Category Archives: World
China's fondness for pirated software raises risks in attack
BEIJING - China’s fondness for pirated software left it especially vulnerable to the latest global cyberattack. Beijing has tolerated rampant use of unlicensed software copies despite repeated p...
May 16, 2017
Missile Defence 101: N. Korea could hit with little warning
TOKYO - The scenario has become pretty familiar by now. Sometime in the early morning, a missile roars off its launcher in North Korea and flies off - to a splash zone somewhere in the Pacific Ocean. ...
May 16, 2017
Analysis: Trump intel sharing risks damaging US alliances
WASHINGTON - For months, U.S. allies have anxiously wondered if President Donald Trump could be trusted with some of the world’s most sensitive national security secrets. Now, just a few days be...
May 16, 2017
China's chase of the 'golden visa' abroad, by the numbers
From the United States and Canada to small islands in Europe and the Caribbean, Chinese are spending billions on new passports and visas to move their families away from their homeland. China’s ...
May 16, 2017
How AP collected, parsed data on China's investor immigrants
BEIJING - At least two dozen countries offer a new home to people willing to invest hundreds of thousands of dollars in a business, real estate or government bonds. And there’s no bigger market ...
May 16, 2017
AP Exclusive: Kushners tap China's $24B 'golden visa' market
BEIJING - When the sister of President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner promoted investment in her family’s new skyscraper from a Beijing hotel ballroom stage earlier this month, sh...
May 16, 2017
Not diplomatic: Boar chases British ambassador in Austria
VIENNA - Some situations leave even the most seasoned diplomats unprepared. Take a British ambassador’s encounter with a wild boar. Leigh Turner, Britain’s ambassador to Austria, says he w...
May 16, 2017
Montana sheriff's deputy killed, suspects caught after chase
MISSOULA, Mont. - A sheriff’s deputy was killed early Tuesday in a shootout that prompted a pre-dawn pursuit that lasted 140 miles (225 kilometres) across southwestern Montana. The chase ended b...
May 16, 2017
Cosby says he doesn't expect to testify at sex assault trial
PHILADELPHIA - Bill Cosby said he doesn’t expect to testify at his sexual assault trial and suggested that racism “could be” behind the scores of accusations against him. Cosby also ...
May 16, 2017
Iran reformist drops out of election, supports Rouhani
TEHRAN, Iran - A reformist candidate dropped out of Iran’s presidential election on Tuesday and threw his support behind President Hassan Rouhani, in a widely expected move that will strengthen ...
May 16, 2017
