WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Wednesday capped Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s whirlwind two-day trip to Washington by lauding the partnership between the U.S. and Saudi Arabia and the billions of dollars the Middle East country has pledged to invest in America while touting his own leadership over the economy at home. What You…
WASHINGTON — U.S. law enforcement officials said Wednesday they are offering a $15 million reward for information that leads to the arrest of former Canadian Olympic snowboarder Ryan James Wedding. Attorney General Pam Bondi said the athlete, who is on the FBI top 10 most wanted list, controls one of the most prolific and violent drug-trafficking…
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Monday he will sell F-35 fighter jets to Saudi Arabia as he praised the kingdom for its strong partnership with the United States. What You Need To Know President Donald Trump says he will sell F-35 fighter jets to Saudi Arabia as he is praising the kingdom for its…
UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. Security Council on Monday approved a U.S. plan for Gaza that authorizes an international stabilization force to provide security in the devastated territory and envisions a possible future path to an independent Palestinian state. What You Need To Know The U.N. Security Council has approved a U.S. plan for Gaza…
BANGKOK (AP) — Shares were mostly lower in Asia on Monday while U.S. futures advanced after Wall Street’s lackluster finish to last week. Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 fell 0.3% to 50,226.67 after the government reported that the Japanese economy contracted at a 1.8% annual pace in the July-September quarter. The dollar rose against the Japanese yen,…
The attack at the court, located on the edge of the city and next to a residential area, also raised alarms that despite multiple operations by the security forces to crush the militants, they are still capable of mounting high-profile bombings in the Pakistani capital. × This page requires Javascript. Javascript is required for…
HONG KONG (AP) — Alice Zhang, a 29-year-old marketer in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou, has spent only roughly half what she did last year during the “Singles’ Day” online shopping festival, switching to cheaper choices and giving up on buying new shoes after pay was cut by more than 20%. That’s typical, analysts…
For K-pop star Hongjoong, it all comes back to self-expression. The 27-year-old rapper and producer is the leader, or captain as they call it in the group, of the chart-topping boy group ATEEZ. For the last seven years, he’s been at the forefront of shaping the group in their journey from the underdog group from…
(CNN) — Ukraine is facing widespread power outages after Russia launched a massive overnight aerial assault across the country, killing at least two people, Ukrainian authorities say. Nine Ukrainian regions came under attack, according to President Volodymyr Zelensky, with the latest assault coming as many were asleep. State energy company Centrenergo described the barrage as…
Returning to Tokyo International Film Festival 15 years after she won best actress for Buddha Mountain in 2010, Chinese superstar Fan Bingbing is winning plaudits for her distinctly unglamorous turn in competition entry Mother Bhumi. Borderline unrecognizable as a single-mother-cum-farmer-cum-spiritual healer in an ethnic and religious melting pot of a rural Malaysian village, Fan carries…