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Zhao met North Korean counterpart Choe Ryong Hae in Pyongyang to discuss cooperation

China's Top Legislator Meets Senior N. Korea Official: KCNA

Beijing's third highest-ranking official Zhao Leji -- a member of the powerful Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party's Politburo -- is on a goodwill visit to the nuclear-armed North as the two countries mark 75 years of diplomatic ties.

Why Would The US Defend The Philippines?

Philippine President Ferdidand Marcos (L), US President Joe Biden (C) and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida met at a trilateral summit this week in Washington
A key concern has been the South China Sea, where repeated confrontations between Chinese and Philippine vessels near disputed reefs have raised fears of a wider conflict involving the United States and other allies.

Former Trump Organization CFO Jailed For 5 Months For Perjury

The jailing of Weisselberg, who plead guilty to two counts of perjury related to his 2020 questioning during the fraud probe, comes less than a week before Trump is due to go on trial
The jailing of Weisselberg, who pleaded guilty to two counts of perjury related to his 2020 questioning during the fraud probe, comes less than a week before Trump is due to go on trial for covering up hush money payments to hide a sex scandal.
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Southern EU countries, especially Greece, Italy and Malta, have seen many land and sea arrivals in recent years

How The EU Wants To Reshape Its Asylum System

The new EU Asylum and Migration Pact will see migrants irregularly entering the EU undergo identity, health and security checks and have biometric readings of their faces and fingerprints recorded, which can take up to seven days.
Map showing the areas where the shadow of the Moon will pass during the total solar eclipse in Mexico, US and Canada on April 8

Totality Insanity: Eclipse Frenzy Hits North America

The Moon's shadow will land on Mexico's Pacific coast at 2:07 pm ET (1807 GMT), then speed northeast across a 15-state swath of the United States and on to Canada, exiting the continent over Newfoundland just under an hour and a half later.
Rescuers search the Taroko National Park after an earthquake in Hualien

Taiwan Rescuers Free Nine From Cave After Quake

Rescuers freed nine people trapped in a winding cave in Taiwan's mountainous east on Friday, while locating two others who were feared dead, as they searched for those still missing after the island's biggest earthquake in 25 years.
The US provides billions of dollars in military support to Israel per year

UN Rights Council Demands Halt To Arms Sales To Israel

The resolution -- which passed with 28 of the council's 47 member states voting in favor, six opposed and 13 abstaining -- marked the first time the United Nations top rights body has taken a position on the bloodiest-ever war to beset the besieged Palestinian territory.

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