High rents are forcing small businesses into tough choices

NEW YORK — While many costs have come down for small businesses, rents remain high and in some cases are still rising, forcing many owners into some uncomfortable decisions

Harris’ record in California praised, ridiculed, in US presidential campaign

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Harris calls on Trump to debate with mics 'on the whole time'

WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee in the November 5 U

Border arrests expected to rise in August; 5-month drop might have ended

san diego, california — Arrests for illegal border crossings from Mexico during August are expected to rise slightly from July, officials said, likely ending five straight months of declines

Mississippi bus crash kills 7, injures dozens

BOVINA, Mississippi — Seven people were killed and dozens were injured in Mississippi after a commercial bus overturned on Interstate 20 Saturday morning, according to the Mississippi Highway Patrol

UN to send mission to Bangladesh to probe human rights violations

DHAKA, Bangladesh — The United Nations Human Rights Office on Friday said it will dispatch a fact-finding mission to Bangladesh, as requested by the interim government, to investigate alleged human rights violations during recent deadly violence in t[..]

Why Pakistan’s Balochistan remains restive

ISLAMABAD — “Ever since I was a child, I’ve only seen war,” says Sammi Deen Baloch, a prominent rights activist from Pakistan’s southwestern province

China deflects after UN renews calls to investigate Xinjiang abuses

Beijing continues to stonewall efforts to address its well-documented abuse of Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities in Xinjiang

South Africans line up for medical care during Chinese hospital ship stop

China’s naval hospital ship, called the Peace Ark, is on a 13-nation tour of mostly African countries to provide free health care for locals

Millions evacuated as typhoon slams Japan's Kyushu

TOKYO — Millions of people were told to evacuate from their homes as Typhoon Shanshan lashed southwest Japan with strong winds and heavy rain on Thursday, knocking out power, snarling air traffic and forcing major factories to close

Indonesia, Australia sign 'historic' defense pact

Magelang, Indonesia — Indonesia and Australia signed a new defense agreement Thursday, pledging closer cooperation to counter security threats in the Asia-Pacific region

One convicted, six acquitted in Hong Kong bomb plot case

HONG KONG — A Hong Kong jury on Thursday found one person guilty and acquitted six others in what authorities said was a plot to carry out a bombing to murder police officers in 2019

Hong Kong journalists found guilty of sedition in landmark media case

Bangkok — A Hong Kong court on Thursday convicted two independent journalists of sedition for coverage of the island state’s pro-democracy demonstrations of 2019

Myanmar's largest rebel group quietly gains strength amid civil war

Bangkok — In the shadow of Myanmar's brutal and bloody civil war, a rebel army with close ties to China and the illicit drug trade is spreading out and bulking up without a fight

North Korea reverses decision to publicly register submarines  

washington — In an unexplained and puzzling move, North Korea this week placed 13 of its several dozen known submarines on a public list maintained by an international maritime agency, only to have them removed a day later