Month: January 2021

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s military has kicked off a ground forces drill along the coast of the Gulf of Oman, the latest in a series of snap…

BANGKOK (AP) — A court in Thailand has sentenced a former civil servant to a record record prison term of 43 years and six months for breaching the…

BEIJING (AP) — Workers trapped for more than a week in a Chinese gold mine have asked rescuers to send pickles and porridge. Hundreds of rescuers…

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistani authorities say a Russian-American climber who went missing last week while trying to scale a mountain amid harsh winter…

MILAN (AP) — European car sales plunged by nearly a quarter last year as the pandemic provoked the worst crisis ever to hit the capital-intensive…

Shares have advanced in Asia as the changing of the guard in the U.S. is raising hopes for more support for the economy and more aggressive measures…

Australian Open tournament director Craig Tiley has ruled out any change in the best-of-five set format for men’s singles matches at the…

MAMUJU, Indonesia (AP) — Relief workers worked to clear up rubble of collapsed buildings on an Indonesian island where a deadly earthquake left…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Just like doctors, nurses and other medical-care providers, hospital chaplains have become part of the line of first responders…