Out of options, Rohingya are fleeing Myanmar and Bangladesh by boat despite soaring death toll
SYDNEY (AP) — Across a treacherous stretch of water, the came by the thousands, then died by the hundreds. And though they know the dangers of fleeing by boat, many among this persecuted people say they will not stop — because the world has left them with no other choice.
Last year, nearly 4,500 Rohingya — two-thirds of them women and children — and the refugee camps in neighboring Bangladesh by boat, the United Nations’ refugee agency reported. Of those, 56
China has nudged Japan aside as No. 1 auto exporter, Japanese data show
TOKYO (AP) — Data from a Japanese auto industry association show that as the world’s largest vehicle exporter last year.
The Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association reported Japan exported 4.42 million vehicles in 2023, up 16% from a year earlier, while domestic auto sales totaled nearly 4.78 million vehicles.
According to figures released earlier by the China exported 4.91 million vehicles last year. That was nearly 58% more than the year before. Much of the
Maine commission to hear from family members of mass shooting victims
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Tearfully relaying scenes of blood, chaos and panic, family members of the victims of Maine’s deadliest shooting described their unfathomable losses on Thursday as they implored to make sure others never have to experience the same thing.
One by one, relatives of some of the 18 people killed by an Army reservist described their heartbreak, with several expressing frustration that neither law enforcement nor the military intervened to take weapons from the shooter despite his deteriorating mental health.
“The system failed, and
Inside Donald Trump’s curious relationship with Fox News – and what it means for other candidates
NEW YORK (AP) — At this moment in the 2024 election cycle, complaining about Fox News — even if for different reasons — may be what unites Donald Trump, Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis the most.
At conservative America’s favorite news source, the is essentially over and has been for awhile, leaving DeSantis and Haley annoyed at perceived favoritism to Trump. Hardly grateful, the former president regularly tears into Fox for what he sees as disloyalty, even his former White House press secretary, Kayleigh
Republican lawsuits challenge mail ballot deadlines. Could they upend voting across the country?
Republicans are challenging extended mail ballot deadlines in at least two states in a legal maneuver that could have widespread implications for mail voting before the presidential election in November.
A lawsuit filed last week in Mississippi follows a similar one last year in North Dakota, both brought in heavily Republican states before conservative federal courts. Democratic and voting rights groups are concerned about the potential impact beyond those two states if a judge rules that deadlines for receiving mailed ballots that stretch past Election Day, Nov. 5, violate federal law.
They say
Major automakers may be using Chinese aluminum produced with Uyghur forced labor, rights group says
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Automakers including Tesla, General Motors, Volkswagen and Toyota are failing to ensure they are not using forced labor as part of their China supply chains, says.
The U.S.-based nonprofit linked some of the world’s largest car manufacturers to aluminum allegedly produced with forced labor by Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities in China’s western Xinjiang region and other parts of the country.
China is accused of running labor transfer programs in which Uyghurs and other Turkic minorities are forced to
A Turkish family is still afraid to go home one year after deadly earthquake
ANTAKYA, Turkey (AP) — A year after a powerful earthquake in southern Turkey reduced hundreds of thousands of homes to rubble, Fatma Kirici lives in a tent with her husband and two grown children, afraid to return to the multistory house they fled that somehow still stands.
“Our house is at the edge of a precipice,” said Kirici, 50, whose 20-year-old daughter and son-in-law died in the quake when their house collapsed. “I don’t want
A Dallas pastor is stepping into Jesse Jackson’s role as leader of his Rainbow PUSH Coalition
DALLAS (AP) — The civil rights group founded by the Rev. Jesse Jackson in the 1970s got a new leader for the first time in more than 50 years as a Dallas pastor became his successor at the Rainbow PUSH Coalition on Thursday evening.
The Rev. Frederick D. Haynes III was formally installed as president and CEO in a ceremony in downtown Dallas, replacing Jackson, 82, who that he would step down.
“I stand not in his shoes but on his shoulders,
Pearl Jam throws a listening party for their new album that Eddie Vedder calls ‘our best work’
WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Pearl Jam blasted out their forthcoming album to a few hundred family, friends, industry insiders and reporters Wednesday, and the tracks showed they are doing anything but mellowing with age.
Singer , 59, lead guitarist Mike McCready, 57 and bassist Jeff Ament, 60, played the record for the first time for invited guests at the Troubadour, the legendary Los Angeles-area club where and many other Rock & Roll Hall of Famers first made their names.
The
Israel and Lebanon are prepping for a war neither wants, but many fear it’s becoming inevitable
BEIRUT (AP) — The prospect of a full-scale war between Israel and militia terrifies people on both sides of the border, but some see it as an inevitable fallout from Israel’s ongoing in Gaza.
Such a war could be the most destructive either side has ever experienced.
Israel and Hezbollah each have lessons from , a monthlong conflict that ended in a draw. They’ve also had four months to prepare for another war, even as the a widening of the conflict.
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