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MANILA, May 7 (Reuters) – The Philippine Coast Guard has accused China of conducting illegal marine scientific research near the oil and gas-rich Reed bank within Manila’s exclusive economic zone in the South China Sea, according to a Thursday statement.  “We will continue to challenge any illegal activities that undermine our sovereignty and sovereign rights,” PCG commandant Admiral Ronnie Gil Gavan said.  • PCG aircraft spotted Chinese research vessel Xiang […]

MANILA, May 7 (Reuters) – The Philippine Coast Guard has accused China of conducting illegal marine scientific research near the oil and gas-rich Reed bank within Manila’s exclusive economic zone in the South China Sea, according to a Thursday statement.  “We will continue to challenge any illegal activities that undermine our sovereignty and sovereign rights,” PCG commandant Admiral Ronnie Gil Gavan said.  • PCG aircraft spotted Chinese research vessel Xiang […]

By Mikhail Flores and Panarat Thepgumpanat CEBU, Philippines, May 7 (Reuters) – The leaders of Thailand and Cambodia will meet in the Philippines for rare talks following deadly fighting between the neighbours last year, as a ceasefire holds with no formal resolution in sight. Troops remain deployed on both sides of the long-disputed 817-km (508-mile) border after battles in July and December when skirmishes quickly escalated into air strikes and […]

By Mikhail Flores and Panarat Thepgumpanat CEBU, Philippines, May 7 (Reuters) – The leaders of Thailand and Cambodia will meet in the Philippines for rare talks following deadly fighting between the neighbours last year, as a ceasefire holds with no formal resolution in sight. Troops remain deployed on both sides of the long-disputed 817-km (508-mile) border after battles in July and December when skirmishes quickly escalated into air strikes and […]

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — As the music comes on in a Gaza refugee camp, a group of boys and girls start showing off their breakdancing moves, kicking and spinning with intense focus on their fast footwork. Two young girls grin at each other as they nailed a tricky part of the routine. It’s a rare moment of respite and catharsis amid the harsh realities of life in the […]

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A grassroots Warsaw soccer club formed by fans more than a decade ago to resist aggressive nationalist stadium culture is hoping to find new relevance in Poland — a country whose president doesn’t deny his own past participation in fights between football fans. AKS Zły, short for Alternatywny Klub Sportowy Zły, or Alternative Sports Club Evil, was founded in 2015 by supporters of Warsaw’s main clubs […]

BERLIN (AP) — Artist Gunter Demnig carefully placed a palm-sized Holocaust memorial brass plaque into the sidewalk on a busy street corner of Berlin. It said: “Johanna Berger, born in 1893, lived here; deported on Nov. 17, 1941, murdered on Nov. 25, 1941.” After Demnig had swiped the sand off Berger’s memorial stone and those for her husband and two sons, a dozen relatives drew closer around the four plaques, […]

LONDON (AP) — Polls have opened for midterm local and regional elections on Thursday that could deliver a heavy blow to embattled British Prime Minister Keir Starmer. Starmer’s center-left Labour Party is bracing for big losses in voting that will choose about 5,000 local councilors and a handful of mayors across England, as well as semi-autonomous parliaments in Scotland and Wales. Polls open at 7 a.m. and close at 10 […]

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s military warned Thursday it would respond strongly against any attack as it marked the anniversary of last year’s four-day conflict with neighboring India that brought the nuclear-armed rivals to the brink of war before a U.S.-brokered ceasefire halted the fighting. The military said that any “hostile design” against Pakistan would be countered with “greater strength, precision and resolve” than what India witnessed during the May 2025 […]