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Chinese coast guard blocks vessels off South China Sea shoal, causing a collision, Philippines says
By The Associated Press on March 4th, 2024
MANILA, Philippines (AP) – Chinese coast guard ships blocked Philippine vessels from a disputed South China Sea shoal Tuesday, causing a minor collision, Philippine officials said. The Chinese vessels executed dangerous maneuvers against two Philippine ships that resulted in the collision between a Philippine coast guard vessel and a Chinese coast guard ship, Philippine coast ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Donald Trump wins North Dakota Republican caucuses, adding to victories going into Super Tuesday
By Jack Dura, The Associated Press on March 4th, 2024
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Donald Trump won the North Dakota Republican presidential caucuses on Monday, adding to his string of victories heading into Super Tuesday. The former president finished first in voting conducted at 12 caucus sites, ahead of former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley. The results resumes Trump’s winning streak, which was briefly interrupted on ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!China raises defense budget 7.2% as it pushes for global heft and regional tensions continue
By The Associated Press on March 4th, 2024
BEIJING (AP) – China on Tuesday announced a 7.2% increase in its defense budget, which is already the world’s second-highest behind the United States at 1.6 trillion yuan ($222 billion), roughly mirroring the rise of the last year. Tensions with the U.S., Taiwan, Japan and neighbors who share claims to the crucial South China Sea ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Supreme Court temporarily blocks Texas law that allows police to arrest migrants
By Acacia Coronado And Lindsay Whitehurst, The Associated Press on March 4th, 2024
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday temporarily halted a new Texas law that allows police to arrest migrants who enter the country illegally and set up another legal showdown over the federal government’s authority over immigration. Hours after the Justice Department asked the high court to intervene, the court blocked the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Gangs in Haiti try to seize control of main airport in newest attack on key government sites
By Evens Sanon And Pierre-richard Luxama, The Associated Press on March 4th, 2024
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) – Heavily armed gangs tried to seize control of Haiti’s main international airport on Monday as they exchanged gunfire with police and soldiers trying to repel them. The Toussaint Louverture International Airport was closed when the attack occurred, with no planes operating and no passengers on site. Associated Press journalists saw an ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!France becomes the only country to explicitly guarantee abortion as a constitutional right
By Barbara Surk And Nicolas Garriga, The Associated Press on March 4th, 2024
PARIS (AP) – French lawmakers on Monday overwhelmingly approved a bill to enshrine abortion rights in France’s constitution, making it the only country to explicitly guarantee a woman’s right to voluntarily terminate a pregnancy. The historic move was proposed by President Emmanuel Macron as a way to prevent the kind of rollback of abortion rights ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!UN envoy says ‘reasonable grounds’ to believe Hamas committed sexual violence on Oct. 7
By Edith M. Lederer, The Associated Press on March 4th, 2024
UNITED NATIONS (AP) – The U.N. envoy focusing on sexual violence in conflict said in a new report Monday that there are “reasonable grounds” to believe Hamas committed rape, “sexualized torture,” and other cruel and inhumane treatment of women during its surprise attack in southern Israel on Oct. 7. There are also “reasonable grounds to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Abortion is enshrined as a constitutional right in France after lawmakers approve an amendment
By Barbara Surk And Nicolas Garriga, The Associated Press on March 4th, 2024
PARIS (AP) – French lawmakers on Monday overwhelmingly approved a bill that will enshrine a woman’s right to an abortion in France’s constitution, a historic move designed to prevent the kind of rollback of abortion rights seen in the United States in recent years. In an exceptional joint session of parliament convened at the Palace ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!French lawmakers approve a bill that makes abortion a constitutional right
By Barbara Surk And Nicolas Garriga, The Associated Press on March 4th, 2024
PARIS (AP) – French lawmakers approved a bill that will enshrine a woman’s right to an abortion in the French Constitution during a historic joint session of parliament in at the Palace of Versailles on Monday. The bill was approved in an overwhelming 780-72 vote, and nearly the entire joint session stood in a long ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Massachusetts Air National Guard member Jack Teixeira pleads guilty to leaking military secrets
By Alanna Durkin Richer, The Associated Press on March 4th, 2024
BOSTON (AP) – Massachusetts Air National Guard member Jack Teixeira pleaded guilty on Monday in federal court to leaking highly classified military documents about Russia’s war in Ukraine and other national security secrets. Teixeira pleaded guilty to six counts of willful retention and transmission of national defense information under the Espionage Act nearly a year ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Settlement in Wisconsin fake elector case offers new details on the strategy by Trump lawyers
By Sophia Tareen, The Associated Press on March 4th, 2024
Two attorneys for then-President Donald Trump orchestrated a plan for fake electors to file paperwork falsely saying the Republican won Wisconsin in a strategy to overturn Joe Biden’s 2020 victory there and in other swing states, according to a lawsuit settlement reached Monday that makes public months of texts and emails. Under their agreements, Kenneth ... Read More »
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