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Tense face-off: Philippines confronts China over sea claims

By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press
Apr 27, 2023 1:00 am - ABOARD BRP MALABRIGO - A Chinese Coast Guard ship blocked a Philippine patrol vessel steaming into a disputed shoal in the South China Sea, causing a frightening near-co...
U.S. economy grew at weak 1.1% rate in Q1 in sign of slowdown

By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer
Apr 27, 2023 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - The U.S. economy slowed sharply from January through March, decelerating to just a 1.1% annual pace as higher interest rates hammered the housing market and...
Iran says senior cleric on Assembly of Experts shot dead

Apr 26, 2023 1:00 am - TEHRAN, Iran - A senior Shiite cleric in Iran was shot and killed Wednesday in an attack in a northern province along the Caspian Sea, authorities said. An attacker shot...
Jailed Kremlin foe Navalny says he may face life sentence

Apr 26, 2023 1:00 am - MOSCOW (AP) - Imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny said Wednesday that he was facing new extremism and terrorism charges that could keep him behind bars f...
House Republicans pass debt bill, push Biden on spending

By LISA MASCARO and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press
Apr 26, 2023 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - House Republicans narrowly passed sweeping legislation Wednesday that would raise the government's legal debt ceiling by $1.5 trillion in exchange for steep...
U.S., South Korea unveil new nuclear deterrence plan

By AAMER MADHANI, COLLEEN LONG and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press
Apr 26, 2023 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden and South Korea's Yoon Suk Yeol unveiled a new plan Wednesday to counter North Korea's nuclear threat, with the U.S. leader issuing a bl...
Mississippi jail escapee surrounded, believed dead

Apr 26, 2023 1:00 am - JACKSON, Miss. - Authorities hunted Wednesday for four inmates, including one suspected of killing a man and stealing his pickup truck, who escaped over the weekend from...
Pope allows women to vote at upcoming bishops' meeting

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press
Apr 26, 2023 1:00 am - VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis has decided to give women the right to vote at an upcoming meeting of bishops, a historic reform that reflects his hopes to give women greate...
Cosmetic to critical: Blue states help trans health coverage

By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press/Report for America
Apr 26, 2023 1:00 am - PORTLAND, Ore. - For most of her life in New Mexico, Christina Wood felt like she had to hide her identity as a transgender woman. So six years ago she moved to Oregon, ...
Sudanese crowd at borders to escape amid shaky truce

By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press
Apr 26, 2023 1:00 am - CAIRO - Sudanese families were massing Wednesday at a border crossing with Egypt and at a port city on the Red Sea, desperately trying to escape their country's violence...

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