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HONG KONG (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday he raised the issue with Chinese President Xi Jinping of releasing a prominent detained pastor and imprisoned Hong Kong activist Jimmy Lai, and quoted Xi as saying he’d consider the pastor but that Lai’s case is a “tough one.” Speaking to reporters as he flew back from a trip to China, Trump said Xi told him he would give serious […]

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Texas Supreme Court on Friday refused to declare that Democratic lawmakers who briefly fled the state in 2025 to block a vote on new congressional voting maps pushed by President Donald Trump had vacated their office. The all-Republican court dealt a blow to Gov. Greg Abbott and state Republicans in their efforts to severely punish the more than 50 Democrats who bolted for New York, […]

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Belarus’ authoritarian leader on Friday greeted U.S. Rev. Franklin Graham, who arrived in the tightly controlled country to hold the largest evangelical Christian gathering in its history. Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko asked Graham to convey warm greetings to President Donald Trump and tell him that he has “reliable friends and supporters in Belarus.” Since Trump returned to the White House, Lukashenko has released hundreds of political […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump plans to build an exhibit of statues featuring prominent Americans in a tightly regulated park along the Potomac River, potentially opening a new legal fight over whether his administration is ignoring the approvals process that typically governs Washington’s monumental core as he muscles through a dramatic overhaul of the nation’s capital. In a Friday morning social media post, Trump said the National Garden of […]

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The Trump administration has deported 15 Latin Americans to the Democratic Republic of Congo, sending them to an unfamiliar country thousands of miles from home — many despite U.S. court orders protecting them from deportation to their homelands. The Associated Press spoke by phone with a 29-year-old Colombian woman about her experience. She spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of reprisals. Here are takeaways from […]

KAMPALA, May 15 (Reuters) – Uganda has granted a license to Elon Musk’s satellite internet firm Starlink to operate in the East African country, President Yoweri Museveni said in a post on X on Friday. Starlink, a unit of SpaceX, has been rapidly expanding across Africa and is already operating in more than a dozen countries on the continent, including Somalia. Museveni said he had presided over the signing of […]

May 15 (Reuters) – After a run of hotter-than-expected inflation data this week, investors on Friday ramped up bets that the U.S. Federal Reserve will shift into interest-rate hiking mode perhaps before the year is out, presenting a potential policy dilemma out of the starting gate for incoming central bank leader Kevin Warsh. The probability that the Fed’s benchmark interest rate would be 25 basis points higher by January’s Federal […]

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — If a gambler at Las Vegas’ high-stakes tables got on a winning run as long and as impressive as the Golden Knights’ first nine seasons in the NHL, the casino would probably encourage them to leave. The rest of the NHL can’t get rid of the Knights that easily, and their ridiculous roll has extended all the way into yet another Western Conference finals. The Knights […]

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Canadiens rookie goalie Jakub Dobes is proud he didn’t give up on himself after allowing three goals on the first four Sabres shots he faced. And he’s especially indebted to Montreal coach Martin St. Louis for not yanking him. A rocky start that wasn’t entirely Dobes’ fault, led to the goalie regaining his form and confidence. He stopped Buffalo’s final 32 shots in a 6-3 win […]