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China's navy commissions new-generation frigate as competition rises with US and others

Jan. 22, 2025 05:12 AM EST

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China's navy has commissioned a new-generation frigate as competition rises with the U.S. and other regional powers, saying the ship will “play a vital role in enhancing the overall combat effectiveness" of its forces. China already has the world's largest...

Jimmy Carter eulogized by Kamala Harris and others as 39th president returns to Washington

Jan. 07, 2025 22:42 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly 44 years after Jimmy Carter left the nation's capital in humbling defeat, the 39th president returned to Washington on Tuesday for state funeral rites that featured the kind of bipartisan praise and ceremonial pomp the Georgia Democrat rarely enjoyed at his political...