MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) _ Hyeon Chung has reached the semifinals of a Grand Slam for the first time, following up his upset victory over six-time Australian Open championNovak Djokovic in the fourth round with a 6-4, 7-6 (5), 6-3 win Wednesday over Tennys Sandgren.The No. 58-ranked Chung is the first Korean player to reach the last four of a major, and the lowest-ranked man to reach the Australian Open semifinals since Marat Safin in 2004. (Yonhap)After taking out No. 4 Alexander Zverev and 12

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) -- A moderately strong earthquake shook the Indonesian island of Java on Tuesday, damaging hundreds of homes and seriously injuring six students at a school where a roof collapsed.According to the US Geological Survey, the magnitude 6.0 quake was centered off western Java at a depth of about 43 kilometers. The epicenter was about 153 kilometers southwest of Jakarta, the capital. People gather as they evacuate from a building after a strong earthquake in Jakarta, Indonesia

LEGAZPI, Philippines (AP) -- The Philippines' most active volcano spewed fountains of red-hot lava and massive ash plumes anew Tuesday in a dazzling but increasingly dangerous eruption that has sent 56,000 villagers fleeing to evacuation centers.Lava fountains gushed up 700 meters above Mount Mayon's crater and ash plumes rose up to 3 kilometers at night and at least twice Tuesday, according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology. An explosive eruption at noon Monday was the m

WASHINGTON -— President Donald Trump signed a bill reopening the government late Monday, ending a 69-hour display of partisan dysfunction after Democrats reluctantly voted to temporarily pay for resumed operations. They relented in return for Republican assurances that the Senate will soon take up the plight of young immigrant “dreamers” and other contentious issues.The vote set the stage for hundreds of thousands of federal workers to return on Tuesday, cutting short what could have become a me

LAUSANNE, Switzerland -- Olympic and government officials from North Korea and South Korea have begun a meeting at the International Olympic Committee headquarters in Switzerland to confirm how they will unite for the Pyeongchang Winter Games next month.Sports ministers from both countries have joined the session to build on a breakthrough agreement reached Wednesday at their shared border. yeongChang 2018 Olympics (POCOG) President Lee Hee-beom, North Korea`s Sports Minister and Olympic Committ

WASHINGTON -- The federal government shut down at the stroke of midnight Friday, halting all but the most essential operations and marring the one-year anniversary of President Donald Trump's inauguration in a striking display of Washington dysfunction.Last-minute negotiations crumbled as Senate Democrats blocked a four-week stopgap extension in a late-night vote, causing the fourth government shutdown in a quarter century. The slide toward closure lacked for high drama: The Senate vote was all

LAUSANNE, Switzerland -- The International Olympic Committee said Friday it has created a pool of 389 Russians who are eligible to compete under a neutral flag at next month's Winter Olympics amid the country's doping scandal.An IOC panel whittled down an initial list of 500 to create what the IOC calls "a pool of clean athletes.'' That could potentially make it possible for Russia to meet its target of fielding around 200 athletes in Pyeongchang _ slightly fewer than in Sochi in 2014, but more

North Korea on Friday abruptly canceled plans to send a delegation led by the head of a hugely popular girl band to South Korea over the weekend to check preparations for a trip by a North Korean art troupe she also leads during next month's Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. (AP file photo)South Korea's Unification Ministry said North Korea didn't explain why it was "suspending" the two-day visit by the seven-member advance team that it proposed just hours earlier through a cross-border communication

Rohingya refugees are continuing to flee from Myanmar into Bangladesh, even after the two countries said they will begin repatriating members of the minority ethnic group next week, a Bangladesh official said Friday.Over 650,000 Rohingya Muslims poured into Bangladesh after Myanmar's military launched a brutal crackdown against them in August.More than 100 Rohingya have entered Bangladesh in the past two days, according to Mohammed Mikaruzzaman, a top official in Bangladesh's Ukhiya sub-district

Russian President Vladimir Putin has taken a dip in icy lake waters to celebrate Epiphany, a major holiday in Orthodox Christianity marking the baptism of Jesus.Russian television stations have shown the 65-year-old Putin approaching a hole cut in the ice on Lake Seliger in northwestern Russia and then dunking himself in and crossing himself.  Russian President Vladimir Putin plunges into the icy waters of lake Seliger during the celebration of the Epiphany holiday in Russia`s Tver region early

JOHANNESBURG -- First, there was outrage in Africa at President Donald Trump's vulgar comment about the continent. Now some governments and tourism operators are humorously exploiting it to promote Africa's many attractions.Trump referred to African nations as "shithole countries" last week during a meeting in Washington, according to several participants. The president denied using that language.The Gondwana Collection, a private tourism operator in Namibia, has released a video featuring the s

SANTA ANA, Calif. -— The parents of a 19-year-old University of Pennsylvania student killed and buried in a California park said Tuesday that the killing may have been a hate crime against their gay son.The family statement came after a search warrant affidavit obtained by a newspaper revealed that Samuel Lincoln Woodward, 20, the high school friend arrested on suspicion of killing Blaze Bernstein, told investigators that Bernstein had kissed him and he had pushed him away before they went to th

DETROIT — Japanese vehicle brands are exploring new design ideas — and figuring out what sets them apart from their US and European rivals — with new prototype vehicles.Nissan, Infiniti and Lexus are all unveiling new concept cars at the Detroit auto show, which opens to the public Saturday. Infiniti`s Q Inspiration concept appears on display at the North American International Auto Show, Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2018, in Detroit. (APConcepts are used to test ideas and see how show visitors react. Some

VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- Secretary of State Rex Tillerson called on Tuesday for nations to step up the US-led “maximum pressure” campaign against North Korea by thwarting efforts to evade sanctions and interdicting ships conducting illicit trade with the pariah nation.The uncompromising message, delivered to a gathering of 20 nations that were on America’s side during the Korean War, was coupled with skepticism among the allies over North Korea’s sincerity in its recent diplomatic opening

TOKYO -- A city in central Japan used its emergency loudspeaker system in an attempt to recall four packages of blowfish meat after discovering a fifth one contained the potentially deadly liver.  No one has died. The fish, known as fugu, is an expensive winter delicacy but requires a license to prepare because of the dangers of mishandling. The fugu's liver is mostly toxic and banned. In this Nov. 16, 2000, photo, fugu, or a blowfish, is shown at a restaurant in Shimonoseki, southwest of Tokyo.