PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) – A businessman with alleged links to a multi-billion dollar online scam operation has been extradited from Cambodia to China, according to state agencies. Li Xiong, a Chinese-Cambodian citizen who is a former chairman of the Huione Group, was arrested in Cambodia by a joint task force following an investigation over several months.
NEW YORK (AP) - Stocks overcame early losses to finish with slim gains and close out their first winning week since the start of the Iran war. The S&P 500 fell 0.1% after slumping as much as 1.5% in early trading. The Dow Jones shed 108 points, or 0.2% as of 3:17 p.m. Eastern. The Nasdaq composite fell 0.1%. Stocks in Europe and Asia finished lower.
DENPASAR, Indonesia (AP) – Indonesia delayed on Wednesday the deportation of a Scottish crime boss arrested on the resort island of Bali in connection with large-scale drug trafficking and money laundering.
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) – New Zealand and Cook Islands signed a defense and security pact Thursday, easing more than a year of tension between the Pacific nations over Cook Islands’ deepening ties with China. The fraught diplomatic standoff that prompted Wellington to pause millions of dollars in aid to Avarua was hardly a clash of geopolitical heavyweights.
SYDNEY (AP) – Hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees struggling to survive in Bangladesh’s overcrowded camps will see their food assistance slashed starting on Wednesday, raising alarm throughout the increasingly desperate community.
WASHINGTON (AP) – Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has asked the Army’s top uniformed officer, Gen. Randy George, to step down, the Pentagon said Thursday. A Pentagon official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the sensitive matter, confirmed that George has been asked to take early retirement from the post of Army chief of staff.
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) – A fast-moving boat carrying Afghan migrants capsized in the Aegean Sea on Wednesday while attempting to evade the coastguard in rough waters, leaving 19 dead – including a baby, officials said.
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BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) – The death of a nearly blind refugee from Myanmar who was found on a Buffalo street in February – five days after Border Patrol agents left him at a doughnut shop – has been ruled a homicide, authorities said Wednesday.
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