being eliminated from the Davis Cup Final...
Suu Kyi to lead Myanmar team contesting genocide court case
YANGON, Myanmar — Myanmar said Wednesday its leader Aung San Suu Kyi will head the legal team contesting a genocide case filed against it in the Inter...
Arizona border activist acquitted of harboring immigrants
TUCSON, Ariz. — An activist was quickly acquitted Wednesday on charges he illegally harbored two Central American immigrants at a southern Arizona cam...
Trump’s ‘Gordon problem’ becomes impeachment bombshell
WASHINGTON — Gordan Sondland couldn’t always get President Donald Trump on the phone. Trump now says he barely knows the guy. But for a time, when the...
Foreign ski-area investors sue US over residency petitions
MONTPELIER, Vt. — Foreigners who invested in northern Vermont ski area developments that are now linked to a fraud case are suing the federal governme...
Amid turmoil, Prince Andrew to step back from royal duties
LONDON — Following days of turmoil that have damaged the British royal family’s reputation, Prince Andrew announced Wednesday that he will step back f...
Fed minutes: Officials felt 3 cuts this year could be enough
WASHINGTON — Most Federal Reserve officials believed last month that the three rate cuts they have made this year would be enough unless the economy w...
Netanyahu challenger fails to form coalition
JERUSALEM — Benjamin Netanyahu’s chief rival announced Wednesday that he had failed to form a new government, dashing his hopes of toppling the long-t...
Bloomberg spending $15M-$20M to register half million voters
WASHINGTON — As he moves toward a presidential announcement, New York billionaire Michael Bloomberg is rolling out plans to spend an estimated $15 mil...
Ex-Baltimore mayor charged in ‘Healthy Holly’ book scandal
BALTIMORE — The disgraced former mayor of Baltimore was charged Wednesday with fraud and tax evasion involving sales of her self-published children's ...
Malta arrests exec, apparently linked to journalist slaying
VALLETTA, Malta — Authorities arrested a prominent Maltese businessman Wednesday who appears to be a “person of interest” in the assassination of a le...
Greece announces major overhaul of migrant camp system
ATHENS, Greece — Greece announced plans Wednesday to overhaul its migration management system, replacing overcrowded refugee camps on the islands with...
Families of inmates who died, hurt at jail seek answers
GALLIPOLIS, Ohio — Families of inmates who died or were seriously injured at a small Ohio county jail in the last year are seeking answers about what ...
UK Conservatives under fire for Twitter deception in debate
LONDON — Britain's Conservative Party was accused Wednesday of trying to deceive voters by changing the name of its press office Twitter account to “f...
7 key questions heading into the 2020 Democratic debate
WASHINGTON — New uncertainty hangs over the Democratic presidential primary as 10 candidates meet on the debate stage once again.
Israel to host largest event ever focused on anti-Semitism
JERUSALEM — Israeli officials announced Wednesday that dozens of world leaders will arrive in Jerusalem for the largest-ever gathering focused on comb...
Jewish group condemns Nazi auction in Germany
BERLIN — A Jewish group has sharply condemned an auction of Nazi memorabilia in Germany that includes Adolf Hitler’s top hat, a silver-plated edition ...
Spaniards convicted of rape also sentenced for videoing it
MADRID — Two Spaniards who were among a group of five convicted earlier this year of raping a woman each have been sentenced to three years and three ...
Australian bank Westpac faces massive fine for breaches
PERTH, Australia — Major Australian bank Westpac is facing a potentially massive fine after being accused of 23 million breaches of the anti-money lau...
Wine woes: Tariffs, Brexit cloud French Beaujolais season
CHATILLON, France — Celebration is the mot du jour in France’s Beaujolais region on the third Thursday of November, when winemakers and sellers uncork...
Pope arrives in Thailand to encourage Catholic minority
BANGKOK — Pope Francis arrived in Bangkok on Wednesday to begin a tour of Thailand and Japan, beginning a mission to boost the morale of those countri...
Summary of corner detection and edge detection methods of OpenCV
1, A rough understanding of expansion and corrosion Because expansion and corrosion belong t...
AP key findings about Mundipharma’s OxyContin sales in China
SHANGHAI — The Sackler family’s opioid empire in the United States is collapsing under an avalanche of litigation over marketing tactics. Their Purdue...
Seoul faces major decision over military pact with Tokyo
SEOUL, South Korea — Squeezed between a growing North Korean threat and a shaky alliance with the United States, South Korea must decide this week whe...
After 6 years, refugee writer tastes freedom in New Zealand
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — For the first time in six years, Behrouz Boochani feels like a free man. When he arrived in New Zealand last week, he simply...
AP Explains: How have the protests in Chile evolved?
SANTIAGO, Chile — It’s been nearly five weeks since the most potent civil unrest in Chile’s recent history broke out, bringing mass protests across th...
Last campus protesters hold out, as Hong Kong schools reopen
HONG KONG — Hong Kong schools have reopened after a six-day shutdown but students were facing transit disruptions as the last protesters remained hole...
Israel strikes Iranian targets in Syria after rocket attack
JERUSALEM — The Israeli military says it has carried out a “wide-scale” strike on Iranian targets in Syria following a rocket attack on the Israeli-co...
Ruling backs asylum seekers at border prior to policy shift
SAN DIEGO — A federal judge ruled Tuesday that a partial ban on asylum does not apply to anyone who appeared at an official U.S. border crossing befor...