Apple CEO Tim Cook visits Vietnam — one of the iPhone giant's most important manufacturing hubs
Apple CEO Tim Cook arrived in Hanoi, Vietnam, on Monday as the U.S. tech giant looks to boost sales in new markets.
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Lightning, rains kill 36 people in Pakistan as authorities declare a state of emergency in southwest
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Lightning and heavy rains have killed at least 36 people, mostly farmers, across Pakistan in the past three days, officials said Monday, as authorities in the country’s southwest declared a state of emergency.
Sydney attack victims include a mother who saved her baby, a Chinese grad student and an architect
SYDNEY (AP) — The people killed and wounded by an assailant at a Sydney shopping mall were mostly women.
Bruce Lehrmann raped Brittany Higgins in Parliament House, Australian judge finds, junking ex-adviser’s defamation case
A former government adviser raped a colleague in a Parliament House office, an Australian judge found on Monday, dismissing a defamation suit in a case that has gripped the nation.
Apple iPhone first-quarter shipments sink as Chinese challengers rise; Samsung regains top spot
Apple iPhone shipments plunged nearly 10% globally in the first quarter of 2024, pressured by double-digit growth in shipments by Chinese challengers Xiaomi and Transsion, a report from International Data Corporation showed.
Manipur’s BJP CM inflamed conflict: Assam Rifles report on India violence
It also points to the role of armed groups from the Meitei and Kuki-Zo communities in the prolonged violence in northeastern India.
Australian police probe why man who stabbed 6 people to death in a Sydney mall targeted women
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australian police are examining why a lone assailant who stabbed six people to death in a busy Sydney shopping mall and injured more than a dozen others targeted women while avoiding men, a police commissioner said on Monday. The killer’s father blamed his son’s frustration at not having a girlfriend.
In Modi’s India, opponents and journalists feel the squeeze ahead of election
NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his government are increasingly wielding strong-arm tactics to subdue political opponents and critics of the ruling Hindu-nationalist party ahead of the nationwide elections that begin this week.