11 hours ago
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — The head of U.S. Pacific Command said Monday that coercive actions by China and other actors are challenging regional stability, warning the United States will not allow any nation to dominate the Indo-Pacific.
Admiral Samuel Paparo said some actors were using "false claims of legitimacy" to justify intimidation and coercion.
"That's not the rule of law. That's the rule by law. That distinction between law as a tool of order versus law as a weapon of raw power, is the defining fault line of our time," he said via video link at a regional security conference in Malaysia organized by the U.S. Pacific Command.
Paparo's remarks come as tensions remain high in the South China Sea, where China's expansive maritime claims overlap with those of several Southeast Asian nations. The Philippines has been at the center of a series of confrontations with China, particularly around a disputed shoal, where Chinese and Philippine vessels have repeatedly faced off.
Manila has accused Beijing of dangerous maneuvers, water cannon attacks and attempts to block Philippine resupply missions. China has rejected those accusations and maintains its territorial claims in the disputed waterway.
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Admiral Samuel Paparo said some actors were using "false claims of legitimacy" to justify intimidation and coercion.
"That's not the rule of law. That's the rule by law. That distinction between law as a tool of order versus law as a weapon of raw power, is the defining fault line of our time," he said via video link at a regional security conference in Malaysia organized by the U.S. Pacific Command.
Paparo's remarks come as tensions remain high in the South China Sea, where China's expansive maritime claims overlap with those of several Southeast Asian nations. The Philippines has been at the center of a series of confrontations with China, particularly around a disputed shoal, where Chinese and Philippine vessels have repeatedly faced off.
Manila has accused Beijing of dangerous maneuvers, water cannon attacks and attempts to block Philippine resupply missions. China has rejected those accusations and maintains its territorial claims in the disputed waterway.
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1 day ago
Republican Sen. John Kennedy (La.) said Sunday he is unsure whether President Trump truly believes his claims that vandals damaged the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.
"I don't know whether he really believes that, or it's part of his political messaging, or he's just thinking out loud," Kennedy told host Kristen Welker on NBC News's "Meet the Press."
"You and I both know the president well," the Louisiana Republican added. "He exists loudly, and he grows anxious when he has an unexpressed thought. I'm not saying he doesn't really believe it, I just don't know."
The Justice Department moved Friday to drop its criminal prosecution of former Olympian David Hearn over allegations he damaged the Reflecting Pool
In a 20-page filing, the Justice Department pinned the damage to the site on a "rushed and botched installation" Atlantic Industrial Coatings carried out this spring and summer to repaint the bottom of the pool. The department also faulted the Interior Department for a "barebones" report about the incident involving Hearn.
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"I don't know whether he really believes that, or it's part of his political messaging, or he's just thinking out loud," Kennedy told host Kristen Welker on NBC News's "Meet the Press."
"You and I both know the president well," the Louisiana Republican added. "He exists loudly, and he grows anxious when he has an unexpressed thought. I'm not saying he doesn't really believe it, I just don't know."
The Justice Department moved Friday to drop its criminal prosecution of former Olympian David Hearn over allegations he damaged the Reflecting Pool
In a 20-page filing, the Justice Department pinned the damage to the site on a "rushed and botched installation" Atlantic Industrial Coatings carried out this spring and summer to repaint the bottom of the pool. The department also faulted the Interior Department for a "barebones" report about the incident involving Hearn.
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2 days ago
MOSCOW, July 31 (Reuters) – A court in the Russian capital has confiscated 123 real estate ***** ets which belonged to the Jehovah's Witnesses and transferred them to the Russian state, Moscow's court service said on Friday.
It said the property ***** ets had previously been registered as belonging to the Swedish branch of Jehovah's Witnesses and included 63 residential and commercial properties with a total area of over 11,000 square metres and 60 plots of land with a total area of 5.6 hectares situated across the country.
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A Russian court banned Jehovah's Witnesses as an "extremist organisation" in 2017, a move that the European Court of Human Rights ruled in 2022 was itself unlawful. Many Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia have since been jailed after being convicted of "extremist activity."
(Reporting by Reuters; Editing by Andrew Osborn)
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It said the property ***** ets had previously been registered as belonging to the Swedish branch of Jehovah's Witnesses and included 63 residential and commercial properties with a total area of over 11,000 square metres and 60 plots of land with a total area of 5.6 hectares situated across the country.
At least 40 dead at Morocco-Spain border
A Russian court banned Jehovah's Witnesses as an "extremist organisation" in 2017, a move that the European Court of Human Rights ruled in 2022 was itself unlawful. Many Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia have since been jailed after being convicted of "extremist activity."
(Reporting by Reuters; Editing by Andrew Osborn)
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24 days ago
Scores of people in the United States have been sickened by a parasite commonly linked to contaminated fresh produce that can cause weeks of watery diarrhea. But there are ways to protect yourself and still enjoy summer's bounty of fruits and vegetables.
The exact source of one of the nation's largest outbreaks in years of cyclospora infections is still not known. And it can be hard to figure out what food sick people had in common because sometimes it's a single ingredient that might be common in multiple recipes — like basil or cilantro.
Luckily cyclospora infections are generally treatable with antibiotics and rarely cause serious complications.
And there are ways to avoid getting it altogether.
Here are tips for reducing the risk:
The exact source of one of the nation's largest outbreaks in years of cyclospora infections is still not known. And it can be hard to figure out what food sick people had in common because sometimes it's a single ingredient that might be common in multiple recipes — like basil or cilantro.
Luckily cyclospora infections are generally treatable with antibiotics and rarely cause serious complications.
And there are ways to avoid getting it altogether.
Here are tips for reducing the risk:
