Stocks drifted mostly lower on Wall Street and oil prices slipped ahead of planned U.S.-Iran talks following a shaky ceasefire agreement. The S&P 500 fell 0.1% Friday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 0.6%, and the Nasdaq composite rose 0.4%. Trading remained choppy ahead of high-level talks between negotiators from Iran and the U.S.

HONG KONG (AP) – China’s exports of passenger cars accelerated in March, an industry association said Friday, as Chinese automakers stepped up their push to grow overseas markets.

WASHINGTON (AP) – In 2011, President Barack Obama declared it was time for America to leave behind the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and “pivot” to Asia to counter the rise of China.

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) – Cambodia’s King Norodom Sihamoni announced Friday that he has prostate cancer and will be undergoing treatment for it in China, where he was diagnosed with the disease.

BUDAPEST (AP) – European leaders heaped praise on Péter Magyar after his stunning election victory in Hungary, not just for what the vibrant campaigner and the country’s next premier might do but who he is not – long-serving Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, who many saw as a direct threat to the continent’s peace and prosperity.

BANGKOK (AP) – Min Aung Hlaing, who as Myanmar ‘s military commander had led the Southeast Asian nation with an iron fist since seizing power from Aung San Suu Kyi’s civilian government in 2021, was sworn in as an elected president on Friday.

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TOKYO (AP) – Japanese Prime MinisterSanae Takaichi took a short – and happy – break on Friday as she hosted legendary British rock band Deep Purple in Tokyo as a longtime admirer.