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Powerful quake rocks Myanmar and Thailand and kills more than 150 people

Powerful quake rocks Myanmar and Thailand and kills more than 150 people

BANGKOK (AP) — A powerful earthquake rocked Myanmar and neighboring Thailand on Friday, destroying buildings, a bridge and a dam. At least 144 people were killed in Myanmar, where photos and video from two hard-hit cities showed extensive damage.
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Trump asks Supreme Court for permission to resume deporting Venezuelan migrants under wartime law

Trump asks Supreme Court for permission to resume deporting Venezuelan migrants under wartime law

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration on Friday asked the Supreme Court for permission to resume deportations of Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador under an 18th century wartime law, while a court fight continues.
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Utah becomes the first state to ban fluoride in public drinking water

Utah becomes the first state to ban fluoride in public drinking water

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah has become the first state to ban fluoride in public drinking water , despite widespread opposition from dentists and national health organizations. Republican Gov.
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King Charles III seen in public one day after hospitalization for cancer treatment side effects

King Charles III seen in public one day after hospitalization for cancer treatment side effects

LONDON (AP) — King Charles III smiled and waved to members of the public Friday as he left his home in London, the day after a brief hospitalization for the side effects from his cancer treatment.
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Powerful earthquake rocks Thailand and Myanmar, killing at least 3 in Bangkok high-rise collapse

Powerful earthquake rocks Thailand and Myanmar, killing at least 3 in Bangkok high-rise collapse

BANGKOK (AP) — A powerful earthquake rocked Thailand and neighboring Myanmar on Friday, killing at least three people in Bangkok and burying dozens when a high-rise building under construction collapsed.
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Another federal judge blocks Trump policy banning transgender troops in the military

Another federal judge blocks Trump policy banning transgender troops in the military

TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — A U.S. judge in Washington state has blocked enforcement of President Donald Trump’s order banning transgender people from serving in the military , the second nationwide injunction against the policy in as many weeks.
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Ex-President Martinelli gets Panama's permission to take asylum in Nicaragua

Ex-President Martinelli gets Panama's permission to take asylum in Nicaragua

PANAMA CITY (AP) — Former Panama President Ricardo Martinelli will be allowed to leave the Nicaraguan embassy where he’s been holed up for more than a year to travel to Nicaragua for humanitarian reasons, Panama Foreign Affairs Minister Javier Martín
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King Charles III briefly hospitalized for observation following side effects from cancer treatment

King Charles III briefly hospitalized for observation following side effects from cancer treatment

LONDON (AP) — King Charles III was briefly hospitalized for observation on Thursday after experiencing “temporary side effects’’ related to a scheduled cancer treatment , Buckingham Palace said in a statement.
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Judge says he will order government to preserve Signal messages about Houthi military strike

Judge says he will order government to preserve Signal messages about Houthi military strike

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday said he will order the Trump administration to preserve records of a text message chat in which senior national security officials discussed sensitive details of plans for a U.S.
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Australia to hold general elections on May 3 with inflation and a housing shortage major issues

Australia to hold general elections on May 3 with inflation and a housing shortage major issues

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australians will go to the polls on May 3 for general elections with high costs of living and a shortage of housing likely weighing against the government as Prime Minister Anthony Albanese 's center-left Labor Party seeks
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