White House says Trump paid $38m in income taxes in 2005

WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump reported more than $150 million in income in 2005 and $38 million paid in taxes that year, according to a statement released on Tuesday by the White House.

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Park facing possibility of going from palace to prison

SEOUL - When impeached president Park Geun-hye leaves the presidential palace, she will go back to her house in Seoul's luxury Gangnam district surrounded by a high wall and bamboo. She may have to move again, next time to a cramped jail cell.

WikiLeaks offers tech firms CIA hacking secrets

WASHINGTON - WikiLeaks will provide technology companies with exclusive access to CIA hacking tools that it possesses, to allow them to patch software flaws, founder Julian Assange said on Thursday.

New Trump ban facing mounting legal challenges

SEATTLE - Legal challenges against US President Donald Trump's revised travel ban mounted on Thursday as Washington state said it would renew its request to block the executive order and a judge granted Oregon's request to join the case.

Japan exploring legality of making preemptive strikes

TOKYO - Japan's Defense Minister Tomomi Inada suggested on Thursday that it may be legally possible for Japanese troops to acquire the capability to conduct preemptive strikes against enemy bases.

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Torment and taunts for Fukushima kids

HIRONO, JapanSatsuki Sekine's home was destroyed in Japan's 2011 tsunami disaster and her family fled in the nuclear panic that followed. But crueller still were the insults and stigmatization she faced in the community where she sought refuge.

Child jockeys remain in the saddle as Mongolia rides a questionable course

TSAGAAN HUTUL, Mongolia - Courts banned them, human-rights groups slammed them and the labor ministry demands they cease, but none of that has stopped Mongolia's politicians from letting child jockeys saddle up.

Samsung chief denies all charges as trial begins

SEOUL - The head of Samsung, Lee Jae-yong, denies all charges against him, his lawyer said on Thursday, at the start of what the special prosecutor said could be the "trial of the century" amid a political scandal that has rocked the country.

China offers new idea on human rights governance

GENEVA - A group of Chinese human rights scholars on Wednesday elaborated the idea of a community of shared future for mankind in the context of human rights governance, saying interpretation of human rights ideas cannot be taken out of their cultural contexts.

Fearless Girl stares iconic Charging Bull

NEW YORK - A new statue of a resolute young girl staring down Wall Street's famous Charging Bull was erected by a major asset managing firm for International Women's Day to make a point: There's a dearth of women on the boards of the largest US corporations.