Jun 24 Thai pro-democracy activists march against government By Chalida Ekvittayavechnukul, Associated Press Pro-democracy protesters have taken to the streets of Thailand's capital again, marking the 89th anniversary of the overthrow of the country's absolute monarchy by renewing their demands that the government step down, the constitution be amended and the monarchy become… Continue reading
Jun 24 64 dead in Ethiopian airstrike on Tigray marketplace By Associated Press The Ethiopian military insisted that only combatants were targeted, but a doctor who reached the scene on Tuesday said "most of the patients we found were mothers, children and elderly fathers. Continue reading
Jun 24 U.S. blocks solar panel materials from China over labor abuses By Ben Fox, Associated Press The moves could make it harder for the U.S. to meet renewable energy goals aimed at addressing climate change. That's because about 45% of the global supply of the polysilicon used to make photovoltaic cells for solar panels comes from… Continue reading
Jun 24 India’s Modi meets Kashmir leaders for the first time after altering region By Aijaz Hussain, Associated Press India's prime minister is meeting pro-India politicians from disputed Kashmir for the first time since New Delhi stripped the region's semi-autonomy and jailed many of them in a crackdown. Continue reading
Jun 24 Japan’s emperor is ‘extremely worried’ the Tokyo Olympics could accelerate coronavirus spread By Mari Yamaguchi, Associated Press The games will bring thousands of foreign athletes, officials, sponsors and journalists to Japan during a pandemic, despite caution raised by experts about the risk of infections. Continue reading
Jun 23 Watch 5:06 News Wrap: Supreme Court sides with cheerleader kicked off squad for social media post In our news wrap Wednesday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled a Pennsylvania school was wrong to suspend a girl from cheerleading over a social media post. The justices also struck down a California regulation allowing labor unions to recruit agricultural… Continue watching
Jun 23 Watch 5:53 Myanmar’s armed forces show no signs of restraint amid rising revolts By Nick Schifrin, Layla Quran The general who led a coup in Myanmar just over 4 months ago criticized foreign interference Wednesday, days after the U.N. General Assembly approved an arms embargo resolution, and as new ethnic militia began fighting his military amid the country's… Continue watching
Jun 23 U.S. votes against U.N. resolution condemning embargo on Cuba By Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press The U.S. has voted against a U.N. resolution that condemned the American economic embargo of Cuba for the 29th year, maintaining the Trump administration's opposition and refusing to return to the Obama administration's 2016 abstention. Continue reading
Jun 23 Europe’s human rights body seeks probe into Czech Roma death By Associated Press Europe's main human rights body has demanded a thorough and independent investigation into the death of a Roma man who died after a Czech police officer responding to a call over an altercation knelt on his neck. Continue reading
Jun 23 AP-NORC poll says many Democrats want more U.S. support for Palestinians By Ellen Knickmeyer, Emily Swanson, Associated Press A new poll on U.S. attitudes toward a core conflict in the Middle East finds about half of Democrats want the country to do more to support the Palestinians. Continue reading