Friday May 9th, 2025 1:04PM

AP World News

South Korea to shrink biomass energy subsidies after criticism over link to deforestation
The South Korean government has announced it will reduce indirect subsidies for biomass energy
8:03PM ( 3 months ago )
Colombians flee to Venezuela as clashes between rebel groups escalate in coca-rich border region
The Colombian border village of Tres Bocas has become a ghost town as residents flee to neighboring Venezuela to escape a new wave of violence that has left at least 80 people dead and displaced thousands in Colombia’s Catatumbo region
6:40PM ( 3 months ago )
Rescue camera gave officials a view of hundreds of miners in South Africa trapped in shaft
Late last year, a specialized mine rescue camera was lowered into an almost 2.6-kilometer (1.6-mile) deep mineshaft in South Africa, where hundreds of illegal miners were reported to be trapped, starving, dehydrated and desperate to get out
3:48PM ( 3 months ago )
The rescue of hundreds of miners in a deep South African gold mine began with a camera and a note
Late last year, a specialized camera was lowered into an almost 1.6-mile-deep mineshaft in South Africa where hundreds of miners were reported to be trapped and starving
3:48PM ( 3 months ago )
Trudeau says Canada will respond to US tariffs as Ontario's premier says Trump 'declared war'
Canada’s outgoing prime minister and the leader of the country’s oil rich province of Alberta are confident Canada can avoid the 25% tariffs President Donald Trump says he will impose on Canada and Mexico on Feb. 1 by arguing that Canada is the energy super power that has the oil and critical minerals that America needs to feed what Trump vows will be a booming U.S. economy
1:44PM ( 3 months ago )
Here's what the Paris climate agreement does and doesn't do
The Paris agreement is complex and works in a slow bureaucratic manner
12:44PM ( 3 months ago )
Who in Israel has resigned over the Oct. 7 security breakdown, and who hasn't?
Israel’s top general on Tuesday became the highest-ranking official to resign over Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023 attack, the worst security failure in the country’s history
11:53AM ( 3 months ago )
Trump mistakes Spain for a member of the BRICS bloc and repeats the threat of massive tariffs
U.S. president Donald Trump has apparently confused Spain for a member of the BRICS bloc of developing economies, causing some head-scratching and jitters over possible tariffs in Madrid
9:05AM ( 3 months ago )
Suspected settlers attacked Palestinian villages hours before Trump rescinded Biden sanctions
Shortly after suspected Jewish settlers stormed Palestinian villages in the occupied West Bank, U.S. President Donald Trump canceled sanctions against Israelis accused of violence in the territory
8:59AM ( 3 months ago )
Israel's top general resigns, citing failure to prevent Hamas attack that ignited war in Gaza
Israel's top general has resigned, citing the security failures that allowed Hamas' Oct. 7, 2023, attack
7:44AM ( 3 months ago )