By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME and MICHELLE GUMEDE Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa on Tuesday marks the 50th anniversary of the Soweto uprising when over 200 young people protesting against the apartheid education system were shot and killed by the police. The events of June 16, ...
By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier said in the Philippines on Tuesday that Europe is worried over tensions in the disputed South China Sea where a major flare-out could endanger freedom of navigation as has happened in the ...
By HANNA ARHIROVA and ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A cathedral in one of the oldest and most sacred landmarks in Eastern Orthodox Christianity was set ablaze early Monday as Russia bombarded Ukraine's biggest cities, killing 11 people, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy ...
By ANTON L. DELGADO Associated Press KANCHANABURI, Thailand (AP) — A depot on World War II's infamous "Death Railway" has resurfaced from beneath a reservoir where the site has remained underwater for decades, prompting researchers to race to western Thailand to survey the remnants of ...
By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong on Monday launched a public consultation for its five-year plan in a politically symbolic step that brings the special administrative region closer to mainland China's development approach. Secretary for Constitutional and ...
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution Monday calling on Afghanistan's Taliban rulers to swiftly reverse their crackdown on women and to combat militant groups inside Afghanistan that Pakistan accuses of ...