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Norway wants a 'historic increase' in defense spending of $56 billion over the next 12 years 04/05/2024 08:30am • COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) ��� The Norwegian center-left governnment said Friday it plans ���a historic increase��� in defense spending of 600 billion kroner ($56 billion) over the next 12 years. ���We need a defense that is fit for purpose in the emerging security environment," Prime Minister Jonas G Yellen calls for level playing field for US workers and firms during China visit 04/05/2024 08:21am • GUANGZHOU, China (AP) ��� U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen called on China on Friday to address manufacturing overcapacity that she said risks causing global economic dislocation, and to create a level playing field for American companies and workers. Starting a five-day visit in one of China��� A film in Nigeria remembers the Chibok girls abducted 10 years ago, and unites heartbroken families 04/05/2024 02:00am • ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) ��� Not a day goes by without Lawan Zanna remembering his daughter Aisha in prayers. She was among the 276 schoolgirls kidnapped 10 years ago when Islamic extremists broke into their school in northeastern Nigeria���s Chibok village. ���It makes me so angry to talk about it,��� s South Korea election issues: Green onions, striking doctors, an alleged sexist jab at a candidate 04/05/2024 12:13am • SEOUL, South Korea (AP) ��� Soaring prices for green onions and apples. Striking doctors. A politician's allegedly sexist jab at a female candidate. These are among the issues animating voters in South Korea this year. As South Koreans prepare to vote for a new 300-member parliament next week, many Kansas lawmakers scuttle a plan for cutting taxes, defying the governor and GOP leaders 04/04/2024 10:38pm • TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) ��� A bipartisan group of rank-and-file lawmakers in Kansas scuttled a plan for cutting taxes Thursday, with Republicans defying GOP leaders and Democrats ignoring a personal appeal from the state's Democratic governor. The state House rejected a plan to cut taxes by about $1.4 bi Caitlin Clark and Paige Bueckers have been in each other's orbit for years. The Final Four beckons 04/04/2024 10:23pm • CLEVELAND (AP) ��� Their memories are blurry. Of AAU tournaments and Team USA practices. Of gold medals and deep 3s. Of the girl with the brown ponytail with the unlimited range who always seemed to know what was coming next and the blonde who never got rattled with the ball in her hands, by oppone In swing-state Wisconsin, Democrat hustles to keep key Senate seat against Trump-backed millionaire 04/04/2024 03:32pm • NEW GLARUS, Wis. (AP) ��� Democratic Sen. Tammy Baldwin, whose ���go everywhere��� 2018 campaign strategy became a model for how to win in battleground Wisconsin, knows her road to victory this year against a multimillionaire Republican supporter of former President Donald Trump goes through places Myanmar resistance group says its drones hit targets in the capital, but army says it shot them down 04/04/2024 12:25pm • BANGKOK (AP) ��� Myanmar���s main pro-democracy resistance group said Thursday its armed wing launched drone attacks on the airport and a military headquarters in the capital, Naypyitaw, but the country���s ruling military said it destroyed or seized more than a dozen drones used in the attacks. The Algerians question president for calling an early election without announcing his own campaign 04/04/2024 10:43am • ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) ��� Like many of the elections in more than 50 countries voting this year, the upcoming presidential race in Algeria was supposed to be a sleepy affair. With few viable opposition candidates capable of mounting a serious challenge, President Abdelmadjid Tebboune looked poised Finland will keep its border with Russia closed until further notice over migration concerns 04/04/2024 10:40am • HELSINKI (AP) ��� Finland will extend the closure of its border crossing points with Russia beyond the current April 14 deadline ���until further notice��� due to a high risk of organized migration orchestrated by Moscow, the Finnish government said on Thursday. The Finnish Interior Ministry said in US treasury secretary is in China to talk trade, anti-money laundering and Chinese 'overproduction' 04/04/2024 09:34am • GUANGZHOU, China (AP) ��� Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen arrived in China on Thursday for five days of meetings in a nation determined to avoid open conflict with the United States, yet the world's two largest economies still appear to be hashing out the rules on how to compete against each other. What is next for billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott's giving? 04/04/2024 08:02am • Much about billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott���s giving remains a mystery, but those receiving grants from her recent open call for nonprofits do offer some insights, experts say. Scott's grants, announced in March, largely fall in line with her usual themes ��� with equity and justice, ed Family and friends recall dedication of World Central Kitchen aid workers killed in Gaza 04/04/2024 03:50am • Israeli airstrikes that killed seven aid workers in Gaza reverberated around the world, as friends and relatives mourned the losses of those who were delivering food to besieged Palestinians with the charity World Central Kitchen. Killed were three British nationals, an Australian, a Polish national Jewish group launches Holocaust survivor speakers bureau to fight increasing antisemitism worldwide 04/04/2024 12:04am • BERLIN (AP) ��� More than 250 Holocaust survivors have joined an international initiative to share their stories of loss and survival with students around the world during a time of rising antisemitism following the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel that triggered the war in the Gaza Strip. The Survivor MBA Scholarships That Help Pay for School 04/03/2024 08:00pm • Multiple scholarships, fellowships and grants are available for students enrolling in a Master of Business Administration program. Since these funds do not need to be repaid, they are basically free money to help pay for your degree. Some awards are national while others are college-specific. Some a