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Bessent will meet China's vice premier in Paris ahead of Trump's visit to Beijing
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will meet with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng on Sunday and Monday in Paris for a new round of trade talks, the Treasury Department said Thursday, paving the way for President Donald Trump's state visit to Beijing starting March 31.China has yet to announce the talks between He and Bessent, which are seen as preparatory work for the state visit that Beijing also has not confirmed. The White House has said Trump is traveling to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping, and it's widely believed that the visit aims to keep relations... Read More
1 of 3 victims has died after a shooting at Virginia's Old Dominion University, campus police say
A gunman and one victim are dead and two other victims are hurt after a shooting at Old Dominion University on Thursday morning, the Virginia school’s police said.At a news conference Thursday, Old Dominion University Police Chief Garrett Shelton confirmed that one of the three victims injured has died. He said authorities learned that there was a third victim who brought themselves to a hospital, he said. The two remaining victims appear to be in stable condition, he said.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.
A gunman is... Read More
A new exhibit shows plaster casts of Pompeii victims frozen at the time of death
POMPEII, Italy (AP) — More than 20 plaster casts of victims who died in the catastrophic volcano eruption in Pompeii went on display for the first time Thursday in a permanent exhibition.The casts, which scholars call “imprints of pain,” dramatically capture the position each resident was in when they died in 79 AD. The reproductions were created by pouring liquid plaster into the voids left by the decomposed bodies in the hardened ash.
Curators wanted to “give dignity to these people who are like us -- women, children, men -- who died during the eruption, but... Read More
The Latest: Israel bombs central Beirut, US airstrikes top 6,000, Iran escalates attacks
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei issued his first statement on the war on Thursday, saying Iran should close the Strait of Hormuz and keep attacking its Gulf Arab neighbors as leverage. Khamenei also called on people in Gulf countries to “shut down” U.S. bases, saying promised U.S. protection is “nothing more than a lie.”Khamenei did not appear on camera. Israeli intelligence assessed that he was likely wounded in the war’s opening salvo, which he said also killed his wife, one of his sisters, his niece and his father, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali... Read More
Israeli military drops charges against soldiers accused of sexually assaulting Palestinian detainee
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's military on Thursday said it was dropping charges against five soldiers accused of beating and sexually abusing a Palestinian detainee in an alleged assault partially caught on camera.The decision, which came as much of the country’s attention was focused on the war with Iran, closed a flashpoint case that has bitterly divided Israel since the soldiers were arrested in 2024 at the notorious Sde Teiman military prison, prompting anger from members of the far-right government and hard-line ultranationalists who violently overran the prison in... Read More
Top Stories
- Oil jumps to $100 per barrel and stocks sink worldwide with no clear end in sight for the Iran war
- 1 of 3 victims has died after a shooting at Virginia's Old Dominion University, campus police say
- Israeli military drops charges against soldiers accused of sexually assaulting Palestinian detainee
- Armed man rammed vehicle into Michigan synagogue and was fatally shot by security, AP source says
- Trump bragged about low gas prices. The Iran conflict has him doing an about-face
- Iran's secretive top leader vows to keep up attacks in his first statement since being appointed
- Senate passes bipartisan housing bill to improve access and affordability
- Iran-linked hackers take aim at US and other targets, raising risk of cyberattacks during war
- After years of growth, Georgiaâs film industry hits a painful reset
- Smaller portions are a big restaurant trend as customers watch their budgets and waistlines
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- A new exhibit shows plaster casts of Pompeii victims frozen at the time of death
- Morrissey calls off concert in Spain after local festivities deprived him of sleep
- After years of growth, Georgiaâs film industry hits a painful reset
- Specially built wood horn known as holztrompete sounds at Met Opera in Wagner's `Tristan und Isolde'
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- Wilt Chamberlain's friends, family root for today's NBA stars to challenge Hall of Famer's records
- WNBA and its players' union meet for third straight day trying to come to agreement on new CBA
- No. 20 Miami (Ohio) drops MAC opener, the first loss for D-I's last undefeated men's team
- FC Barcelona's 100,000-plus members vote for president with club buried under a mountain of debt