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US Marines start partial transfer from Okinawa in Japan to Guam under plan agreed 12 years ago

Dec. 14, 2024 06:53 AM EST

TOKYO (AP) — The partial transfer of U.S. Marines from Okinawa to Guam began on Saturday, 12 years after Japan and the United States agreed on their realignment to reduce the heavy burden of American troop presence on the southern Japanese island, officials said. The relocation...

Judge orders CIA analyst accused of Israel-Iran leak held pending trial

Dec. 11, 2024 23:23 PM EST

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A CIA analyst charged with leaking top secret details ahead of a planned Israeli attack on Iran earlier this year will remain jailed pending trial, a judge ordered Wednesday. The ruling by U.S. District Judge Patricia Tolliver Giles overrules a magistrate who...

Taiwan's Defense Ministry says a large Chinese military force has been detected near island

Dec. 10, 2024 06:04 AM EST

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China's secretive military appears to be up to something around Taiwan, but it's unclear whether it's a formal military drill. Taiwan's Defense Ministry said Tuesday that it has detected a dozen Chinese naval ships and 47 military planes in the past 24 hours...

Taiwanese President Lai has phone talks from Guam with US Congress leaders

Dec. 05, 2024 21:18 PM EST

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te held phone calls with U.S. congressional leaders on Thursday while visiting Guam, his second U.S. stop on a Pacific Island trip. Lai said in a post on X that he had spoken with Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson and House...

China criticizes Taiwanese president's plan to stop in Hawaii and Guam during trip to South Pacific

Nov. 29, 2024 04:44 AM EST

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te will stop over in Hawaii and Guam during his trip to the South Pacific, drawing criticism from China. Lai is to leave Taiwan on Saturday on a weeklong trip to visit the Marshall Islands, Tuvalu and Palau — three diplomatic...

CIA employee accused of leaking classified info on Israeli attack plans to face charges in Virginia

Nov. 14, 2024 17:48 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — A CIA employee accused of leaking classified information assessing Israel's earlier plans to attack Iran was ordered by a federal judge Thursday to face felony charges in Virginia. The FBI arrested Asif William Rahman this week in Cambodia, and he made his first...

Voting rights groups worry AI models are generating inaccurate and misleading responses in Spanish

Oct. 31, 2024 12:15 PM EDT

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — With just days before the presidential election, Latino voters are facing a barrage of targeted ads in Spanish and a new source of political messaging in the artificial intelligence age: chatbots generating unfounded claims in Spanish about voting rights. AI...