AP explains why it fired Emily Wilder for pro-Palestinian tweets

The Associated Press' managing editor is speaking out after a firestorm that followed the ousting of former AP journalist Emily Wilder.


Biden says he will bring up human rights abuses with Putin during meeting

President Joe Biden said Sunday that he will discuss human rights abuses with Russian President Vladimir Putin when they meet in Switzerland next month.


Parents of detained journalist in Myanmar: It's a total nightmare

The parents of an American journalist detained in Myanmar have a message for local authorities: Release him now.


How Belarus 'hijacking' has redrawn Europe's air map

In the week since Ryanair flight FR4978 from Athens to Vilnius was forcibly diverted to Minsk, travel in Europe already looks very different.


The world's most expensive painting is stirring up a scandal

It is the biggest legal fight the art world has ever witnessed: a Russian oligarch, who claims he was ripped off buying multi-million-dollar masterpieces, versus a Swiss art dealer who says it was just business.


China's cargo spacecraft docks with space station module

China's cargo spacecraft, carrying supplies, equipment and propellant, docked with the space station's key module Tianhe on Sunday, the official news agency Xinhua reported.


The rapid rise of 'red tourism' in China

Growing up in Guang'an, Zhang Yiwen always felt a closeness to late Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping, who spent the first 15 years of his life in her home city in the country's western province of Sichuan.


Samoa's formidable female leader fights the man standing in her way


Democratic Republic of Congo hit with 61 earthquakes in a day following volcano eruption

Seismologists in the Democratic Republic of Congo reported 61 earthquakes in a 24-hour period on Saturday around the Mount Nyiragongo volcano, which erupted a week ago, warning residents to keep well away from lava flows.


7 signs that summer is about to be lit

This weekend kicks off "Hot Vax Summer," an unofficial term meaning that vaccinated Americans are ready to go wild and make up for lost time.