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A Japanese flag flutters at the Bank of Japan headquarters in Tokyo, Thursday, July 29, 2022.
A Japanese flag flutters at the Bank of Japan headquarters in Tokyo, Thursday, July 29, 2022.
TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s economy grew at an annual rate of 2.2% in the April-June quarter, the government said Monday, as consumer spending rebounded with the gradual lifting of pandemic precautions.
After keeping its borders closed to most travelers throughout the pandemic, Japan has slowly begun reopening to tourism, as meanwhile business has returned more or less to normal after various voluntary restrictions were eased.
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The U.S. military says an attack with drones hit a compound run by American troops and U.S.-backed Syrian opposition fighters in eastern Syria. The military says there were no casualties or damage. It said Monday's attack took place in the vicinity of al-Tanf base near where the borders of Syria, Jordan and Iraq meet. There was no claim of responsibility for the attack. U.S. and coalition troops are based at al-Tanf to train Syrian opposition forces on patrols to counter militants from the Islamic State group. Such attacks on al-Tanf are rare. U.S. officials said in October they believe Iran was behind a similar attack on the base that month.
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Polish officials are marking their nation’s Armed Forces Day holiday alongside the U.S. army commander in Europe and regular American troops, a symbolic underlining of NATO support for members on the eastern front as Russia wages war nearby in Ukraine. Gen. Darryl Williams, the new commanding general of United States Army Europe and Africa, was in Warsaw to attend the ceremony in front of the Tomb of the Unknown Solider. Nearby American, as well as British troops, stood near military equipment on display. The national holiday commemorates Poland’s victory in 1920 over Soviet Russia in a key battle credited with stopping the Bolshevik army’s westward advance.
DENVER — Axton Sharpe and Ryan Lawson sat among the unsanctioned tent camps lining the sidewalk about a block from the State Capitol on a 95-degree day earlier this month, explaining how they deal with Denver’s oppressive summer heat.
Former Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant has multiple reasons to be impressed with fellow singer Alison Krauss, his periodic musical partner over the past 15 years.
In “The Outlaws,” the British series created by and starring Stephen Merchant (now in its second season on Amazon), a group of people guilty of minor crimes must take part in a community service program in Bristol — only they somehow find themselves caught up in a scenario far more complicat…
LOS ANGELES — The songs nominated for the 2022 Emmy for original music and lyrics are each haunted by something. Some are lively, even wacky homages that resurrect sounds of the past — the grand, old "Oklahoma!"-type musical; a calypso wedding toast delivered by (a fictional version of) Harr…
Becky Green is a social media obsessed outsider with a bit of a stalking problem. Mira Harberg is a coddled actress with a dramatic love life and a film project about to go off the rails. You know the types.
When "Indian Matchmaking" premiered on Netflix two years ago, it quickly became a pandemic binge-watching sensation. The unscripted series followed Sima Taparia, a high-end matchmaker from Mumbai, as she helped clients in India and the United States find love.
Did Dr. Anna Pou, a surgeon at what was then known as Memorial Medical Center in New Orleans, get “Sully”-ed? Was she a valiant physician undeserving of attacks on her ethical character and crisis management? Or, in the cruel aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, did she cross every known ethical,…
As an actor, Rebecca Hall has become perhaps the reigning queen of the movie freakout and breakdown. In films such as "Christine," "The Night House" and the current "Resurrection," Hall captures the fragile space of characters trying hard to hold it together and the whirlwind rush of losing it.
A court in military-ruled Myanmar has convicted the country’s ousted leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, on more corruption charges and sentenced her to an additional six years in prison. The trial was held behind closed doors, with no access for media or the public, and her lawyers were forbidden by a gag order from revealing information. In the four cases decided Monday, Suu Kyi was convicted of abusing her position to rent public land at below market prices, and to have built a residence with charitable donations. She already had been sentenced to 11 years in prison on sedition, corruption and other charges at earlier trials after the military ousted her government in 2021.
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Lawyers for American basketball star Brittney Griner have filed an appeal against her 9-year Russian prison sentence for drugs possession. Griner, a center for the Phoenix Mercury and a two-time Olympic gold medalist, was convicted on Aug. 4. She was arrested in February at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport after vape canisters containing cannabis oil were found in her luggage. Griner played for a women’s basketball team in Yekaterinburg during the WNBA off-season.
Russian media: Lawyers for US basketball star Brittney Griner appeal her Russian prison sentence for drugs possession.
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NORTH AUGUSTA, S.C. — Phoenix Suns guard Chris Paul tells the same line to the current players participating in his grassroots basketball program as he did to the first group in 2009.
The public putdown spread thanks to an unlikely source.
Just when you think you’ve seen it all, you see something new.
The Taliban are marking a year since they seized the Afghan capital of Kabul. The rapid takeover triggered a hasty escape of the nation's Western-backed leaders, sent the economy into a tailspin and has fundamentally transformed the country. On Monday, bearded Taliban fighters staged small victory parades on foot, bicycles and motorcycles in the streets of the capital. One small group marched past the former U.S. Embassy, chanting “Long live Islam” and “Death to America.” A year after the dramatic day, much has changed in Afghanistan. The former insurgents struggle to govern and remain internationally isolated. The economic downturn has driven millions more Afghans into poverty and even hunger, as the flow of foreign aid slowed to a trickle.
Like all of Pittsburgh, I wanted to see the Steelers quarterbacks in the exhibition opener Saturday night. I knew the team has three of note on its roster, each trying to replace Ben Roethlisberger. But I wasn't sure it has even one that can win games when they count.
His Cardinals hadn’t won a World Series since he was in preschool. And there was Jim Mielke, wedged into the front row of the Busch Stadium bleachers, his right leg dangling over the right-field wall. He watched Bruce Sutter fire the final strike from upon the glorious green stage. And right…
Recent executions of four democracy activists in Myanmar have reenergized efforts to get the U.S. and other governments to impose further sanctions on its army-controlled government. Human rights advocates and comments by leading U.S. lawmakers suggest Congress is inching toward passage of the Burma Act, which would impose mandatory sanctions on Myanmar Oil and Gas Enterprise. The state-owned company's revenues from sales of oil and gas are a vital source of hard cash for the military administration. That makes it a key target in the push to cut off funding for the military’s fight against a widespread backlash against its seizure of power in February 2021.
A red panda that spent two days on the lam after escaping from an Australian zoo was recaptured after he was spotted hanging out in a fig tree in a nearby park. Named Ravi, the 7-year-old panda had just arrived at Adelaide Zoo last week after he was brought in from another zoo. By Friday he was gone. Zookeepers tried to lure him down with bamboo and sweet corn, to no avail. They ended up firing a tranquilizing dart and catching him in blankets. The zoo's director says Ravi is doing well as he recovers in an animal hospital. Meanwhile, the zoo is reviewing CCTV footage to figure out how he escaped.
Armenian officials say that the death toll in a fireworks storage explosion in the country's capital has risen to six. A powerful blast tore through a fireworks depot at a popular market in Armenia’s capital on Sunday, setting off a massive fire that sent a towering column of thick smoke over the center of Yerevan. Officials initially said two people were killed, but the death toll has kept climbing as rescuers were searched for victims amid slabs of concrete and twisted metal. Another 18 people remain missing. At least 61 people were injured. There was no immediate word on what caused the fireworks to ignite, but officials on Monday firmly ruled out a terror attack.
Government officials in Hong Kong announced it would ease quarantine restrictions for international travelers visiting the region.
Forged at the dawn of the solar system, a fist-sized meteorite has ended its millions-mile journey, safe and secure, in the hands of Mountain View scientists.
Inside a sauna on a ferry boat turned spa, we sweated in silence and gazed out a broad picture window framing the Montreal skyline. The floating spa, Bota Bota, is docked on the St. Lawrence River, replete with hot pools, saunas and steam rooms — one of a growing number of Nordic spas in Canada.
World shares are mostly higher after China cut a key interest rate and Japan reported its economy expanded at a faster pace in the last quarter. U.S. futures edged lower Monday and oil prices fell more than $2. Paris, Frankfurt, Tokyo and Sydney advanced while Hong Kong and Shanghai fell. The People’s Bank of China cut its rate on a one-year loan to 2.75% from 2.85% and injected an extra 400 billion yuan ($60 billion) in lending markets after government data showed July factory output and retail sales weakened. Stocks closed higher Friday on Wall Street, giving the S&P 500 its first 4-week winning streak since November. The benchmark index gained 1.7% Friday, and other indexes also rose.
The Chilean island of Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island, this month reopened to travelers for the first time since the start of the pandemic, welcoming the first 230 tourists after nearly 900 days of being closed to tourism.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A new cruise line starting in San Francisco will guide passengers on a Northern California excursion, with stops in Sacramento, Napa, Vallejo and Stockton.
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The NCAA announced Friday that the NIT semifinals and final will be played at Orleans Arena in Las Vegas in 2023 and Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis in 2024. The NIT has been played at Madison Square Garden in New York every year but two since 1938, with the 2020 tourna…
A wooden bridge over a river in southern Norway has collapsed with a car plunging into the water and a truck getting stuck on a collapsed section. Police said the drivers of both vehicles were rescued and doing well. Police were alerted Monday morning that the bridge had collapsed as a truck and a car were crossing over it. The car plunged into the river while the truck got stuck in a nearly vertical position on the bridge. Police said that a helicopter assisted in the rescue operation and pulled out the truck driver. The driver of the car managed to get out of his vehicle by himself.
China announces more military drills around Taiwan as island’s president meets with new U.S. congressional delegation.
It appears Ralf Rangnick was correct when he made the blunt assessment that Manchester United needed soccer’s equivalent of “open-heart surgery” to fix the many issues afflicting England’s biggest club. Rangnick said that in April and he has since been replaced by Erik ten Hag as manager. It has taken just two painful Premier League games for Ten Hag to understand quite the mess he has joined. United has underperforming and in certain cases unmotivated players, an imbalanced squad, a faltering recruitment team unable to bring in its primary targets and American owners increasingly loathed by the fans. Ten Hag isn't helping himself with some questionable decision-making.
Israeli police have shot and killed a Palestinian man, claiming he had attempted to stab officers during a raid in east Jerusalem. Police said the officers were conducting a search for illegal weapons in the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Kafr Aqab on Monday. Police claimed a suspect attempted to stab officers when they arrived at his home. Police said they opened fire and the man was later pronounced dead. The man's father told journalists that troops pounded on the door of their house at 3:30 a.m. and entered the home. Ibrahim al-Shaham said his son was shot in the head and died afterwards.
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