Section: KXAN (USA)
US destroyer visit latest twist in China-US military ties
QINGDAO, China (AP) — The visit of the U.S. Navy guided missile destroyer USS Benfold to the northern Chinese port of Qingdao this week is the latest development in a long-term effort to build trust between the countries’ militaries amid tensions and a rivalry for dominance in Asia. Though China resents the highly visible presence of the...
The Latest: 14 gold medals await athletes in Rio de Janeiro
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The Latest from the 2016 Summer Olympics at Rio de Janeiro (all times local): 5:30 a.m. Eight sports will be awarding 14 gold medals Monday at the Rio Olympics in events ranging from artistic gymnastics to diving, fencing, judo, rugby sevens, shooting, swimming and weightlifting. Swimming alone will hand out four gold medals...
What to watch at the Rio Games on Monday
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Day 3 of the Rio Games features medal action in gymnastics, swimming, fencing, women’s rugby, judo and more. Here are some things to watch (all times local): SWIMMING A day after adding a record 19th gold medal to his collection, Michael Phelps swims in preliminaries of the men’s 200 meter butterfly at 1:44 p.m....
War turns Ukraine into ‘supermarket’ for illegal weapons
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — A former Ukrainian soldier-turned-arms dealer agrees to meet in Kiev, where he offers to sell a Makarov semi-automatic pistol for about $160. Amid haggling, he drops the price to $120. He says he also has Kalashnikov automatic rifles for less than $400 and can get heavier weapons such as rocket launchers if given a little...
China’s crackdown raises familiar specter of foreign forces
BEIJING (AP) — In halting televised confessions and emotional courtroom testimony, Chinese lawyers and activists held in a government crackdown have voiced the same ominous message: Shadowy foreign forces are funding, directing and encouraging activities bent on destabilizing China’s government and smearing its reputation. The familiar...
Ukrainian hackers leak IDs, personal data of journalists
MOSCOW (AP) — A Ukrainian nationalist website has published what it says is an email archive with copies of IDs and personal data of Ukrainian and international journalists, raising new concerns about their safety. The archive posted by Myrotvorets, which allegedly comes from a disenchanted rebel official and contains thousands of emails, was...
Moldova calls exercises involving Russia on its soil illegal
CHISINAU, Moldova (AP) — Moldova’s defense ministry says that recent military exercises involving Russian and separatist troops on Moldovan territory are illegal. The ministry said in a statement Thursday that the exercises that took place recently in the separatist region of Trans-Dniester in eastern Moldova “violate Moldovan laws,” but...
UN records highest casualties in eastern Ukraine in a year
MOSCOW (AP) — The United Nations says the number of casualties in fighting in eastern Ukraine is back to last year’s highs. Fighting between Russia-backed separatists and government troops has killed over 9,500 people since it began in 2014 and left much of Ukraine’s industrial heartland in ruins. The U.N. Human Rights Office said in...
The Latest: Khan values Trump seeing fallen son as hero
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the presidential campaign. (all times local): 10:10 a.m. The father of a Muslim U.S. Army captain killed by a suicide bomber in Iraq says he appreciates that Donald Trump called his son a hero, but says he finds the Republican presidential nominee disingenuous because of his policies and his rhetoric. Speaking on...
Putin tests West’s sanctions resolve on visit to Slovenia
VRSIC, Slovenia (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has arrived in Slovenia, a member of both the European Union and NATO, testing Western unity in maintaining sanctions against the Kremlin for its role in Ukraine. Slovenia, a small Alpine nation where U.S. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s wife Melania was born, has kept...
