VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV
Associated Press
MOSCOW (AP) — As Russian President Vladimir Putin marks two decades in power, he boasts about his achievements but remains coy about his political future — a reticence that fuels wild speculation about his intentions.
Putin points to the revival of Russia's global clout, industrial modernization, booming agricultural exports and a resurgent military as key results of...
KIM TONG-HYUNG
Associated Press
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called for his military and diplomats to prepare unspecified "offensive measures" to protect the country's security and sovereignty, the North's state media said Monday, before his end-of-year deadline for the Trump administration to make major concessions to salvage a fragile nuclear diplomacy.
During a ruling Workers'...
KEN MORITSUGU
Associated Press
BEIJING (AP) — A Chinese scientist who set off an ethical debate with claims that he had made the world's first genetically edited babies was sentenced Monday to three years in prison because of his research, state media said.
He Jiankui, who was convicted of practicing medicine without a license, was also fined 3 million yuan ($430,000)...
MATT O'BRIEN
AP Technology Writer
NORTH HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — Guess who's getting used to working with robots in their everyday lives? The very same warehouse workers once predicted to be losing their jobs to mechanical replacements.
But doing your job side-by-side with robots isn't easy. According to their makers, the machines should take on the most mundane and physically strenuous...
MATTHEW LEE
AP Diplomatic Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will visit Ukraine this week, making his first trip to the country at the heart of President Donald Trump's impeachment.
As the Senate weighs options for a trial, Pompeo will depart Thursday on a five-nation tour of Europe and Central Asia. Ukraine will be the first stop on...
KATHLEEN RONAYNE
Associated Press
SACRAMENTO (AP) — During his inaugural address last January, California Gov. Gavin Newsom made only a passing reference to wildfires and never mentioned the state's largest utility, Pacific Gas & Electric. Both soon became inescapable topics.
PG&E filed for bankruptcy barely three weeks after the Democratic governor was sworn in, triggering a series of events that defined...
QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA
Associated Press
BAGHDAD (AP) — An Iranian-backed Iraqi militia vowed Monday to retaliate for U.S. military strikes in Iraq and Syria that killed 25 of its fighters and wounded dozens, raising concerns of new attacks that could threaten American interests in the region.
The U.S. attack — the largest targeting an Iraqi state-sanctioned militia in recent years — and...
Nearly one year and thousands of man hours later, the Horsewomen of Temecula are ready and waiting to participate in the 129th annual Tournament of Roses Parade.Scheduled for Jan. 1, 2020, the parade promises to be one of fun and excitement to ring in the new year and the Horsewomen of Temecula will be front and center as they...
Associated PressÂ
MIAMI (AP) — The pastor of a Miami megachurch that will host President Donald Trump at a rally this week is guaranteeing that parishioners who entered the U.S. illegally won't risk deportation by attending.
During a Sunday Spanish language service, Pastor Guillermo Maldonado told the audience of hundreds that he's heard people asking how he could bring Trump to...
RYAN TARINELLI, JIM MUSTIAN and LARRY NEUMEISTER
Associated Press
MONSEY, N.Y. (AP) — Handwritten journals containing anti-Semitic references were found in the home of the man charged with federal hate crimes Monday in the stabbing of five people celebrating Hanukkah at a rabbi's house north of New York City, authorities said.
Grafton E. Thomas, 37, was expected to appear in federal...