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AP reporter Christopher Bodeen, a tenacious chronicler of China's rise, dies at 55 08/20/2026 09:55am • TOKYO (AP) ��� Christopher Bodeen, a tenacious, old-school wire service reporter who brought a keen analytical eye and a wry sense of humor to decades of work in China, Taiwan and in war zones and natural disasters across the globe for The Associated Press, has died. He was 55. Bodeen died Monday af Bangladesh elects veteran politician Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir as president 08/20/2026 09:55am • DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) ��� Bangladesh's Parliament elected a stalwart of the country's new ruling party to the presidency Thursday after the post fell vacant last month following the resignation of the former president, who was a close ally of ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. The vote confirmed Pressure builds anew in the bond market as Walmart drags the US stock market lower 08/20/2026 09:51am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� A rise in oil prices on Thursday is sending worries about inflation and yields in the bond market higher, erasing some of the relief the U.S. Treasury Department created the day before. A drop for Walmart following its latest profit report also helped drag the U.S. stock market low Afghanistan's Taliban rulers release 2 U.N. staff members more than a week after detaining them 08/20/2026 09:50am • Afghanistan's Taliban rulers have released two United Nations staff members who they detained more than a week ago, the U.N. said Thursday, adding that the reason for the two men���s detention remains unclear. The arrests were the latest in a series of detentions by Afghanistan���s Taliban authoriti Grains lower, livestock mixed 08/20/2026 09:45am • CHICAGO (AP) _ Grain futures were lower in early trading Thursday on the Chicago Board of Trade. Sept. corn was off 0.25 cent at $4.73 a bushel. Sept. wheat fell by 0.25 cent at $6.80 a bushel. Sept. oats lost 0.75 cent at $3.31 a bushel. Sept. soybeans fell by 1.25 cents at $12.21 a bushel. Beef wa Takeaways from the AP-Reporter Brasil story on the US and others turning to Brazil for rare earths 08/20/2026 09:44am • SAO PAULO (AP) ��� The world is increasingly turning to Brazil to explore for rare earth minerals that are crucial for technology and renewable energy. The country's large reserves are second only to China and have attracted investors, many of them with foreign support. An analysis by The Associated The US and others turn to Brazil for rare earths, raising environmental concerns 08/20/2026 09:43am • SAO PAULO (AP) ��� In the global race to secure rare earths that are key for everything from mobile phones to green technologies, Brazil is emerging as an alternative to China's dominance, particularly for the United States and Australia, according to an analysis of mining permits by The Associated US sends 20 deportees to Liberia, part of 1,200 migrants the country will receive under new deal 08/20/2026 09:41am • HARBEL, Liberia (AP) ��� The United States sent 20 deportees to Liberia, who arrived on Thursday as part of 1,200 migrants that the African country will receive under a new deal. The deportees arrived at the Roberts International Airport outside Monrovia. The Liberia-U.S. agreement is among the larg Somalia faces another hunger crisis and the UN food agency head says it has far less funds to help 08/20/2026 09:38am • MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) ��� Six million people in Somalia are facing acute food insecurity while the World Food Program has only a tenth of the resources it had in 2022 when it helped avert famine in the drought- and conflict-stricken East African nation, the head of the U.N. agency told The Associa ��Por qu�� un beb�� nacido en Texas est�� en el medio de una batalla legal entre padres californianos y una madre subrogada? 08/20/2026 09:33am • Esta semana, en un hospital de Texas, los m��dicos realizaron una compleja cirug��a a coraz��n abierto de alto riesgo a un ni��o de seis d��as de nacido con s��ndrome de hipoplasia del ventr��culo izquierdo, una rara afecci��n cong��nita que provoc�� que parte de su coraz��n estuviera subdesarrollad La maniobra ingeniosa de los dem��cratas para intentar ganar la mayor��a en el Senado 08/20/2026 09:32am • La batalla por el Senado en 2026 presenta algunos matices fascinantes: en tres contiendas, las de Idaho, Nebraska y Dakota del Sur, candidatos dem��cratas se han retirado para apoyar a independientes que buscan ganar en estados de tendencia republicana.Sin embargo, esta estrategia ya se ha intentado Hovnanian: Fiscal Q3 Earnings Snapshot 08/20/2026 09:25am • MATAWAN, N.J. (AP) ��� MATAWAN, N.J. (AP) ��� Hovnanian Enterprises Inc. (HOV) on Thursday reported a loss of $1.8 million in its fiscal third quarter. On a per-share basis, the Matawan, New Jersey-based company said it had a loss of 70 cents. The homebuilder posted revenue of $705.7 million in the Takeaways from AP's report on the smuggling of restricted goods into Gaza 08/20/2026 09:23am • CAIRO (AP) ��� The smuggling of goods restricted by Israel into the Gaza Strip has boomed, with items from cigarettes and iPhones to fuel and solar panels making their way to desperate residents of the tiny coastal territory devastated by a nearly three-year war. An Associated Press investigation �� Iran dismisses US economic threats, and other developments in the Middle East 08/20/2026 09:19am • Iran on Thursday dismissed U.S. President Donald Trump��� s threats of economic pain and isolation, while the U.K and other nations condemned Israel over a controversial settlement project. In Gaza City, a mass funeral was held for 50 people killed in Israeli airstrikes nearly three years ago but wh Quebec���s premier says Canada-US trade talks are ���far from over��� 08/20/2026 09:11am • TORONTO (AP) ��� Quebec���s premier said Canada-U.S. trade negotiations are ���far from over��� and demanded more information from Prime Minister Mark Carney before deciding whether an emerging agreement adequately protects Quebec���s dairy and forestry sectors. Premier Christine Fr��chette also pus