Japan’s economy grows for a second straight quarter on the back of consumer spending
Japan’s economy eked out an annual rate of 0.9% growth in the July-September period as consumer spending held up, government data showed Friday. The world’s fourth-largest economy ...
With Peru in the global spotlight for APEC, so is one of the world’s least popular presidents
It was a big day for Peru’s accidental president, Dina Boluarte, whose official schedule has been blank for months. On ...
Trump meets with Argentina’s president, the first foreign leader he’s met with since election
Donald Trump met Thursday at his Mar-a-Lago club with Argentine President Javier Milei, the first foreign leader to meet with ...
What to know about Doug Collins, Trump’s pick to oversee veterans affairs
President-elect Donald Trump announced Thursday that he would appoint Doug Collins to lead the Veterans Affairs Department in ...
Australia’s plan to ban children from social media proves popular and problematic
How do you remove children from the harms of social media? Politically the answer appears simple in Australia, but practically the solution could be far more difficult.
Shel Talmy, produced hits by The Who, The Kinks and other 1960s British bands, dead at 87
Shel Talmy, a Chicago-born music producer and arranger who worked on such British punk classics as The Who’s “My Generation” and The Kinks’ “You Really Got Me,” helped ...
As he fills his new administration, Trump values loyalty above all else
Donald Trump spent much of his first term feeling stung and betrayed by those he’d placed in power. This time, he’s not ...
Tech consultant spars with the prosecutor over details of the death of Cash App founder Bob Lee
A tech consultant charged with murder in Cash App founder Bob Lee’s stabbing death sparred with the lead prosecutor at trial ...
Airbnb users to play gladiators in Rome’s Colosseum, sparking mixed reactions over $1.5 million deal
The ancient Roman Colosseum will be the venue of gladiator fights — albeit staged — for the first time in two millennia under ...
Kanawha-Charleston Humane Association at max capacity, caring for nearly 400 animals
The Kanawha-Charleston Humane Association’s staff is working round the clock to accept a new reality – they are now caring ...
In an AP interview, the next Los Angeles DA says he’ll go after low-level nonviolent crimes
The incoming district attorney for Los Angeles County, Nathan Hochman, said in an interview with The Associated Press that ...
Seattle man faces 5 assault charges in random sidewalk stabbings
A 37-year-old Seattle man was charged Thursday with five counts of assault in the random stabbings of five people in broad ...