Front-Runners Clinton and Trump Win NY Primary
NEW YORK — Front-runners Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton swept to victory with ease in Tuesday's New York primary, with Trump bouncing back from a difficult stretch in the Republican contest and Clinton pushing closer to locking up the Democratic nomination.
China Extending Anti-Graft Measures to Officials' Families
BEIJING — Seeking to further reduce opportunities for corruption, China will include additional cities and regions in a pilot program begun in the financial hub of Shanghai that restricts the business dealings of officials' spouses and children, the government said Tuesday.
AP Wins Pulitzer for Stories on Enslaved Fishermen in Southeast Asia
NEW YORK — The Associated Press won the Pulitzer Prize for public service Monday for documenting the use of slave labor in Southeast Asia to supply seafood to American tables – an investigation that spurred the release of more than 2,000 captive workers.
Aid Reaches Ecuador After Quake Kills 246
PEDERNALES, Ecuador — Aid began to flow in Sunday to areas devastated by Ecuador's strongest earthquake in decades and the death toll continued to rise as people left homeless hunkered down for another night outside in the dark.
Earthquake Kills 41 in Ecuador; Death Toll to Rise
QUITO, Ecuador — The strongest earthquake to hit Ecuador in decades flattened buildings and buckled highways along the country's coast, killing at least 41 people and causing damage hundreds of miles (kilometers) away from the epicenter in the capital and other major cities.
Myanmar's New President Pledges to Free Political Prisoners
YANGON — Myanmar's new president on Sunday pledged to continue efforts to release remaining political prisoners as part of the sweeping democratic changes his government envisions after a half-century of military control.
Pirates Kidnap 4 Indonesians
JAKARTA — Four Indonesians have been kidnapped and another shot in an attempt to hijack a tugboat and barge in the border waters of Malaysia and the Philippines, the Indonesian Foreign Ministry said Saturday.
Taiwan Presses Malaysia to Halt Extraditions to China
KUALA LUMPUR — Taiwan on Friday was trying to prevent Malaysia from deporting 52 Taiwanese criminal suspects to China amid an ongoing battle over jurisdiction involving the self-ruled island.
Strong Quake Kills 9, Injures Hundreds in Japan
MASHIKI — At least nine people have been killed and more than 800 injured by a magnitude 6.5 earthquake that toppled houses and buckled roads in southern Japan.
'Bali Bombings' Cleric Says Jail Conditions Inhumane
JAKARTA — A lawyer for the spiritual leader of the militants who carried out the 2002 Bali bombings is urging Indonesian authorities to end his "inhumane" treatment in prison.
