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China argued there was no issues with freedom of navigation and overflight in the South China Sea and urged the United States to stop “instigating ideological confrontation” and “sowing discord” in the region. “All along, it is the US side that has been indulging its allies in provocations in the South China Sea, and it is the US side that has repeatedly fabricated false propositions about China’s threat to freedom … in the South China Sea,” Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun told a regular news briefing on Friday. China also advises the Philippines not to act in accordance with…

A strong earthquake struck near Mandalay, Myanmar’s second-largest city, on Friday, damaging or collapsing bridges and buildings across a swath of Southeast Asia, killing at least 20 people in Myanmar and injuring hundreds of others.The 7.7-magnitude quake struck just before 1 p.m. local time, and a strong, 6.4-magnitude aftershock followed 11 minutes later. The shaking was felt in southern China and Vietnam and as far away as Bangkok, Thailand’s capital, where a 30-story skyscraper under construction collapsed, killing at least three people.Details of casualties and damage in Myanmar, which has been ravaged by a four-year-long civil war, were not immediately…

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz said the Democratic Party has gotten into its current mess because it wasn’t “bold enough” to stand up for diversity, equity and inclusion and immigration.  The former vice-presidential candidate appeared Thursday at a town hall event in Rosenberg, Texas, alongside former Rep. Beto O’Rourke. He told supporters “I’m just going to note this s— show of a [Signal] text chain that was going on could have used a little diversity, equity, inclusion in the people who were there.” “So I think and I’m going to own this, when we see people back off and we see corporations…

Representative Tom Cole, Republican of Oklahoma, learned that his district might lose a Social Security Administration field office and the National Weather Center’s primary storm prediction hub the same way many other Americans did: through a public webpage the Department of Government Efficiency calls its “wall of receipts.”Mr. Cole, the chairman of the powerful House Appropriations Committee that controls federal spending, quickly swung into action to try to head off the cuts. He and his aides started dialing their staff contacts at DOGE, the White House and the federal agencies in charge of the facilities on the chopping block, which…

The woman who has served nearly three decades in prison for killing Tejano music legend Selena, has been denied parole by a Texas board.

Al Jazeera reporter Tony Cheng and his crew were filming in Myanmar when one of two powerful earthquakes hit.

Defensive lineman Desmond Watson showcased his football skills in front of scouts at the Florida Gators’ NFL Pro Day on Thursday.Watson, who is listed at 464 pounds, is aiming to make NFL history. If a franchise selects Watson in next month’s draft, he would become the heaviest player drafted in league history. Florida defensive lineman Desmond Watson performs a drill during the school’s NFL football pro day, Thursday, March 27, 2025, in Gainesville, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)Watson did not speak with the media after he went through some drills in Gainesville on Thursday. But Watson’s teammates and coaches spoke on…

Washington — National security adviser Mike Waltz and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth have so far survived the disclosure that they ran a high-level meeting on a military operation via a non-government app and inadvertently included a journalist. But President Trump continues to privately vent his irritation about it and is closely monitoring the news to see if the fallout is quieting down, according to sources familiar with the matter. The issue is “still a hot potato,” one official told CBS News.Sources said Mr. Trump has been more irritated that Waltz had the phone number for the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, Jeffrey…

Attorneys for former Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil are set to take on the Trump administration in a New Jersey courtroom Friday as the president’s team fights to deport the anti-Israel activist. There will be a hearing in federal court in Newark, New Jersey, at 10 a.m. before Judge Michael E. Farbiarz. New York Judge Jesse Furman transferred the case to New Jersey, where Khalil was in custody when his attorneys filed their original writ of habeas corpus challenging his detention.Khalil has since been moved to Louisiana, though, where the Trump administration wants the case to play out.Khalil, who holds…

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Two Halifax electric scooter operators say they won’t be operating in the city this summer after the Halifax Regional Municipality awarded a pilot program contract to a Toronto-based company. Max Rastelli, who launched HFX e-Scooters in 2019, said the municipality’s decision to award Bird Canada the tender for its shared micro-mobility pilot program will create significant limitations on how riders can use his company’s scooters.“This decision is going to impact our revenues. We’re probably going to lose 90 per cent of our revenues by not being able to operate on municipal property,”…