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Month: April 2024

Biden will meet with Philippine and Japanese leaders as worry grows over China’s Indo-Pacific action

By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is gathering Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida for a first-of-its-kind White House summit. Thursday’s meeting is aimed at demonstrating Washington, Manila and Tokyo are in lockstep in their concerns about China’s military assertiveness in the Indo-Pacific. Senior Biden

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Australian judge ends women’s case against Qatar Airways but allows lawsuit against subsidiary

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — An Australian court has rejected a case brought by five women seeking compensation from Qatar Airways over invasive gynecological examinations conducted on passengers at Doha’s airport in 2020. The women’s case against the airport’s operator is still going ahead, however. The five women, whose identities have been concealed by the courts,

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Biden awards $830 million to toughen nation’s infrastructure against climate change

By ALEXA ST. JOHN Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — The Biden administration is handing out almost $830 million in grants for 80 projects around the country aimed at toughening infrastructure against the extreme weather of climate change. The money will pay for things like moving roads, raising bridges, improving drainage and improving evacuation routes. And

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In Russia’s Far East, a new heavy-lift rocket blasts off into space after two aborted launches

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia on Thursday successfully test-launched a new heavy-lift rocket from its Far Eastern space complex, a lift-off that comes after two aborted attempts earlier this week. The first attempt to launch the Angara-A5 rocket from the Vostochny spaceport on Tuesday was canceled about two minutes before the scheduled liftoff due to a

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