Wednesday January 22nd, 2025 12:05PM

AP World News

New Zealand ship didn’t sink because its captain was a woman, the ‘appalled’ defense minister says
New Zealand’s Defense Minister Judith Collins has decried what she called misogynistic online comments about the woman commander of a navy ship which ran aground, caught fire and sank off the coast of Samoa on Sunday
7:00PM ( 3 months ago )
A new mayor takes office in southern Mexico after his predecessor was beheaded
A new mayor has been sworn in a city in southern Mexico where his predecessor was killed and beheaded less than a week after taking office
6:32PM ( 3 months ago )
Mexico sends 660 soldiers, National Guard to protect lime growers suffering extortion by cartels
Mexico has sent 660 soldiers and militarized National Guard officers to the western state of Michoacan to protect lime growers who complained they were suffering extortion demands by cartels
5:33PM ( 3 months ago )
After a 2-year investigation, South African president won't be charged over $580K hidden in a couch
Prosecutors say South African President Cyril Ramaphosa won’t face criminal charges over a hidden cash scandal that was revealed more than two years ago and triggered an investigation by a special police unit
3:47PM ( 3 months ago )
Donald Trump offers tax breaks to US citizens overseas but no specifics
Donald Trump is proposing to grant a key tax break to U.S. citizens living overseas
12:58PM ( 3 months ago )
Donald Trump rolls out tax breaks, but no specifics, for overseas citizens and auto buyers
Donald Trump is rolling out more plans for tax breaks without offering details on how they would work and the impact they would have on the federal budget
12:58PM ( 3 months ago )
South Koreans are joyful after Han Kang wins Nobel Prize for literature
South Koreans have reacted with joy and astonishment after learning that homegrown writer Han Kang won the Nobel Prize in literature, an unexpected moment that stoked national pride about the country’s growing cultural influence
12:00PM ( 3 months ago )
UN-backed experts say Israel is destroying Gaza's health sector and both sides have tortured people
A U.N. commission has accused Israel of destroying Gaza’s health care system through “relentless and deliberate attacks” in its yearlong war with Hamas
10:20AM ( 3 months ago )
Colombia’s river guardians battle to protect the Atrato amid threats and abandonment
Illegal gold mining along the banks of northwestern Colombia’s Atrato river is causing severe contamination and deforestation for the small, impoverished riverbank communities made up of predominantly Afro-Colombian and Indigenous peoples
9:47AM ( 3 months ago )
Palestinian officials say an Israeli strike on a Gaza shelter has killed at least 21 people
Palestinian medical officials say an Israeli strike on a school sheltering displaced people in Gaza has killed at least 21 people, with the toll likely to rise
5:09AM ( 3 months ago )