China says it tailed a US spy plane through the sensitive Taiwan Strait

China says it tailed a US spy plane through the sensitive Taiwan Strait

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Chinese warplanes tailed a U.S. military aircraft through the sensitive Taiwan Strait on Tuesday, China’s military said. The U.S. aircraft was a P-8A Poseidon patrol and reconnaissance plane, capable of conducting long-range anti-submarine warfare, according to a statement by the People’s Liberation Army’s Eastern Theater Command. Chinese military forces “organized warplanes

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Wildfires in Portugal blamed for three deaths as Europe sends aircraft to help

Wildfires in Portugal blamed for three deaths as Europe sends aircraft to help

LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Five thousand firefighters struggled Tuesday to contain multiple wildfires raging across northern Portugal that are blamed for causing three deaths and forcing an unknown number of residents to flee their homes. Some 100 fires reported by national authorities stretched the firefighting brigades. Authorities have yet to give figures on how many

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Israel-Hamas war latest: Israel will do ‘whatever is necessary’ to bring home north border residents

Israel-Hamas war latest: Israel will do ‘whatever is necessary’ to bring home north border residents

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Tuesday that returning residents evacuated from Israel’s north due to cross-border fighting with Hezbollah is now an official war goal . Hezbollah began striking Israel almost immediately after Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack that sparked the Israel-Hamas war . Since then, Israel and Hezbollah have exchanged fire daily, coming close

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German opposition Christian Democrats tap leader Friedrich Merz as their candidate for chancellor

German opposition Christian Democrats tap leader Friedrich Merz as their candidate for chancellor

BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s opposition center-right Christian Democratic Union announced Tuesday that it has chosen its leader, Friedrich Merz, to be its candidate for chancellor in next year’s national election. The choice was announced at a news conference in Berlin with Merz and Markus Soeder, the leader of the CDU’s smaller Bavarian counterpart, the Christian

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