HONOLULU (AP) — Prosecutors are calling the scourge of sex trafficking a form of modern-day slavery that touches every state in the nation, and they’re working to draw connections between active investigations around the globe at a summit in Hawaii. Representatives from eight countries more than a dozen U.S. states met to share details about … Continue reading
BALI, Indonesia (AP) — Two foreign tourists were killed and about 20 other people were injured in an explosion Thursday, September 15, 2016, on a speedboat that was ferrying them from the Indonesian tourist island of Bali to neighboring Lombok, police said. Karangasem district police chief Sugeng Sudarso said the “Gili Cat 2” fast boat … Continue reading
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A former Filipino militiaman testified before the country’s Senate on Thursday, September 15, 2016, that President Rodrigo Duterte, when he was still a city mayor, ordered him and other members of a liquidation squad to kill criminals and opponents in gangland-style assaults that left about 1,000 dead. Edgar Matobato, 57, told … Continue reading
VIENTIANE, Laos (AP) — As bodies continue to pile up in his war on illegal drugs, the Philippine president is making waves at his first summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations where he joins a diverse cast of leaders, including some who have found themselves in the crosshairs of human rights watchdogs. Rodrigo … Continue reading
VIENTIANE, Laos (AP) — President Barack Obama and Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte met informally on Wednesday September 7, 2016, in a holding room before attending a gala dinner at a regional summit, Philippine officials said. The brief meeting took a little sting out of the soured relations caused by Duterte’s intemperate language in referring to … Continue reading
KANEOHE, Hawaii (AP) — Hawaii officials on Thursday, September 8, 2016, proposed a series of steps to fight coral bleaching that’s threatening the state’s reefs, including new marine protected areas, limits on fishing and controlling polluted runoff from land. Hawaii’s ocean temperatures have been rising as greenhouse gases in the atmosphere have increased, forcing corals … Continue reading
SYDNEY (AP) — A man charged with committing a terrorist act and attempted murder after allegedly stabbing a man in Sydney was inspired by the Islamic State group, police said Sunday, September 11, 2016. Wayne Greenhalgh, 59, was stabbed several times while walking through a park in suburban Minto in southwest Sydney on Saturday, September … Continue reading
SYDNEY (AP) — The beer ran out in some sections of the Olympic stadium, but most of the 61,247 spectators at Saturday’s, August 27, 2016, U.S. college football opener in Sydney between California and Hawaii appeared to be enjoying their American “gridiron” experience. The favored Pac 12 conference’s California Golden Bears from Berkeley across the … Continue reading
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom will be allowed to livestream his legal bid to halt his extradition to the United States, a New Zealand judge ruled Tuesday, August 30, 2016. Dotcom and three of his colleagues are appealing a December lower-court decision which allows them to be extradited to the U.S. … Continue reading
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — An Australian senator has fallen victim to the press freedom he champions when he was photographed snoozing on his first day in Parliament. Former veteran journalist Derryn Hinch was caught napping as a senator beside him nudged his arm during Governor-General Peter Cosgrove’s 40-minute speech on Tuesday, August 30, 2016, afternoon … Continue reading
NEW DELHI (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry’s visit to South Asia this week has been filled with serious diplomatic meetings and agreements to boost ties with India and Bangladesh but his motorcade’s struggle with monsoon downpours and an off-the-cuff remark about terrorism may have garnered more attention. After threading through streets covered … Continue reading
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — How do you steal 500 cows? Probably not all at once. That’s according to New Zealand police, who said Tuesday that they were investigating reports of the unlikely crime at a South Island farm. Locals said they’d never before heard of cattle rustling on such a massive scale. And that’s … Continue reading
LAS VEGAS (AP) — An Australian man who identifies himself as the 13th Duke of Manchester will remain jailed in Las Vegas at least until next month, pending possible resolution of felony false police report and burglary charges. Alexander Montagu-Manchester, 53, said nothing as he stood shackled in court. But during a rambling jailhouse interview … Continue reading
NEW DELHI (AP) — Police in Bangladesh killed three suspected militants Saturday, Aug. 27, including an alleged mastermind of a major attack on a cafe last month that left 20 people dead. Police sharpshooters raided a two-story house in Narayanganj district near the capital, Dhaka, after receiving a tip that Tamim Chowdhury, a Bangladeshi-born Canadian, … Continue reading
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