BEIJING (AP) — The Chinese government is ending its intercountry adoption program, and the U.S. is seeking clarification on how the decision will affect hundreds of American families with pending applications. In a phone call with U.S. diplomats in China, Beijing said it "will not continue ...
By JEAN-YVES KAMALE Associated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — The first batch of mpox vaccine arrived in Congo's capital on Thursday, the country's authorities said, three weeks after the World Health Organization declared mpox outbreaks in 12 African countries a global emergency. The ...
By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The U.K.'s competition watchdog has launched an investigation into the way more than one million tickets were sold for next year's reunion concerts from iconic 1990s Britpop band Oasis. In a statement Thursday, the Competition and Markets ...
ROME (AP) — A wave of violent rainstorms battered northern Italy on Thursday, flooding the financial hub of Milan and raising fears for the life of a man who was swept away on a tractor in the Piedmont region. Footage by state TV RAI showed the wheel of the vehicle still visible inside the ...
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A growing number of Puerto Rican government officials on Thursday demanded answers from two private electric companies as the U.S. territory struggles with persistent power outages. Tens of thousands of customers including schools, homes and businesses were left ...
BEIJING (AP) — The Chinese government is no longer allowing foreign adoptions of the country's children, a spokesperson said Thursday. The only exception will be for blood relatives adopting a child or a stepchild, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Mao Ning said. She didn't explain the decision ...
By LEWIS JOLY and NICOLAS VAUX-MONTAGNY Associated Press AVIGNON, France (AP) — A woman who was allegedly drugged by her now ex-husband so that she could be raped while unconscious by other men testified Thursday that her world collapsed when police uncovered the years of alleged ...
Questions swirl around attempted jailbreak in Congo as families of victims demand accountability By JEAN-YVES KAMALE Associated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Families of those killed in what officials called an attempted jailbreak in Congo's biggest prison are demanding answers as activists ...
By CATERINA MORBIATO Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Despite her well-paying tech job, Li Daijing didn't hesitate when her cousin asked for help running a restaurant in Mexico City. She packed up and left China for the Mexican capital last year, with dreams of a new adventure. The ...
By MAURICIO SAVARESE AP Sports Writer SAO PAULO (AP) — Sao Paulo state's government said it will deploy hundreds of police officers and provide escorts for team buses for Friday's NFL game between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Green Bay Packers after some players expressed concern about ...
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights urged El Salvador Wednesday to end the more than two-year state of emergency, which has suspended fundamental civil rights while the government pursued the country's powerful street gangs. The regional human ...
By STEVEN GRATTAN Associated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Two loggers have been killed by bow and arrow after allegedly encroaching the land of the uncontacted Mashco Piro Indigenous tribe deep in Peru's Amazon, according to a rights group. The group, known as FENAMAD, defends the rights ...
By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The U.S. is mulling a U.N. peacekeeping operation in Haiti as one way to secure funding and staffing for a Kenya-led mission deployed to quell gang violence in the Caribbean country, a top U.S. diplomat said Wednesday. Brian A. ...
By MARKO ÁLVAREZ Associated Press EL PLATEADO, Colombia (AP) — El Plateado in the rugged mountains of southwestern Colombia might seem like a typical community in the countryside — until you hear the bursts of machine-gun fire and mortar blasts in the distance. The remote town of ...
By DANICA KIRKA and PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — "Today's report speaks to the lack of competence, understanding and fundamental failure to perform the most basic duties of care. We paid the price for systematic dishonesty, institutional indifference and neglect." — Natasha ...
Reactions to the final report on the 2017 Grenfell Tower disaster By DANICA KIRKA and PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The inquiry into Britain's worst residential fire since World War II has released its final report. It details the failings of government officials, the construction ...
By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press ASUNCIÓN, Paraguay (AP) — Ahead of her 15th birthday, Diana Zalazar's body had gotten so big she could no longer squeeze into the dress she bought for her quinceañera to celebrate her passage into womanhood in Paraguay. Her mother sought help from a ...
By OMER FAROOQ Associated Press HYDERABAD, India (AP) — Heavy monsoon rains and floods have killed at least 33 people in southern India and five children in Pakistan over the past two days, authorities said Tuesday. In India's Andhra Pradesh and Telangana states, houses collapsed and were ...
By DAVID BILLER and GABRIELA SÁ PESSOA Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A Brazilian Supreme Court panel on Monday unanimously upheld the decision of one of its justices to block billionaire Elon Musk's social media platform X nationwide, according to the court's website. The broader ...
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish police have arrested a suspect believed to have been transferring money to operatives from Israel's Mossad intelligence agency in Turkey, the state-run news agency reported Tuesday. The suspect, identified as Liridon Rexhepi from Kosovo, entered Turkey on Aug. ...