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MELBOURNE, Australia — Australia will spend 1.7 billion Australian dollars ($1.1 billion) on building dozens of locally developed underwater attack drones, Defense Minister Richard Marles said on Wednesday.…

TOKYO — It certainly wasn’t Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce’s greatest race. But in getting to the core of who she is and how to define the most decorated female 100-meter…

HONG KONG — At her wedding, Jaedyn Yu felt her father’s tears marked a subtle yet touching shift in his attitude toward love between two women. Yu’s family…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A ship likely cut cables in the Red Sea that disrupted internet access in Africa, Asia and the Middle East, experts said Tuesday,…

UNITED NATIONS — An initial United Nations assessment of the impact of Afghanistan’s recent deadly earthquake found 5,230 homes destroyed and 672 damaged in 49 villages — but…

TOKYO — Global shares traded mixed Tuesday as eyes turned to U.S. data reports set for release later in the week that are likely to impact whether the…

Virginia voters on Tuesday are set to choose their congressional candidate to succeed the late U.S. Rep. Gerry Connolly, filling a vacant seat to represent a deep-blue, Washington-area…

BOSTON — Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, the city’s first Asian and female leader, is expected to take a critical step to securing a second term when voters on…

BATON ROUGE, La. — For decades, Kent Broussard had dreamed about joining Louisiana State University’s prestigious marching band. But, as dreams far too often go, it fell to…

HONG KONG — Schools closed, flights were disrupted and tens of thousands of people were evacuated in southern China as Tropical Storm Tapah made landfall Monday. The economic…