Rubio's visit to India focuses on US trade tensions, the Quad alliance

NEW DELHI (AP) – U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s visit to India marks an effort by Washington and New Delhi to steady strained relations as the two countries seek to reinforce strategic and economic ties despite recent trade tensions.

Quad foreign ministers hold talks in New Delhi on Indo-Pacific cooperation

NEW DELHI (AP) – The foreign ministers of Australia, India, Japan and the United States, also known as the Quad, are meeting in New Delhi on Tuesday on how to strengthen their cooperation in the Indo-Pacific and common concerns about China’s growing influence in the region.

South Korean Starbucks boss apologizes for ad campaign

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) – South Korean retail tycoon Chung Yong-jin on Tuesday issued his second apology in two weeks as Starbucks’ local operation faces a backlash over a recent marketing campaign that was widely perceived as mocking victims of a bloody military crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in 1980.

North Korea launches unidentified projectile over the sea

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) – North Korea launched an unidentified projectile off its west coast Tuesday, South Korea’s military said, in what appeared to be the North’s latest weapons test this year.

Carney warns Alberta independence vote from Canada could echo Brexit

TORONTO (AP) – Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Monday compared Alberta’s vote on whether to move toward independence to Brexit, calling it a potential “dangerous bluff.”

America's schools face a backlash on digital devices

Just a few years ago, America’s public schools were rushing to get every child a laptop. Los Angeles middle school teacher Anna Soffer remembers it well: “The idea was that technology is the future, so we need to put tech in every child’s hands.”

Cornyn tries to hold on to Texas Senate seat in runoff with Paxton

PLANO, Texas (AP) – Texans are choosing a Republican nominee for U.S. Senate in Tuesday’s runoff election, bringing to a close the extended, bitter and expensive primary where President Donald Trump weighed in late to tip the race in another effort to rid the GOP of leaders less devoted to him.

Officials lift evacuation orders for some residents living near chemical tank

Emergency officials lifted an evacuation order for some of the people who live near a damaged tank containing a hazardous chemical in Southern California after temperatures inside the tank fell enough to eliminate the risk of a catastrophic explosion.

Estranged husband of former Scottish leader pleads guilty to embezzlement

LONDON (AP) – The estranged husband of former Scottish leader Nicola Sturgeon pleaded guilty Monday to embezzling more than 400,000 pounds ($540,000) from the Scottish National Party to fund a lavish lifestyle when he was its chief executive.