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Japan and Philippines agree to deepen defense ties due to their mutual alarm over Chinese aggression

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Japan and the Philippines agreed Monday to further deepen their defense collaboration and talk about protecting shared military information in the face of mutual alarm over China’s increasing aggressive actions in the region. […]

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The leaders of France and Britain head to Washington to urge Trump not to abandon Ukraine

LONDON (AP) — The leaders of France and Britain are making tag-team visits to Washington this week as Europe attempts to persuade President Donald Trump not to abandon Ukraine in pursuit of a peace deal in the three-year-old war with Russia. […]

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The Trump administration is firing 2,000 USAID workers and putting thousands of others on leave

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration said Sunday that it was placing all but a fraction of staffers at the U.S. Agency for International Development on leave worldwide and eliminating 2,000 U.S.-based staff positions. The move was […]

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Israel sends tanks into West Bank for first time in decades, says fleeing Palestinians can’t return

JENIN, West Bank (AP) — Israeli tanks moved into the occupied West Bank on Sunday for the first time in decades in what Palestinian authorities called a “dangerous escalation,” after the defense minister said troops […]