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Philippines, US and allies start military exercises testing 'real‑world' readiness

Philippine and U.S. forces will carry out maritime strike drills on a remote Philippine island near Taiwan during annual exercises that started on Monday, which Manila’s military chief said would test their readiness under "real‑world conditions". The April 20 to May 8 exercises known as "Balikatan", or "shoulder-to-shoulder", will be the largest yet in terms of participating countries, with Australia included again and Canada, France, New Zealand and Japan joining as active participants for the first time, highlighting Manila's widening network of security partnerships. The exercises w

Nigeria tightens broadcast rules to curb divisive content ahead of 2027 elections

Apple withholds data in India antitrust case, watchdog sets final hearing

BOJ is likely to hold off raising rates in April, sources say

The Bank of Japan is likely to hold off raising interest rates next week, said five sources familiar with its thinking, as fading prospects of a near-term end to the Middle East war keep the country's economic and price outlook highly uncertain.While a final decision may be a close call and dependent on developments over U.S.-Iran peace negotiations, the central bank is leaning towards standing pat this month to spend more time gauging the fallout from the conflict, the sources said."Given so much uncertainty, the BOJ probably would see it feasible to stand pat this month," one of the source

Value of global dealmaking recovers as firms pursue big transactions after Iran war

Biggest party in Romanian coalition set to demand PM's resignation, political crisis looms

Ukrainian drone attack on Russia's Tuapse port kills one

A Ukrainian drone attack on Russia's Black Sea port of Tuapse sparked a fire and killed at least one person, Russian officials said on Monday, only hours after a blaze was extinguished following a similar attack on April 16. One of Russia's major southern ports, Tuapse is an oil product export hub that also handles dry bulk cargo, such as coal and fertiliser. In addition, it is home to a major oil refinery of the same name owned by Rosneft."Tuapse was subjected to another massive drone attack," Veniamin Kondratiev, governor of the Krasnodar region, said on messaging app Telegram. "A fire occ

Regulators monitor Anthropic's Mythos for banking risks

Morgan Stanley sees agentic AI widening chip spending beyond graphics processors to CPUs

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Michigan attorney general rejects Trump administration ballot request amid broader push to challenge elections

Michigan’s attorney general is rejecting an effort by the US Justice Department to obtain ballots and other voting materials from the Detroit area, a target of the Trump administration’s efforts to probe elections in states that the president falsely claims he won in 2020.Harmeet Dhillon, the DOJ’s assistant attorney general for civil rights, sent a letter to the clerk who oversees elections in Wayne County, Michigan’s most populous, on Tuesday, requesting she turn over all ballots, ballot receipts and ballot envelopes from the 2024 election within two weeks.Michigan Attorney General D

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Man kills 7 of his children plus another child in shooting in Louisiana neighborhood

A Louisiana father fatally shot eight children, including seven of his own, in an attack on his family Sunday morning that stretched across two houses in a Shreveport neighborhood left shaken by one of the nation’s deadliest mass shootings in recent years, police said. Two women, including the gunman's wife who was the mother of their children, were also shot and critically wounded, according to Shreveport Police Department spokesperson Chris Bordelon. Officials said the children — who were all killed in the same house — ranged in age from 3 to 11 years old.

Police officer shares details about Louisiana mass shooting

Louisiana gunman killed 8 children, including 7 of his own, police say, in deadliest mass shooting since 2024

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3 students, 2 others shot along nightlife district near the University of Iowa, authorities say

A shooting during a fight in a nightlife district near the University of Iowa campus wounded five people early Sunday, including three students, police and university officials said. Multiple victims were transported to hospitals for gunshot wounds, according to Iowa City police. One person was in critical condition while four others were stable, police said. No arrests had been made as of Sunday morning, according to a campus alert. Police released photos of groups of people that were identified as persons of interest. Officers were r

Trump to read Bible verse from Oval Office after feud with Pope and deleted AI image

President Donald Trump will participate in a public Bible reading this week as the administration continues to integrate religion, particularly Christianity, into official business.“On April 21, President Trump is scheduled to read Scripture via video message from the Oval Office during the 6 p.m. EST hour,” a press release from organizers reads. The event is called “America Reads The Bible.”Trump’s participation in the weeklong reading is particularly notable given his recent feud with Pope Leo over the Iran conflict and the backlash he received earlier this week for posting – and

Hundreds trying to storm Wisconsin beagle research facility met with rubber bullets, pepper spray

Mamdani and Obama meet face-to-face in New York City

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‘Robots don’t bleed’: Ukraine sends machines into the battlefield in place of human soldiers

The scene is as old as warfare itself. Two soldiers, hands in the air, surrendering and carefully following the orders barked at them by the other side.Except in this case, there were no human captors in sight. Instead, the two Russians were submitting to Ukrainian land robots and drones controlled by a pilot from the safety of a position miles away from the front line.This is the future of warfare – and it’s happening now.“The position was taken without a single shot being fired,” Mykola “Makar” Zinkevych, the commander of the Ukrainian unit that conducted the mission, told CNN.Zi

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Strong earthquake hits off Japan’s coast, tsunami warning issued

A three-meter (9.8-foot) tsunami warning has been issued for Japan after a strong 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck off the northeastern coast, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency and the US Geological Survey.The Japan Meteorological Agency issued a three-meter tsunami warning for the Iwate prefecture and parts of Hokkaido and Aomori. In other areas of northeastern Japan, it issued an advisory, estimating a tsunami of up to one meter (3.3 feet).The US Tsunami Warning System reported that the magnitude of the earthquake off the east coast of Honshu, Japan, was 7.4. The tsunami threat was

US forces fired 'several rounds' at Iranian-flagged ship’s engine room, military says

Bulgaria's Kremlin-friendly ex-president wins election in landslide

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UK PM Starmer faces tough week as scandal over his Epstein-linked pick for US ambassador refuses to die down

When Keir Starmer was elected Britain’s prime minister nearly two years ago, his promise to a public weary of political scandals and turmoil was that his government would be different.Yet the furor over Starmer’s decision to appoint Peter Mandelson – whose close ties to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein would be detailed in files released by the US Department of Justice – as Britain’s ambassador to the United States is once again threatening to engulf his premiership.Now, he faces a crucial week navigating the latest fallout from the scandal, after it emerged on Thursday that Mandelson ha

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Oil prices rise after Iran restricts access to Strait of Hormuz and ceasefire nears expiration

Oil prices climbed Sunday after Iran once again blocked the passage of most ships through the Strait of Hormuz, a key waterway for one-fifth of the world’s crude.Brent crude, the international benchmark, was up about 7% to $96.88, after settling on Friday at its lowest level since March 10 on news Iran would re-open the strait. US crude was up 7% to $90.33.But it remained unclear how open the strait truly was and which ships would be able to transit when. And on Saturday, Iran said it was closing the Strait of Hormuz again, blaming the United States for “breaches of trust.”After announci