By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) ΐΟΛΎ»ϊΦ±²₯ The whereabouts of a Chinese citizen journalist who served four years in prison for reporting on the early days of the pandemic in Wuhan and was expected to be released Monday are unknown, raising concern from activists. Zhang Zhan, who had ...
By MARIA CHENG and JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) ΐΟΛΎ»ϊΦ±²₯ After the coronavirus pandemic triggered once-unthinkable lockdowns, upended economies and killed millions, leaders at the World Health Organization and worldwide vowed to do better in the future. Years later, countries are ...
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) ΐΟΛΎ»ϊΦ±²₯ The U.N. General Assembly is expected to vote Friday on a resolution that would grant new "rights and privileges" to Palestine and call on the Security Council to favorably reconsider its request to become the 194th member of the ...
By JACK JEFFERY Associated Press DUMA, West Bank (AP) ΐΟΛΎ»ϊΦ±²₯ Charred homes and cars dotting this hilltop village surrounded by olive groves are a searing reminder of Palestinians' vulnerability to rising violence from Israeli settlers. The trail of wreckage along Duma's main road is the ...
By DΓNICA COTO Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) ΐΟΛΎ»ϊΦ±²₯ The Vodou faithful sing, their voices rising above the gunfire erupting miles away as frantic drumbeats drown out their troubles. They pause to swig rum out of small brown bottles, twirling in unison as they sing in Haitian ...
By MOUTA ALI and EDOUARD TAKADJI Associated Press N'DJAMENA, Chad (AP) ΐΟΛΎ»ϊΦ±²₯ Chad's military leader, Mahamat Deby Itno, was declared the winner of this week's presidential election, according to provisional results released Thursday. The results were contested by his main rival, Prime Minister ...