By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A minivan slammed into pedestrians early on Jan. 1 on a street where people had gathered for New Year’s festivities in downtown […]
US returns 3 disputed bells taken from Philippines in 1901
By JIM GOMEZAssociated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — For over a century, the Bells of Balangiga have not rung in the Philippines, a silence that the president last year called […]
Critique of Thai Miss Universe gown linked to royal insult
BANGKOK (AP) — A Thai social media influencer who criticized a gown worn by her country’s Miss Universe contestant could end up in court after another online personality filed a […]
US sportswear traced to factory in China’s internment camps
By DAKE KANG, MARTHA MENDOZA and YANAN WANG Associated Press HOTAN, China (AP) — Barbed wire and hundreds of cameras ring a massive compound of more than 30 dormitories, schools, […]
Miss Universe 2018 is Miss Philippines Catriona Gray
By Associated Press BANGKOK — The Philippines’ Catriona Gray was named Miss Universe 2018 on Dec. 17, besting contestants from 93 other countries and delighting her home nation. Gray wore […]
Myanmar rally urges release of ‘Person of Year’ journalists
By MIN KYI THEINAssociated Press YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Several dozen journalists and activists held a rally on Dec. 12 in Myanmar’s biggest city to mark the anniversary of the […]
Chinese executive facing US extradition appears in court
By JIM MORRIS, ROB GILLIES and PAUL WISEMANAssociated Press VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — A top Chinese telecommunications executive facing possible extradition to the United States appeared in court on […]
US priest in Philippines arrested on charges of sex abuse
By JIM GOMEZ and ANGIE WANGAssociated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine immigration authorities have arrested an American Roman Catholic priest accused of sexually assaulting altar boys in a remote […]
Indian bishop accused of misusing funds for family resigns
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of an Indian bishop who, according to news reports, was accused of misappropriating church funds to support a secret family. […]
Japan OKs divisive bill allowing more foreign workers
By MARI YAMAGUCHIAssociated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese lawmakers last week approved government-proposed legislation allowing hundreds of thousands of foreign laborers to live and work in a country that has […]
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