TAINAN, Taiwan (AP) – Rescuers raced to find additional survivors after a powerful, shallow earthquake struck southern Taiwan before dawn Saturday and collapsed a high-rise residential complex, killing at least seven people and sending scores to hospitals. Rescuers pulled 249 survivors from the rubble in the worst-hit city of Tainan, …
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Rough seas, harsh winter, border limits add to migrant woes
PRESEVO, Serbia (AP) – Rasul Orwani thought he had faced the worst after braving cold, rough seas in a rickety wooden boat to travel from Turkey to Greece, then came the Balkans. After arriving in Macedonia with dozens of other migrants, the group crossed into Serbia on foot in the …
Read More »Analysis: AP bureau chiefs in Koreas on planned launch
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) – It’s another big, splashy step for the North Korean government: a planned rocket launch the world will see as a banned test of long-range missile technology that comes only weeks after testing what it said was a hydrogen bomb. How is this playing in Seoul, …
Read More »In Brazil, pregnant women urged to be cautious with a kiss
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) – In a sign of mounting global concern over the Zika virus, health officials on Friday warned pregnant women to think twice about the lips they kiss and called on men to use condoms with pregnant partners if they have visited countries where the virus is …
Read More »Monkey Year inspires kung fu, predictions of fire, disease
BEIJING (AP) – The new Chinese year is the one to go bananas over. On Feb. 8, the zodiac calendar enters the Year of the Monkey – the ninth of 12 animal signs. Plastic monkeys are adorning shopping centers and office buildings, and government departments have been giving out toy …
Read More »Twitter moves to actively seek out terrorist supporters
WASHINGTON (AP) – Twitter is now using spam-fighting technology to seek out accounts that might be promoting terrorist activity and is examining other accounts related to those flagged for possible removal, the company announced Friday. The announcement demonstrated efforts by Twitter to automatically identify tweets supporting terrorism, reflecting increased pressure …
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