DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) – When Tarique Rahman, the son of a former prime minister of Bangladesh, returned to the country in December after 17 years of self-imposed exile, he declared to his supporters: “I have a plan.”
NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. stocks steadied on Friday after an encouraging update on inflation helped calm a Wall Street that's been wracked by worries about how artificial-intelligence technology may upend the business world. The S&P 500 barely budged. The Dow Jones Industrial rose 48 points, or 0.1%, and the Nasdaq composite slipped 0.2%.
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) – South Korea plans to increase medical school admissions by more than 3,340 students from 2027 to 2031 to address concerns about physician shortages in one of the fastest-aging countries in the world, the government said Tuesday.
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) – The Bangladesh Nationalist Party has claimed victory in the country’s first election since the 2024 uprising, positioning itself to form the next government and potentially reshape Bangladesh’s political landscape after years of intense rivalry and disputed polls.
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) – A Dutch court on Wednesday ordered a formal investigation into chipmaker Nexperia and upheld an earlier order suspending its Chinese CEO, citing doubts about the company’s policies and conduct.
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) – The death toll from a crackdown over Iran’s nationwide protests last month has reached at least 7,005 people killed with many more still feared dead, activists said Thursday. The continued rise in the tally of the dead from the demonstrations adds to the overall tensions facing Iran both inside the country and abroad.
TOKYO (AP) – Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s gamble that her personal popularity would lead to big election gains for her struggling party paid off hugely. On Monday, she began the process of translating that new power, made manifest in a two-thirds supermajority gained in parliamentary elections the day before.
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YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) – Vice President JD Vance landed in Armenia on Monday – a country that no sitting U.S. vice president or president has visited before – as the Trump administration offered economic opportunities while it works to advance a U.S.-brokered deal aimed at ending a decades-long conflict with Azerbaijan.
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