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German leader to make his 1st visit to China next week as country seeks 'right balance' in ties
BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Friedrich Merz will make his first visit to China next week since taking the helm of Europe's biggest economy, as he tries to position the country to a world in which assertive great powers play an increasingly dominant role.Merz will be received in Beijing on Wednesday by Premier Li Qiang and Chinese leader Xi Jinping, government spokesperson Sebastian Hille said Friday. He will also visit Hangzhou in southeastern China.
The theme of the trip will be “competition,” Hille told reporters in Berlin, and “the right balance of... Read More
Ramadan's first Friday prayers are held at Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Tens of thousands of Muslims gathered under heavy security at Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque compound for the first Friday prayers of the holy month of Ramadan, among them Palestinians who crossed into Israel from the occupied West Bank.The prayers at Al-Aqsa took place for the first time since a shaky ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas went into effect in October. It was the first opportunity many had to leave the West Bank and pray at the site in Jerusalem’s Old City since Ramadan last year.
But Israel restricted the number of... Read More
Barcelonaâs Sagrada Familia to reach its peak with the completion of its soaring central tower
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Barcelona's towering Sagrada Familia basilica will reach its maximum height on Friday, though the magnum opus of Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí remains years away from completion.A crane was placing the upper arm of a cross atop the “Tower of Jesus Christ," the church's soaring central piece, which will stand 172.5 meters (566 feet) above the city, the church said.
While the unfinished monument is already the world's tallest church, with Friday's addition the Sagrada Familia — still surrounded by building cranes and scaffolding — will... Read More
Trump has stocked his administration with people who have backed his false 2020 election claims
President Donald Trump has long spread conspiracy theories about voting designed to explain away his 2020 election loss to Democrat Joe Biden. Now that he's president again, Trump has stocked his administration with those who have promoted his falsehoods and in some cases helped him try to overturn his loss.Those election conspiracists now holding official power range from the attorney general to lawyers filing lawsuits for the Justice Department. Kurt Olsen, a lawyer who unsuccessfully pushed the Justice Department in 2020 to back the president's false claims, is now leading a... Read More
Life is harsh and dangerous in Russian-run parts of Ukraine, activists and former residents say
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Even now, safely in her new home of Estonia, Inna Vnukova says she can’t purge the terrifying memory of living under Russian occupation in eastern Ukraine early in the war and her family’s harrowing escape.They hid in a damp basement for days in their village of Kudriashivka after Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022. In the streets, soldiers waving machine guns bullied residents, set up checkpoints and looted homes. There was constant shelling.
“Everyone was very scared and afraid to go outside,” Vnukova told The Associated... Read More
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- Trump has stocked his administration with people who have backed his false 2020 election claims
- Life is harsh and dangerous in Russian-run parts of Ukraine, activists and former residents say
- Police search Mountbatten-Windsor's former home a day after his arrest
- Saudi Arabia may have uranium enrichment under proposed deal with US, arms control experts warn
- Asian shares are mixed, US futures edge higher as AI fears drag Wall Street lower
- Trump climate health rollback likely to hit poor, minority areas hardest, experts say
- Ex-South Korean president remains defiant following life sentence for rebellion
- Crews hope to resume recovery of 8 bodies from California avalanche after days of dangerous weather
- Israeli settlers kill 19-year-old Palestinian American, officials and witnesses say
- Eric Dane, 'Grey's Anatomy' star and ALS awareness advocate, dies at 53
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- Police search Mountbatten-Windsor's former home a day after his arrest
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