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FILE- Attendants sit next to a field contaminated with dioxin before a ceremony marking the start of a project to clean up dioxin left over from the Vietnam War, at a former U.S. military base in Danang, Vietnam, Aug. 9, 2012. (AP Photo/Maika Elan, File)

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USAID cuts jeopardize Agent Orange cleanup and other efforts critical to ties with Vietnam
By DAVID RISING AND ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL - Associated Press
Wed,03/19/25-4:29AM , 55 Reads
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — At a former American air base in southern Vietnam, work abruptly stopped last month on efforts to clean up tons of soil contaminated with deadly dioxin from the military’s Agent Orange defoliant.
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The central Dutch city of Utrecht has installed a “fish doorbell” on a river lock, allowing viewers of an online livestream to alert authorities to fish being held up as they make their springtime migration to shallow spawning grounds. (AP Video: Aleks Furtula)

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Quirky livestream that lets viewers help fish is a hit with millions
By ALEKSANDAR FURTULA - Associated Press
Wed,03/19/25-1:09AM , 64 Reads
UTRECHT, Netherlands (AP) — The central Dutch city of Utrecht has installed a “ fish doorbell ” on a river lock that lets viewers of an online livestream alert authorities to fish being held up as they make their springtime migration to shallow spawning grounds.
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Turkish police arrest Istanbul mayor, a key Erdogan rival, as government crackdown escalates
By MEHMET GUZEL AND SUZAN FRASER - Associated Press
Wed,03/19/25-12:34AM , 167 Reads
ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish police on Wednesday arrested Istanbul’s mayor — a popular opposition leader and key rival of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan — and several other prominent figures as part of investigations into alleged corruption and terror links.
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Relatives of hostage held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip, stand by the Israe-Gaza border fence, calling for their release and expressing concerns that the resumption of fighting in Gaza puts their loved ones at risk, in southern Israel, Tuesday, March 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

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Families of hostages in Gaza are terrified they won't return after Israel resumes fighting
By SAM MEDNICK - Associated Press
Tue,03/18/25-11:16AM , 182 Reads
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — When a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas began two months ago, Herut Nimrodi knew it would take time before her son was released from captivity in Gaza.
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