Asian shares retreat after falling tech stocks pull Wall Street lower

Shares retreated in Asia on Friday after losses for influential technology stocks pulled Wall Street benchmarks lower. U.S.

France mourns its stolen crown jewels as their uncomfortable colonial past returns to view

As French police race to track where the Louvre’s stolen crown jewels have gone, a growing chorus wants a brighter light on where they came from. The artifacts were French, but ...

Typhoon Kalmaegi kills 5 people in Vietnam as the Philippines prepares for a new storm

Typhoon Kalmaegi brought fierce winds and torrential rains to Vietnam on Friday, killing at least five people and leaving ...

What a reporter found when she investigated US military strikes on Venezuelan drug boats

Regina Garcia Cano was the reporter behind The Associated Press’ story that provided the first comprehensive account and identifies of some of the men killed in recent ...

Trump has accused boat crews of being narco-terrorists. The truth, AP found, is more nuanced

One was a fisherman struggling to eke out a living on $100 a month. Another was a career criminal. A third was a former ...

South Korea says North Korea fired 1 ballistic missile toward its eastern waters

North Korea on Friday fired a suspected ballistic missile toward its eastern waters, South Korea’s military said, as ...

Zohran Mamdani and London’s Muslim mayor, Sadiq Khan, have much in common, but also key differences

He’s the left-leaning Muslim mayor of the country’s biggest city, and U.S. President Donald Trump is one of his biggest ...

China commissions new aircraft carrier as it seeks to extend power far from its coast

China has commissioned its latest aircraft carrier after extensive sea trials, state media reported Friday, adding a ship that experts say will help what is already the ...

The FAA’s order to cut flights nationwide due to the government shutdown is set to take effect

The Federal Aviation Administration ‘s unprecedented order to scale back flights nationwide because of the record-long government shutdown is set to take effect Friday morning. The 40 ...

Nancy Pelosi’s exit opens way for tough fight to replace her in San Francisco district

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi ’s decision to step aside after nearly four decades in Congress kicks off a wide-open ...

Supreme Court weighs longshot appeal to overturn decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide

A call to overturn the landmark Supreme Court decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide is on the agenda Friday for ...

Crews are working to fix Alaska Native villages devastated by flooding. But will residents return?

Darrel John watched the final evacuees depart his village on the western coast of Alaska in helicopters and small planes and walked home, avoiding the debris piled on ...