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Pacific island leaders agree to enhance Japan's role in the region amid growing China influence 07/19/2024 12:33am • TOKYO (AP) — Leaders of 18 Pacific island nations and areas agreed to an enhanced role of Japan in the region's development while opposing any attempted coercive activity, in a joint declaration adopted at their summit Thursday, as Tokyo seeks greater engagement to counter China's influence. The Ursula von der Leyen reelected to a second 5-year term as European Commission president 07/18/2024 09:22pm • STRASBOURG, France (AP) — Lawmakers at the European Parliament on Thursday reelected Ursula von der Leyen to a second 5-year term as president of the European Union’s executive commission, giving her a comfortable majority and heading off a possible leadership vacuum. Von der Leyen raised both f Who is Itamar Ben-Gvir, the far-right minister who visited a contested Jerusalem holy site? 07/18/2024 08:46pm • TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel's far-right national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, visited Jerusalem's most sensitive holy site on Thursday, a move that could threaten the delicate Gaza cease-fire talks. Itamar Ben-Gvir, an ultranationalist settler leader, said he had gone up to the contested How to Convert to a Roth IRA 07/18/2024 08:00pm • A Roth individual retirement account allows tax-free growth of retirement savings. It's an attractive concept as it can help reduce your tax burden in retirement, a time when most people are limited in how much income they generate. One drawback to a Roth IRA is that it's only available to single ta 15 Ways to Get Free Money from the Government 07/18/2024 08:00pm • Life is expensive, and managing money is complicated. 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Costs of Retiring on a Cruise Shi Trump's convention notably downplays Jan. 6 and his lies about election fraud 07/18/2024 02:57pm • MILWAUKEE (AP) — As the Republican National Committee moves into its final day Thursday, the loudest applause for a speaker not named Trump so far has been for a previously little-known economist who served as a trade adviser to the former Republican president. Peter Navarro came to the convention China Communist Party policy meeting endorses leader Xi's high-tech vision for economy 07/18/2024 11:19am • BEIJING (AP) — China’s ruling Communist Party wrapped up a top-level meeting on Thursday by endorsing policies aimed at advancing the country’s technological power and fortifying its national security. A statement released when the four-day meeting ended provided only a broad-brush summary. M Vance's night but Trump's party, Jan. 6 curtain call, Trump health still under wraps: RNC Takeaways 07/18/2024 11:00am • MILWAUKEE (AP) — Republicans welcomed JD Vance as Donald Trump's running mate on the same night devoted to blasting President Joe Biden's leadership on the world stage. Vance, the 39-year-old Ohio senator, offered his life story as a son of Appalachia to reaffirm Trump’s connections to Americ With mosque attack in quiet Oman, a fragmented Islamic State group aims to show it can still strike 07/18/2024 10:10am • DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — At the corner of the Arabian Peninsula, Oman has long been seen as one of the safest — if reclusive — countries in the Middle East, spared militant violence that has struck elsewhere. An attack on a Shiite mosque in the capital this week that killed five wor 'One screen, two movies': Conflicting conspiracy theories emerge from the Trump rally shooting 07/18/2024 09:20am • WASHINGTON (AP) — A former president is wounded in a shooting, the gunman quickly neutralized, and all of it is caught on camera. But for those who don't believe their eyes, that's just the start of the story. For some supporters of Donald Trump, the failure of the Secret Service to prevent the at Too soon for comedy? After attempted assassination of Trump, US politics feel anything but funny 07/18/2024 02:58am • Political jokes: too soon? The answer from many quarters at midweek was a resounding yes, days after an assassination attempt against Republican former president Donald Trump rattled the nation over political violence that has been brewing in the United States for decades. Several late-night shows Uncertainty is the winner and incumbents the losers so far in a year of high-stakes global elections 07/18/2024 12:20am • LONDON (AP) — Discontented, economically squeezed voters have turned against sitting governments on both right and left during many of the dozens of elections held this year, as global power blocs shift and political certainties crumble. From India to South Africa to Britain, voters dealt blows to 2024 Election Latest: Biden contracts COVID-19, Vance speaks at RNC 07/17/2024 11:35pm • The third day of the Republican National Convention shifted its focus to issues of national security and foreign policy. Republicans are focusing on Democratic President Joe Biden’s handling of the ongoing crises in Europe and the Middle East. Former Trump administration officials have also taken