Chinese asylum seeker who exposed rights abuses fights to stay in the US

WASHINGTON (AP) – Guan Heng, who exposed human rights abuses in his native China, has been in U.S. custody since being swept up in an immigration enforcement operation in August. He says he dares not even think about what would happen to him if he were sent back.

Wall Street edges higher to a record

NEW YORK (AP) - Wall Street ticked to a record as stocks zigzagged underneath the market's surface. The S&P 500 rose 0.4% Tuesday, even though more stocks fell within the index than rose. It squeaked past its prior all-time high set a couple weeks ago. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 0.8%, and the Nasdaq composite rose 0.9%.

A US warship is making a friendship visit to a Cambodian naval base upgraded with China's help

REAM NAVAL BASE, Cambodia (AP) – The USS Cincinnati arrived at Cambodia’s Ream Naval Base on Saturday, marking the first time a U.S. Navy warship has docked at the facility since its Chinese-funded renovation was completed early last year.

UK's Starmer Heads to China Seeking Thaw in Relations

LONDON (AP) – U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer is heading to China, seeking a thaw in relations with Beijing at a time of strained ties with the United States. He’s hoping for an economic boost to Britain, but risks the wrath of China hawks at home – and of U.S. President Donald Trump, who’s already heaping tariffs and criticism on America’s closest allies.

 

Indonesia landslide kills at 8 people and more than 80 missing

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) – A predawn landslide triggered by torrential rains on Indonesia’s main island of Java killed at least eight people on Saturday and left 82 missing as rescuers struggled through deep mud, searching for survivors.

6,126 people killed in Iran's crackdown on nationwide protests

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) – Iran’s bloody crackdown on nationwide protests killed at least 6,126 people while many others still are feared dead, activists said Tuesday, as a U.S. aircraft carrier group arrived in the Mideast to lead any American military response to the crisis.

Heavy snow and rainfall kill 61, injure 110 in Afghanistan

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) – Heavy snow and rainfall over the past three days have killed more than 60 people and injured over 100 across Afghanistan, the country’s disaster management authority said Saturday, as authorities in the impoverished country struggled to open roads and gain access to cut-off villages.

Editorials from The Washington Post, New York Times, Wall Street Journal and others

Jan. 19 – The Washington Post says Congress has dropped the ball regarding oversight of ICE, DHS. Geraldo Lunas Campos died at a Texas detention center on Jan. 3 while pleading for air as guards choked him, according to a fellow detainee. The local medical examiner’s office is considering classifying his death as a homicide, The Post reports.

Top Asia Pacific Breaking News: Morning Edition

BANGKOK (AP) – A military airstrike this week on a village in Myanmar sheltering displaced people from the northern township of Bhamo, where a final round of the country’s three-phase election is to be held this weekend, killed 21 people, an ethnic rebel group and local media said Friday. The strike took place at on Hteelin village, west of Bhamo.