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China will increase its defense budget 7.2% this year

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - China said Wednesday it will increase its defense budget 7.2% this year. It was announced at the National People's Congress, the annual meeting of China's legislature. The increa...

Mar 04, 2025

Trump will stand before Congress and offer a divided US an accounting of his turbulent first weeks

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump on Tuesday is expected to take credit for "swift and unrelenting action" in reorienting the nation's economy, immigration and foreign policy as he updates Cong...

Mar 04, 2025

Trump administration is set to drop lawsuit pushing Idaho to allow emergency abortions, filing shows

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Trump administration is expected to drop a federal lawsuit pushing for emergency abortions in Idaho, which has a strict ban on the procedure, according to court documents filed T...

Mar 04, 2025

Germany's likely next governing parties seek looser debt rules for more defense spending

BERLIN (AP) - The prospective partners in Germany's next government said Tuesday that they will seek to loosen the nation's rules on running up debt to allow for higher defense spending. They said the...

Mar 04, 2025

Two suicide bombings at a military base in Pakistan kill at least 9 people and injure 25

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) - Attackers launched two suicide bombings to breach a wall at a military base in northwestern Pakistan while others stormed the compound and were repelled in violence that kill...

Mar 04, 2025

Ukraine's Zelenskyy calls Oval Office spat with Trump 'regrettable'

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Tuesday the Oval Office blowup with U.S. President Donald Trump was "regrettable," and that, "it is time to make things right." Zelens...

Mar 04, 2025

At least 3 Serbian lawmakers injured as smoke bombs and flares thrown in parliament

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) - At least 3 lawmakers were injured on Tuesday, one of them seriously, after chaotic scenes in Serbia's parliament, during which smoke bombs and flares were thrown. Lawmakers wer...

Mar 04, 2025

Timber over Tinder: Bridegroom's Oak in a German forest has connected lovers for over a century

EUTIN, Germany (AP) - It's timber over Tinder in a forest in northern Germany where the Bridegroom's Oak has connected lovers for more than a century. Known as "Brutigamseiche" in German, the Bridegro...

Mar 04, 2025

Pope resting after acute breathing crises forced him to resume noninvasive ventilation

ROME (AP) - Pope Francis rested early Tuesday after he suffered further setbacks in his fight against double pneumonia: two new acute respiratory crises that required him to resume using noninvasive m...

Mar 03, 2025

Philippine fighter jet goes missing while on a mission against insurgents in a southern province

MANILA, Philippines (AP) - A Philippine air force fighter jet with two pilots on board has gone missing during a night combat assault in support of ground forces who were battling insurgents in a sout...

Mar 03, 2025