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TOKYO (AP) — The packaging on some snacks in Japan is turning a somber black-and-white, as the war in Iran disrupts the supply of an ingredient used in colored ink. Tokyo-based Calbee Inc., which makes potato chips and cereal, said what’s inside remains the same. Calbee’s popular snacks are available in Japan’s omnipresent convenience stores and shipped to the U.S., China and Australia. “This measure is intended to help maintain […]

Director Eugene Yi has always been interested in the term Asian American and Pacific Islander and which ethnicities it includes. “When we’re talking about Asian Americans or Asian people in the U.S., oftentimes it’s people who might look like you and me, and maybe not people who look like (New York City Mayor) Zohran Mamdani,” Yi told The Associated Press. “Why is that when this term is supposed to be […]

CHAMBLEE, Ga. (AP) — Being as well known as Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger would be a dream for many ambitious politicians. “I think most people by now know who I am,” the Republican candidate for governor joked Tuesday as someone put up signs with his name before a speech in the Atlanta suburb of Chamblee. But that fame may wound Raffensperger in next Tuesday’s primary because it stems […]

PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — A Utah mother who published a children’s book about grief after the death of her husband and was later found guilty of killing him finds out Wednesday how long she will spend in prison. Kouri Richins was convicted in March of aggravated murder for lacing her husband’s cocktail with five times the lethal dose of fentanyl at their home near Park City in 2022. Prosecutors […]

MODESTO, Calif. (AP) — Before every important test, teacher Nancy Barajas dims the lights, turns on a disco ball and blasts music from her playlist. Her sixth graders dance together as a “pre-celebration” to boost their confidence, then take their exam. Lately, there’s been a lot to celebrate in elementary schools in Modesto, California. Both reading and math scores have increased consistently over the past several years. But across the […]

On the reality television show “The Hills,” Spencer Pratt played something of a villain, blamed for spreading a salacious rumor and driving a wedge between his girlfriend and her best friend. Pratt is casting himself as a hero in his latest venture, a bid to be mayor of Los Angeles, in which he’s promising to rid the nation’s second most populous city of disorder and dysfunction. Originally greeted with bemusement, […]

By Stella Qiu and Alasdair Pal SYDNEY, May 13 – Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s move to wind back tax breaks for property investors has been welcomed by would-be homebuyers but criticised by investors, in what could be the defining policy of his second term as electoral power shifts to younger generations. The Labor government curbed tax deductions for investors and replaced a flat 50% discount on capital gains tax (CGT) for […]

A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Gregor Stuart Hunter With the conflict in the Middle East still mired in a stalemate, Donald Trump is on his way to Beijing to see if Chinese President Xi Jinping proves more amenable to a deal. The U.S. president is due to arrive in China later today, saying he is seeking to “open up China”, accompanied by a string […]

May 13 (Reuters) – Dubai-based telecoms group Veon on Wednesday raised its 2026 revenue growth forecast to between 11% and 14% in U.S. dollar terms, up from a previous range of 9% to 12%, after it reported a 17% jump in first-quarter revenue to $1.2 billion. The group’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation rose 17.7% from a year ago to $517 million, with the corresponding margin expanding to […]