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A replacement plane for an Air India flight diverted to Russia has landed in San Francisco, carrying all passengers and crewByASHOK SHARMA Associated PressJune 7, 2023, 11:23 PMFILE - Air India aircrafts stand at Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi, India, April 29, 2011. An Air India plane flying... Read more

Malaysia and Indonesia have signed agreements to end longstanding sea border disputes and vowed to bolster cooperation to fight “highly detrimental discriminatory” measures against palm oilByThe Associated PressJune 8, 2023, 3:17 AMIn this photo released by Malaysia's Department of Information, Indonesian president Joko Widodo, center, is greeted by representatives from... Read more

Malaysia has condemned a Singapore-born comedian who made fun of the 2014 disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 during a skit in the United StatesByThe Associated PressJune 8, 2023, 12:51 AMFILE - A man walks past a board reading "Pray for MH370" for passengers aboard a missing Malaysia Airlines plane,... Read more

TOKYO -- Asian shares fell Thursday after heavy selling of big-name tech stocks pushed benchmarks lower on Wall Street. Stocks fell in Tokyo, Hong Kong, Seoul and Sydney but rose in Shanghai. U.S. futures were lower. Oil prices retreated. The declines came despite a sharp upward revision in Japan’s estimated... Read more

PORTLAND, Ore. -- Portland's city council voted Wednesday to pass an ordinance prohibiting camping during daytime hours in most public places as it, like other places in the U.S., struggles to address a longtime homelessness crisis.The 3-1 vote changes city code to say that people may camp in nonrestricted areas... Read more

KHERSON, Ukraine -- Authorities rushed to rescue hundreds of people stranded on rooftops and supply drinking water to areas flooded by a collapsed dam in southern Ukraine on Wednesday, in a growing humanitarian and ecological disaster along a river that forms part of the front line in the 15-month war.The... Read more

President Joe Biden has vetoed legislation that would have canceled his plan to forgive student debtByCHRIS MEGERIAN Associated PressJune 7, 2023, 7:08 PMPresident Joe Biden speaks during a cabinet meeting at the White House, Wednesday, June 7, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)The Associated PressWASHINGTON -- President Joe Biden on... Read more

Workers at the Barnes & Noble in Manhattan’s Union Square, one of the retail chain’s signature stores, have voted to unionizeByThe Associated PressJune 7, 2023, 6:07 PMFILE - The Barnes & Noble sign is displayed on the store, March 14, 2022, in Bensalem, Pa. Workers at the Barnes & Noble... Read more

RALEIGH, N.C. -- The North Carolina General Assembly finalized legislation Wednesday to authorize statewide and regulate sports and horse-race wagering, a decision poised to open the nation's ninth-largest state to more legal gambling options. The House voted 69-44 for changes completed last week by the Senate to the bill. It... Read more

SAN FRANCISCO -- Tesla may face a class-action lawsuit after 240 Black factory workers in California described rampant racism and discrimination at the electric automaker’s San Francisco Bay Area plant, including frequent use of racial slurs and references to the manufacturing site as a plantation or slave ship. The testimonies... Read more