HONG KONG (AP) — Football enthusiast Gina Benjamin is not just training for victory in the upcoming Gay Games in Hong Kong, but she's also on a mission to help push for legal reform for same-sex marriage.After moving to Hong Kong from Britain in 2016, Benjamin, 33, met her true love in the ...
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Iran is carrying out executions “at an alarming rate,” putting to death at least 419 people in the first seven months of the year, the United Nations chief said in a new report. That's a 30% increase from the same period in 2022.Secretary-General Antonio Guterres ...
RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Hundreds of foreign passport-holders and dozens of other seriously wounded Palestinians desperate to escape Israel's bombardment of Gaza crowded around the black metal gate on the Egyptian border Wednesday, hoping to pass through the enclaveĢƵ only portal to the ...
TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were mostly higher Thursday after the U.S. <a href="https://apnews.com/article/inflation-interest-rates-prices-economy-federal-reserve-63f5a7ed041d6b55c7aa773d071a05fb">Federal Reserve indicated</a> it may not need to pump the brakes any ...
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Natalee Holloway's parents gathered in a room at an Alabama jail on Oct. 3 to watch the man long-suspected in their daughter's 2005 disappearance describe how he killed her.For three hours <a href="https://apnews.com/hub/joran-van-der-sloot">Joran van der ...
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — An earthquake slightly damaged houses and other buildings in southeastern Indonesia early Thursday, causing some panic but no apparent casualties.The quake was strongly felt in several cities and villages and caused some to panic, said Daryono, who heads the ...