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EXPLAINER: NKorea's anger to US may actually be an overture
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - After giving the Biden administration the silent treatment for two months, North Korea this week marshalled two powerful women to warn Washington over combined military exe...
Mar 18, 2021
Armenia to hold early parliamentary election in June
YEREVAN, Armenia - Armenia's prime minister on Thursday set an early parliamentary election for June as he sought to defuse the country's political crisis. The opposition, which has demanded Prime Min...
Mar 18, 2021
White supremacist propaganda surged in 2020, report says
NEW YORK - White supremacist propaganda reached alarming levels across the U.S. in 2020, according to a new report that the Anti-Defamation League provided to The Associated Press. There were 5,125 ca...
Mar 18, 2021
Before Canadians are put on trial, China says it follows law
BEIJING - China said it has followed the law and protected the legal rights of two Canadians due to go on trial Friday in a case Canada believes is a pressure tactic over its detention of an executive...
Mar 18, 2021
Iroquois lacrosse team aims to make Olympic competition under its own flag
Iroquois Nationals lacrosse star Randy Staats was angry at first, but he now says an international snub of his team only fuelled his desire to play on the world stage. Three years ago, the Internation...
Mar 18, 2021
Iroquois lacrosse team aims to make Olympic competition under its own flag
Iroquois Nationals lacrosse star Randy Staats was angry at first, but he now says an international snub of his team only fuelled his desire to play on the world stage. Three years ago, the Internation...
Mar 18, 2021
Troubled US-China ties face new test in Alaska meeting
WASHINGTON - The United States and China will face a new test in their increasingly troubled relations when top officials from both countries meet in Alaska. Ties between the world's two largest econo...
Mar 18, 2021
Despite headwinds, House set to OK Dems' immigration bills
WASHINGTON - Democrats seem poised to claim victory in the House's first votes this year on immigration, but moving legislation on the divisive issue all the way through Congress to President Joe Bide...
Mar 18, 2021
Republicans seize on immigration as border crossings surge
WASHINGTON - Delegation trips to the border. Apocalyptic warnings. A flurry of new conferences. Republicans still divided over former President Donald Trump's legacy are seizing on his signature campa...
Mar 18, 2021
Asian Americans grieve, organize in wake of Atlanta attacks
Asian Americans were already worn down by a year of pandemic-fueled racist attacks when a white gunman was charged with attacking three Atlanta-area massage parlours and killing eight people, most of ...
Mar 18, 2021