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Trump wraps up UK state visit, largely sidestepping tough issues

AYLESBURY, England (AP) — President Donald Trump said Thursday that he was "tremendously thankful" for the pageantry and splendor lavished on him during his second state visit to the United Kingdom as he wrapped up a trip that largely sidestepped major public disagreements over difficult ...

Rubio visits Israel as strikes intensify in northern Gaza

JERUSALEM (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio was in Israel on Sunday as its military intensified attacks on northern Gaza, flattening multiple high-rise building and killing at least 13 Palestinians. Rubio said before the trip that he would seek answers from Israeli officials about ...

Brazil’s Lula pushes back against tariff

BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Sunday pushed back against a 50% tariff on Brazilian imported goods to the United States, arguing that it was "political" and "illogical." Lula said in a New York Times op-ed that his government is open to negotiating ...

Russian drone incursion prompts NATO leaders to take stock of bigger threats

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — European leaders on Thursday expressed alarm over growing Russian hostility threatening their countries as Moscow's forces pursue their invasion of Ukraine — concerns exacerbated by events of the previous day when multiple Russian drones struck Polish soil. The incursion into Poland, which came during unrelenting Russian strikes on neighboring Ukraine, deepened longstanding fears that the three-year war between Poland's neighbors could precipitate a wider conflict. U.S.-led efforts to steer Moscow and Kyiv toward a peace settlement have so far failed to get ...

NATO scrambles jets to shoot down Russian drones in Poland

WOHYN, Poland (AP) — Multiple Russian drones crossed into Poland in what European officials described Wednesday as a deliberate provocation, causing NATO to send fighter jets to shoot them down. A NATO spokesman said it was the first time the alliance confronted a potential threat in its ...

Ukraine government building damaged by Russian attack

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia hit Ukraine's capital with drones and missiles Sunday in the largest aerial attack since the war began, killing four people across the country and damaging a key government building. Russia attacked with 810 drones and decoys, Ukraine's air force said, adding it ...