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People visit a memorial after a vehicle drove into a crowd during a Filipino heritage festival in Vancouver, British Columbia, Sunday, April 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)2025-04-28T04:07:41Z VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) A 30-year-old man was charged with multiple counts of murder on allegations he killed 11 people when he rammed a crowd of people at a Filipino heritage festival in Vancouver, as hundreds attended vigils across the city for the victims and the Canadian prime minister visited the site on the eve of a federal election.Kai-Ji Adam Lo, 30, was charged with eight counts of second degree murder in a video appearance before a judge on Sunday, hours after he was arrested at the scene, said Damienne Darby, spokeswoman for British Columbia prosecutors. Lo has not yet entered a plea. Investigators ruled out terrorism as a motive and said more charges are possible. They said Lo had a history of mental health issues.An attorney for Lo was not listed in online court documents and The Associated Press wasnt immediately able to reach an attorney representing him. Those killed were between the ages of 5 and 65, officials said. About two dozen people were injured, some critically, when the black Audi SUV sped down a closed street just after 8 p.m. Saturday and struck people attending the Lapu Lapu Day festival. Authorities had not released victims names by Sunday evening. Nathaly Nairn and her 15-year-old daughter carried flowers to one of the vigils. They had attended the festival on Saturday, and Nairn recounted seeing the damaged SUV and bodies on the ground. Something really dark happened last night, Nairn said, as she and her daughter wiped away tears.Emily Daniels also brought a bouquet. Its sad. Really sad, she said. I cant believe something like this could happen so close to home.Police Interim Chief Steve Rai called it the darkest day in Vancouvers history. There was no indication of a motive, but Rai said the suspect has a significant history of interactions with police and health care professionals related to mental health. Video of the aftermath showed the dead and injured along a narrow street in South Vancouver lined by food trucks. The front of the Audi SUV was smashed in. Kris Pangilinan, who brought his pop-up clothing and lifestyle booth to the festival, saw the vehicle enter slowly past a barricade before the driver accelerated in an area packed with people after a concert. He said hearing the sounds of people screaming and bodies hitting the vehicle will never leave his mind.He slammed on the gas, barreled through the crowd, Pangilinan said. It looked like a bowling ball hitting bowling pins and all the pins are flying into the air.Suspect detained by bystanders before the police arrivedRai said the suspect was arrested after initially being apprehended by bystanders.Video circulating on social media showed a young man in a black hoodie with his back against a chain-link fence, alongside a security guard and surrounded by bystanders screaming and swearing at him.Im sorry, the man said, holding his hand to his head. Rai declined to comment on the video. Prime Minister Mark Carney canceled his first campaign event and two major rallies on the final day of the election campaign before Mondays vote. Last night families lost a sister, a brother, a mother, father, son or a daughter. Those families are living every familys nightmare, Carney said. And to them and to the many others who were injured, to the Filipino Canadian community, and to everyone in Vancouver, I would like to offer my deepest condolences.Carney joined British Columbia Premier David Eby and community leaders Sunday evening in Vancouver.The tragedy was reminiscent of an attack in 2018, when a man used a van to kill 10 pedestrians in Toronto. Witnesses describe how they leaped out of the wayCarayn Nulada said that she pulled her granddaughter and grandson off the street and used her body to shield them from the SUV. She said that her daughter suffered a narrow escape. The car hit her arm and she fell down, but she got up, looking for us, because she is scared, said Nulada, who described children screaming, and pale-faced victims lying on the ground or wedged under vehicles.I saw people running and my daughter was shaking, Nulada said.Nulada was in Vancouver General Hospitals emergency room Sunday morning, trying to find news about her brother, who was run down in the attack and suffered multiple broken bones.Doctors identified him by presenting the family with his wedding ring in a pill bottle and said that he was stable, but would be facing surgery.James Cruzat, a Vancouver business owner, was at the celebration and heard a car rev its engine and then a loud noise, like a loud bang that he initially thought might be a gunshot.We saw people on the road crying, others were like running, shouting, or even screaming, asking for help. So we tried to go there just to check what was really actually happening until we found some bodies on the ground. Others were lifeless, others like, you know, injured, Cruzat said. Vincent Reynon, 17, was leaving the festival when he saw police rushing in. People were crying and he saw scattered bodies. It was like something straight out of a horror movie or a nightmare, he said. Adonis Quita said when he saw the SUV ramming through the crowd, his first reaction was to drag his 9-year-old son out of the area. The boy kept saying Im scared, Im scared, Quita recalled. Later they prayed together. His son had just relocated to Vancouver from the Philippines with his mother to reunite with Quita, who has lived here since 2024. Quita said he worries the child will struggle to adjust to life in Canada after witnessing the horrific event.Vancouver Mayor Kenneth Sim said the city had suffered its darkest day.I know many of us are fearful and feel uneasy, said the mayor. I know its hard to feel this way right now, but Vancouver is still a safe city.Vancouvers large Filipino population was honoring a national heroVancouver had more than 38,600 residents of Filipino heritage in 2021, representing 5.9% of the citys total population, according to Statistics Canada, the agency that conducts the national census.Lapu Lapu Day celebrates Datu Lapu-Lapu, an Indigenous chieftain who stood up to Spanish explorers who came to the Philippines in the 16th century. The organizers of the Vancouver event, which was in its second year, said he represents the soul of native resistance, a powerful force that helped shape the Filipino identity in the face of colonization.Eby said the province wont let the tragedy define the celebration. He urged people to channel their rage into helping those affected. I dont think there is a British Columbian that hasnt been touched in some way by the Filipino community, he said. You cant go to a place that delivers and not meet a member of that community in the long-term care home or hospitals, childcare or schools. This is a community that gives and gives and yesterday was a celebration of their culture.Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. issued a statement expressing sympathy with the victims and their families. The Philippine Consulate General in Vancouver is working with Canadian authorities to ensure that the incident will be thoroughly investigated, and that the victims and their families are supported and consoled, he said.___Gillies reported from Toronto. Associated Press journalists Manuel Valdes and Lindsey Wasson in Vancouver; Christopher Weber in Los Angeles; and Hannah Schoenbaum in Salt Lake City, Utah, contributed to this report. CLAIRE RUSH Rush is an Associated Press reporter covering Oregon state government and general news in the Pacific Northwest more broadly. twitter mailto RSShttps://feedx.net https://feedx.site

Two people react at a memorial after a vehicle drove into a crowd during a Filipino heritage festival in Vancouver, British Columbia, Sunday, April 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)2025-04-28T04:09:43Z VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) The smells of crispy lumpia, caramelized plantains and other Filipino street foods beckoned attendees of a Vancouver festival as they flooded out of a concert on an unusually sunny spring day in the Canadian city.As the sun set, lines for food trucks began to wrap around the block. A slow trickle of cars entered the closed street to replenish vendor supplies. Then, one driver hit the accelerator, killing 11 people and injuring dozens at the Lapu Lapu Day festival Saturday night. So far, none of the victims have been identified publicly.Here is how people witnessed the tragedy. Like a car racing It sounded like an F1 car about to start a race, followed immediately by screams, clothing vendor Kris Pangilinan recalled. He said he will never forget the sound of bodies hitting the hood of the black Audi SUV as it rammed into the crowd.All I can remember is seeing bodies flying up in the air higher than the food trucks themselves and landing on the ground and people yelling and screaming, Pangilinan said. It looked like a bowling ball hitting bowling pins and all the pins are flying into the air.Adonis Quita pulled his 9-year-old son out of the way as the SUV plowed into the line of families waiting for their food. For the young boy, who had just relocated to Vancouver from the Philippines, the festival celebrating British Columbias large Filipino population was his first taste of home away from home. But now, his father said the boy cannot close his eyes without seeing flashbacks of bloody bodies, some as young as age 5, hitting the pavement. The darkest day in Vancouvers historyA 30-year-old Vancouver man was arrested at the scene after initially being apprehended by bystanders. The British Columbia Prosecution Service charged Kai-Ji Adam Lo, 30, with eight counts of second degree murder on Sunday and said more charges were possible.Investigators ruled out terrorism in what Interim Police Chief Steve Rai proclaimed the darkest day in Vancouvers history. Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim said the suspect has a significant history of mental health issues.As Quita rushed his son away from the commotion, he said he was comforted to see festivalgoers circle the SUV and subdue the suspect. Video circulating on social media shows a man in a black hoodie with his back against a chain-link fence, surrounded by bystanders screaming and swearing at him.Im sorry, the man responds, holding his hand to his head. Bodies covered in white tarps lined the row of food trucks as ambulances rushed injured people to the hospital. The victims range in age from 5 to 65, Rai said.Those families are living every familys nightmare, Prime Minister Mark Carney said. The car ramming occurred two days before the countrys federal election Monday. Uncertainty for the injuredCarayn Nulada was in Vancouver General Hospitals emergency room early Sunday morning trying to find news about her brother, who was run down in the attack and suffered multiple broken bones. Doctors identified him by presenting the family with his wedding ring in a pill bottle. He was stable but needed surgeries.Nulada used her body to shield her granddaughter and grandson from the SUV as it barreled by. Her daughter, meanwhile, was struck in the arm and fell down but was able to get up quickly. The family recalled children screaming and pale-faced victims lying on the ground.Of the more than two dozen injured, some remain in critical condition and others have not yet been identified, Rai said late Sunday.Emily Daniels, 41, came to lay a bouquet at a vigil in Vancouver Sunday evening that drew hundreds of people. She saw a man who was injured in the attack when she was visiting her uncle at the hospital Sunday morning. The man was being rolled into the intensive care unit and still had blood on his arms, she said.A scene st raight out of a horror movieOthers who attended the festival are struggling to process the trauma.Mohamad Sariman had been helping at his wifes food truck when he heard a loud boom that he initially thought was an explosion. He looked out the trucks window and saw a disfigured body on the ground. When he and his wife opened the door, he said they saw another body.It was really, really traumatic, Sariman said.Vincent Reynon, 17, was leaving the festival with his girlfriend after 8 p.m. when he saw fire trucks and police officers rushing to where the festival was being held. They decided to circle back to see what was going on. He said they saw people crying as he approached, then bodies on the ground when they arrived at the scene.It was horrible to see, Reynon said. It was like something straight out of a horror movie or a nightmare.Lorena Sales, 17, similarly ran back to the festival from the bus stop when she saw ambulances rushing to the scene. She and her friends arrived to find a sea of bodies laying in the street. The image of a woman who had her skull crushed in the collision is burned into Sales memory, she said. A community in mourningVancouvers Filipino community had been celebrating Lapu Lapu Day, which honors the Indigenous chieftain Datu Lapu-Lapu, who stood up to Spanish explorers when they arrived in the Philippines in the 16th century. Organizers of the Vancouver event said he represents the soul of Native resistance.Community members gathered at Vancouvers Filipino Fellowship Baptist Church on Sunday to mourn those who died in the attack and pray for the injured. Hundreds laid bouquets and lit candles at a vigil later Sunday.It hurts, it really hurts to see that someone could do this to a community of mine thats known to be so kind and caring, Sales said through tears.Nathaly Nairn and her 15-year-old daughter brought flowers to the vigil after attending the festival the night before. She said police had to escort them through the crime scene so they could get back to their car, and that they were shocked by what they saw: a dented and bloodied SUV, and bodies on the ground.Now were just here supporting our community, trying to help my daughter process what we saw yesterday, trying to be there for the Filipino community that has been there for us so much, Nairn said as she wiped away tears.___Schoenbaum reported from Salt Lake City. Associated Press writers Jim Morris in Vancouver and Rob Gillies in Toronto contributed to this report. HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Schoenbaum is a government and politics reporter based in Salt Lake City, Utah. 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This is a locator map for Yemen with its capital, Sanaa. (AP Photo)2025-04-28T02:06:33Z DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) Yemens Houthi rebels said Monday an alleged U.S. airstrike that hit a prison holding African migrants killed at least 30 people.Thats according to the Houthis al-Masirah satellite news channel. There was no immediate independent confirmation of the death toll and the U.S. military has not acknowledged conducting the strike in Yemens Saada governorate, a stronghold of the Houthis.Some 100 prisoners were held at the site, the news channel said. Graphic footage aired by al-Masirah showed what appeared to be dead bodies and others wounded there.THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. APs earlier story follows below.Yemens Houthi rebels on Monday alleged a U.S. airstrike hit a prison holding African migrants, killing and wounding some of the 100 inmates held there. The U.S. military had no immediate comment. The strike in Yemens Saada governorate, a stronghold for the Houthis, is the latest incident in the countrys decadelong war to kill African migrants from Ethiopia and other nations who risk crossing the nation for a chance to work in neighboring Saudi Arabia. It also likely will renew questions from activists about the American campaign, known as Operation Rough Rider, which has been targeting the rebels as the Trump administration negotiates with their main benefactor, Iran, over Tehrans rapidly advancing nuclear program. The U.S. militarys Central Command in a statement early Monday before news of the alleged strike broke sought to defend its policy of offering no specific details of its extensive airstrike campaign.To preserve operational security, we have intentionally limited disclosing details of our ongoing or future operations, Central Command said. We are very deliberate in our operational approach, but will not reveal specifics about what weve done or what we will do.It did not immediately respond to questions from The Associated Press about the alleged strike in Saada. Graphic footage shows aftermath of explosionGraphic footage aired by the Houthis al-Masirah satellite news channel showed what appeared to be dead bodies and others wounded at the site. An al-Masirah correspondent said some 100 migrants had been detained at the site.Casualty figures werent immediately clear. However, footage from the site analyzed by the AP suggested some kind of explosion took place there, with its cement walls seemingly peppered by debris fragments and the wounds suffered by those there.A womans voice, soft in the footage, can be heard repeating the start of a prayer in Arabic: In the name of God. An occasional gunshot rang out as medics sought to help those wounded.African migrants caught in middle of Yemens warEthiopians and other African migrants for years have landed in Yemen, braving the war-torn nation to try and reach Saudi Arabia for work. The Houthi rebels allegedly make tens of thousands of dollars a week smuggling migrants over the border.Migrants from Ethiopia have found themselves detained, abused and even killed in Saudi Arabia and Yemen during the war. An Oct. 3, 2022, letter to the kingdom from the U.N. said its investigators received concerning allegations of cross-border artillery shelling and small arms fire allegedly by Saudi security forces causing the deaths of up to 430 and injuring 650 migrants. Saudi Arabia has denied killing migrants.The alleged strike Monday recalled a similar strike by a Saudi-led coalition battling the Houthis back in 2022, which caused a collapse killing 66 detainees and wounding 113 others, a United Nations report later said. The Houthis shot dead 16 detainees who fled after the strike and wounded another 50, the U.N. said. The Saudi-led coalition sought to justify the strike by saying the Houthis built and launched drones there, but the U.N. said it was known to be a detention facility.The coalition should have avoided any attack on that facility, the U.N. report added.That 2022 attack was one of the deadliest single attacks in the yearslong war between the coalition and the Houthi rebels and came after the Houthis struck inside the UAE twice with missiles and drones, killing three in a strike near Abu Dhabis international airport. US military says over 800 strikes conducted in campaign so farMeanwhile, U.S. airstrikes overnight targeting Yemens capital killed at least eight people, the Houthis said. The American military acknowledged carrying out over 800 individual strikes in their monthlong campaign. The overnight statement from Central Command also said Operation Roughrider had killed hundreds of Houthi fighters and numerous Houthi leaders, including those associated with its missile and drone program. It did not identify any of those officials. Iran undoubtedly continues to provide support to the Houthis, the statement said. The Houthis can only continue to attack our forces with the backing of the Iranian regime.We will continue to ratchet up the pressure until the objective is met, which remains the restoration of freedom of navigation and American deterrence in the region, it added.The U.S. is targeting the Houthis because of the groups attacks on shipping in the Red Sea, a crucial global trade route, and on Israel. The Houthis also are the last militant group in Irans self-described Axis of Resistance that is capable of regularly attacking Israel. US discusses deadly port strikeThe U.S. is conducting strikes on Yemen from its two aircraft carriers in the region the USS Harry S. Truman in the Red Sea and the USS Carl Vinson in the Arabian Sea. On April 18, an American strike on the Ras Isa fuel port killed at least 74 people and wounded 171 others in the deadliest-known attack of the American campaign. Central Command on Monday offered an explanation for why it hit the port. U.S. strikes destroyed the ability of Ras Isa Port to accept fuel which will begin to impact Houthi ability to not only conduct operations, but also to generate millions of dollars in revenue for their terror activities, it said. Meanwhile, the Houthis have increasingly sought to control the flow of information from the territory it holds to the outside world. It issued a notice Sunday that all those holding Starlink satellite internet receivers should quickly hand over the devices to authorities. A field campaign will be implemented in coordination with the security authorities to arrest anyone who sells, trades, uses, operates, installs or possesses these prohibited terminals, the Houthis warned. Starlink terminals have been crucial for Ukraine in fighting Russias full-scale invasion and receivers also have been smuggled into Iran amid unrest there. JON GAMBRELL Gambrell is the news director for the Gulf and Iran for The Associated Press. He has reported from each of the Gulf Cooperation Council countries, Iran and other locations across the world since joining the AP in 2006. twitter instagram mailto

Pregnant Palestinian woman Yasmine Siam undergoes an ultrasound scan at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, Wednesday, April 9, 2025. She suffered a miscarriage a few days later. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)2025-04-28T05:01:32Z KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza City (AP) Nearly seven months pregnant, Yasmine Siam couldnt sleep, living in a crowded tent camp in Gaza and shaken often by Israeli bombardment. She couldnt find proper food and hadnt eaten meat for more than a month. Weak and losing weight, she saw doctors every day. There was little they could do. One night this month, pain shot through her. She worried labor was starting but was too terrified of gunfire to leave her tent. Siam waited till daybreak to walk to the nearest mobile clinic. The medics told her to go to Nasser Hospital, miles away.She had to take a donkey cart, jolted by every bump in the bombed-out roads. Exhausted, the 24-year-old found a wall to lean on for the hourslong wait for a doctor.An ultrasound showed her baby was fine. Siam had a urinary tract infection and was underweight: 57 kilos (125 pounds), down 6 kilos (13 pounds) from weeks earlier. The doctor prescribed medicine and told her what every other doctor did: Eat better. Where do I get the food? Siam said, out of breath as she spoke to The Associated Press on April 9 after returning to her tent outside the southern city of Khan Younis.I am not worried about me. I am worried about my son, she said. It would be terrible if I lose him. With Gaza decimated, miscarriages riseSiams troubled pregnancy has become the norm in Gaza. Israels 18-month-old military campaign decimating the territory has made pregnancy and childbirth more dangerous, even fatal, for Palestinian women and their babies.It has become worse since March 2, when Israel cut off all food, medicine and supplies for Gazas more than 2 million people.Meat, fresh fruits and vegetables are practically nonexistent. Clean water is difficult to find. Pregnant women are among the hundreds of thousands who trudge for miles to find new shelters after repeated Israeli evacuation orders. Many live in tents or overcrowded schools amid sewage and garbage. Up to 20% of Gazas estimated 55,000 pregnant women are malnourished, and half face high-risk pregnancies, according to the United Nations Population Fund, or UNFPA. In February and March, at least 20% of newborns were born prematurely or suffering from complications or malnutrition.With the population displaced and under bombardment, comprehensive miscarriage and stillbirth figures are impossible to obtain. Records at Khan Younis Nasser Hospital show miscarriages in January and February were double the same period in 2023. Dr. Yasmine Shnina, a Doctors Without Borders supervisor of midwives at Nasser Hospital, documented 40 miscarriages a week in recent weeks. She has recorded five women a month dying in childbirth, compared with around two a year before the war. We dont need to wait for future impact. The risks are emerging now, she said. A love story in the tents For Siam and her family, her pregnancy after a whirlwind, wartime marriage was a rare joy.Driven from Gaza City, they had moved three times before settling in the tent city sprawling across the barren coastal region of Muwasi.Late last summer, they shared a meal with neighbors. A young man from the tent across the way was smitten.The next day, Hossam Siam asked for Yasmines hand in marriage. She refused initially. I didnt expect marriage in war, she said. I wasnt ready to meet someone.Hossam didnt give up. He took her for a walk by the sea. They told each other about their lives. I accepted, she said.On Sept. 15, the grooms family decorated their tent. Her best friends from Gaza City, dispersed around the territory, watched the wedding onlineWithin a month, Yasmine Siam was pregnant. Her family cherished the coming baby. Her mother had grandsons from her two sons but longed for a child from her daughters. Siams older sister had been trying for 15 years to conceive. Her mother and sister now back in Gaza City sent baby essentials. From the start, Siam struggled to get proper nutrition, relying on canned food.After a ceasefire began in January, she and Hossam moved to Rafah. On Feb, 28, she had a rare treat: a chicken, shared with her in-laws. It was her last time eating meat.A week later, Hossam walked for miles searching for chicken. He returned empty-handed. Even the basics are impossibleIsrael has leveled much of Gaza with its air and ground campaign, vowing to destroy Hamas after its Oct. 7, 2023, attack on southern Israel. It has killed over 51,000 Palestinians, mostly women and children, according to Gazas Health Ministry, whose count does not distinguish between civilians and combatants.In the Oct. 7 attack, militants killed about 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and abducted 251. They still hold 59 hostages after most were released in ceasefire deals. In Gazas ruins, being pregnant is a formidable struggle.Its not just about quantity of food, said Rosalie Bollen, of UNICEF, its also about nutritional diversity, the fact that they have been living in very dire, unsanitary conditions, sleeping on the ground, sleeping in the cold and just being stuck in this permanent state of very toxic stress. Nine of the 14 hospitals providing maternal health services before the war still function, though only partially, according to UNFPA.Because many medical facilities are dislocated by Israeli military operations or must prioritize critical patients, women often cant get screenings that catch problems early in pregnancy, said Katy Brown, of Doctors Without Borders-Spain. That leads to complications. A quarter of the nearly 130 births a day in February and March required surgical deliveries, UNFPA says.Even the basics are impossible, Brown said.Under the blockade, over half the medicines for maternal and newborn care have run out, including ones that control bleeding and induce labor, the Health Ministry says. Diapers are scarce. Some women reuse them, turning them inside out, leading to severe skin infections, aid workers say. Israel says the blockade aims to pressure Hamas into releasing the remaining hostages. Rights groups call it a starvation tactic endangering the entire population and a potential war crime.At Nasser Hospitals maternity ward, Dr. Ahmad al-Farra witnessed things go from bad to worse. Israeli forces raided the hospital in early 2024, claiming it housed Hamas fighters. Incubators in a warehouse were wrecked. The maternity ward was rebuilt into Gazas largest and best equipped for emergencies. Since Israel broke the two-month ceasefire on March 18, the hospital has been flooded with wounded.Up to 15 premature babies at a time need respirators, but the hospital has only two CPAP machines to keep preemies breathing. Some are put on adult respirators, often leading to death, al-Farra said.Twenty CPAP machines languish outside Gaza, unable to enter because of the blockade, along with 54 ultrasounds, nine incubators and midwifery kits, according to the U.N. A lack of cleaning supplies makes hygiene nearly impossible. After giving birth, women and newborns weakened by hunger frequently suffer infections causing long-term complications, or even death, said al-Farra.Yasmine Zakout was rushed to Nasser Hospital in early April after giving birth prematurely to twin girls. One girl died within days, and her sister died last week, both from sepsis.Before the war, al-Farra said he would maybe see one child a year with necrotizing pneumonia, a severe infection that kills lung tissue.In this war, I treated 50 cases, al-Farra said. He removed parts of the lungs in nearly half those babies. At least four died.Pregnant women are regularly among the wounded. Khaled Alserr, a surgeon at Nasser Hospital, told of treating a four months pregnant woman after an April 16 strike. Shrapnel had torn through her uterus. The fetus couldnt be saved, he said, and pregnancy will be risky the rest of her life. Two of her children were among 10 children killed in the strike, he said.The stress of the warIn her sixth month of pregnancy, Siam walked and rode a donkey cart for miles back to a tent in Muwasi after Israel ordered Rafah evacuated.With food even scarcer, she turned to charity kitchens distributing meals of plain rice or pasta.Weakened, she fell down a lot. Stress was mounting the misery of tent life, the separation from her mother, the terror of airstrikes, the fruitless visits to clinics. I just wish a doctor would tell me, Your weight is good. Im always malnourished, she told the AP, almost pleading.Hours after her scare on April 9, Siam was still in pain. She made her fifth visit to the mobile clinic in two days. They told her to go to her tent and rest.She started spotting. Her mother-in-law held her up as they walked to a field hospital in the dead of night.At 3 a.m., the doctors said there was nothing she could do but wait. Her mother arrived from Gaza City.Eight hours later, the fetus was stillborn. Her mother told her not to look at the baby. Her mother-in-law said he was beautiful. Her husband took their boy to a grave.Days later, she told the AP she breaks down when she sees photos of herself pregnant. She cant bear to see anyone and refuses her husbands suggestions to take walks by the sea, where they sealed their marriage. She wishes she could turn back time, even for just a week. I would take him into my heart, hide him and hold on to him.She plans to try for another baby. ___El Deeb reported from Beirut. Keath reported from Cairo. SARAH EL DEEB El Deeb is part of the APs Global Investigative team. She is based in the Middle East, a region she covered for two decades twitter mailto LEE KEATH Keath is the chief editor for feature stories in the Middle East for The Associated Press. He has reported from Cairo since 2005. twitter mailto

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This Dec. 10, 1999 file photo shows Michelangelo's fresco "La Creazione" ("The Creation") on the ceiling of the Vatican's Sistine Chapel. (AP Photo/Plinio Lepri)2025-04-28T04:08:09Z VATICAN CITY (AP) Exit tourists. Enter cardinals.The Vatican has closed the Sistine Chapel, where cardinals will gather for the conclave to elect the next pope after the death of Pope Francis on April 21 at age 88. Francis was buried Saturday after a funeral in St. Peters Square that gathered world leaders and hundreds of thousands of others, and a nine-day period of mourning is continuing before the conclave can start. But the church is at the same time turning its attention to the next steps.Key is preparing the Sistine Chapel for the red-robed cardinals who will gather at the Vatican in the heart of Rome to choose the next pope in an ancient process fictionalized in the 2024 film Conclave.One key task: installing the chimney where ballots will be burned after votes.Those visitors who managed to enter on Sunday considered themselves lucky, since there is no telling how long the conclave will last, and how long the gem of the Vatican Museums will remain off-limits. I think we felt very lucky to be able to be the last group of visitors to come in today, said Sumon Khan, a tourist from the United States. You know, our trip would not have been complete without seeing this beautiful place. According to a schedule determined by church law, the conclave can only begin after the nine-day mourning period. It is expected to start between May 5 and May 10. When it does, the cardinals will enter solemnly to participate in a secretive process said to be guided by the holy spirit that will result in the selection of the next leader of the 1.4 billion-strong Catholic church. The choice will determine whether the next pontiff will continue Francis reforms, with his focus on the poor and marginalized and the environment, or whether they will choose a pontiff closer in style to conservative predecessors like Benedict XVI focused on doctrine. For inspiration the cardinals will also have the great beauty of the frescos painted by Michelangelo and other renowned Renaissance artists. The most recognizable is Michelangelos Creation of Adam, showing Gods outstretched hand imparting the divine spark of life to the first man.The chapel is named after Pope Sixtus IV, an art patron who oversaw the construction of the main papal chapel in the 15th century. But it was a later pontiff, Pope Julius II, who commissioned the works by Michelangelo, who painted the ceiling depicting scenes from Genesis from 1508 and 1512 and later returned to paint the Last Judgement on one of the walls.When the conclave opens, cardinals will chant the Litany of Saints, the solemn, mystical Gregorian chant imploring the intercession of the saints, as they file into the chapel and take an oath of secrecy. The chapels thick double doors will close and the master of liturgy will utter the Latin words Extra omnes, meaning everyone out.The secretive process is part of a traditioned aimed at preserving the vote from external interference.The world will then wait for a sign that that a successor to Francis has been chosen. Black smoke coming from the chimney in the Sistine Chapel will indicate that they havent achieved the two-thirds majority for a new pope. But when a pope is finally chosen, white smoke will rise and bells will toll.___AP video reporter Pietro De Cristofaro contributed from Rome.

Toronto residents Douglas Bloomfield, left, and his son Phoenix, right, hold a Canadian flag and an ice hockey stick to show their support for Canada regarding trade tariffs as they pose with with another visitor to the city wearing a mask of President Donald Trump in front of the White House in Washington, March 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)2025-04-28T04:19:36Z TORONTO (AP) Canadians will decide Monday whether to extend the Liberal Partys decade in power or instead hand control to the Conservatives. Theyll pick either Prime Minister Mark Carney or opposition leader Pierre Poilievre to lead the way forward, but the election is also a referendum of sorts on someone who isnt even Canadian: Donald Trump.Until the American president won a second term and began threatening Canadas economy and sovereignty, even suggesting the country should become the 51st state, the Liberals looked headed for defeat. Canadians go the polls as the country grapples with the aftermath of a fatal car ramming attack on Saturday in Vancouver. The tragedy on the eve of the election prompted the suspension of campaigning for several hours. Police ruled out terrorism and said the suspect is a local man with a history of mental health issues. Trumps truculence has infuriated many Canadians, leading many to cancel U.S. vacations, refuse to buy American goods and possibly even vote early a record 7.3 million Canadians cast ballots before election day. Trump also put Poilievre and the Conservative Party on the back foot after they appeared headed for an easy victory only months ago. The Americans want to break us so they can own us, Carney said recently, laying out what he saw as the stakes for the election. Those arent just words. Thats whats at risk. Poilievre, a populist firebrand who campaigned with Trump-like bravado, had hoped to make the election a referendum on former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, whose popularity declined toward the end of his decade in power as food and housing prices rose and immigration surged. But then Trump became the dominant issue, and Poilievres similarities to the bombastic president could cost him.He appeals to the same sense of grievance, Canadian historian Robert Bothwell said of the Conservative leader. Its like Trump standing there saying I am your retribution. Foreign policy hasnt dominated a Canadian election this much since 1988, when, ironically, free trade with the United States was the prevailing issue.Whichever candidate emerges as prime minister will face a litany of challenges.Canada has been dealing with a cost of living crisis for some time. And more than 75% percent of its exports go to the U.S., so Trumps threat to impose sweeping tariffs and his desire to get the North American automakers to move Canadas production south could severely damage the Canadian economy. Both Carney and Poilievre said that if elected, they would accelerate renegotiations a free trade deal between Canada and the U.S. in an bid to end the uncertainty hurting both of their economies.Carney, in particular, has notable experience navigating economic crises, having done so when running Canadas central bank and later after becoming the first non-U.K. citizen to run the Bank of England.Trump dialed back his talk of Canada becoming the 51st state during the campaign until last week, when he said Canada would cease to exist as a country if the U.S. stopped buying its goods. He also said hes not just trolling Canada when he says it should become a state. The Liberals ought to pay him, Bothwell said. Trump talking is not good for the Conservatives.In response to the threats to Canadian sovereignty, Carney pleaded with voters to deliver him a strong mandate to deal with Trump.President Trump has some obsessive ideas, and that is one, Carney said of his annexation threat. Its not a joke. Its his very strong desire to make this happen. Its one of the reasons why this crisis is so serious. RSShttps://feedx.net https://feedx.site

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Two people react at a memorial after a vehicle drove into a crowd during a Filipino heritage festival in Vancouver, British Columbia, Sunday, April 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)2025-04-28T04:12:50Z NEW YORK (AP) A Brooklyn woman said she feared for her life as she was chased, kicked, spit at and pelted with objects by a mob of Orthodox Jewish men who mistook her as a participant in a protest against Israels far-right security minister.The assault, recorded by a bystander, unfolded Thursday near the global headquarters of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement in Crown Heights, where an appearance by Itamar Ben-Gvir set off clashes between pro-Palestinian activists and members of the neighborhoods large Orthodox Jewish community.The woman, a neighborhood resident in her 30s, told The Associated Press she learned of the protest after hearing police helicopters over her apartment. She walked over to investigate around 10:30 p.m. but by then the protest had mostly disbursed. Not wanting to be filmed, she covered her face with a scarf.As soon as I pulled up my scarf, a group of 100 men came over immediately and encircled me, said the woman, who spoke to the AP on the condition of anonymity because she feared for her safety. I had nowhere to goThey were shouting at me, threatening to rape me, chanting death to Arabs. I thought the police would protect me from the mob, but they did nothing to intervene, she said.As the chants grew in intensity, a lone police officer tried to escort her to safety. They were followed for blocks by hundreds of men and boys jeering in Hebrew and English.Video shows two of the men kicking her in the back, another hurling a traffic cone into her head and a fourth pushing a trash can into her.This is America, one of the men can be heard saying. We got Israel. We got an Army now.At one point, she and the police officer were nearly cornered against a building, the video shows.I felt sheer terror, the woman recalled. I realized at that point that I couldnt lead this mob of men to my home. I had nowhere to go. I didnt know what to do. I was just terrified. After several blocks, the officer hustled the woman into a police vehicle, prompting one man to yell, Get her! The crowd erupted in cheers as she was driven away.The woman, a lifelong New Yorker, said she was left with bruises and mentally shaken by the episode, which she said police should investigate as an act of hate.Im afraid to move around the neighborhood where Ive lived for a decade, she told the AP. It doesnt seem like anyone in any position of power really cares.Police investigatingA police spokesperson said one person was arrested and five others were issued summons following the demonstration, but did not say whether anyone involved in assaulting the woman was charged. Mayor Eric Adams said Sunday that police were investigating a series of incidents stemming from clashing protests on Thursday that began when a group of anti-Israel protesters surrounded the Chabad Lubavitch World Headquarters a Jewish house of worship in Brooklyn.He said police had spoken to a different woman on the pro-Palestinian side of the protest who suffered injuries after she was harassed by counter-protesters. Photos shared online showed that woman with blood streaming down her face. Let me be clear: None of this is acceptable, in fact, it is despicable, Adams added. New York City will always be a place where people can peacefully protest, but we will not tolerate violence, trespassing, menacing, or threatening.The protest was one of several in recent days against Ben-Gvir, an ultranationalist settler leader who is embarking on his first U.S. state visit since joining Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahus cabinet three years ago.Previously convicted in Israel of racist incitement and support for a terrorist group, he has called on his supporters to confront Palestinians and assert Jewish Power.The protest against Ben-Gvirs Brooklyn appearance generated condemnations from some Jewish groups, who accused participants of targeting a religious site. Chabad-Lubavitch denounces incidentThe neighborhood around the Chabad headquarters also was the site of the 1991 Crown Heights riot, in which Black residents outraged by boys death in a crash involving a rabbis motorcade attacked Jews, homes and businesses for three days.A Chabad-Lubavitch spokesman, Rabbi Motti Seligson, denounced both the anti-Ben-Gvir protesters and the mob that chased the woman.The violent provocateurs who called for the genocide of Jews in support of terrorists and terrorism outside a synagogue, in a Jewish neighborhood, where some of the worst antisemitic violence in American history was perpetrated, and where many residents share deep bonds with the victims of Oct 7 did so in order to intimidate, provoke, and instill fear, Seligson said.We condemn the crude language and violence of the small breakaway group of young people; such actions are entirely unacceptable and wholly antithetical to the Torahs values. The fact that a possibly uninvolved bystander got pulled into the melee further underscores the point, he said. JAKE OFFENHARTZ Offenhartz is a general assignment reporter in the New York City bureau of The Associated Press. twitter mailto RSShttps://feedx.net https://feedx.site

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by Andy Kroll and Jeremy Kohler ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as theyre published. When President Donald Trump chose Ed Martin, the Missouri lawyer and political operative, to be the top U.S. attorney for Washington, D.C., the decision came as a shock to current and former federal prosecutors as well as outside legal experts. Martin had no prosecutorial experience. He was best known as a conservative activist, the former right-hand man to influential anti-feminist icon Phyllis Schlafly and a loyal Trump surrogate.Since taking charge of the office in January, Martin has launched controversial investigations, rushed to defend Elon Musks Department of Government Efficiency and vowed to change how his office prosecutes crime in the District of Columbia. His actions have been met with fierce pushback from Democratic lawmakers, watchdog groups and legal experts. There have been at least four disciplinary complaints filed against him with the D.C. and Missouri bars. One of the D.C. complaints has been dismissed; the other three appear to be pending. If Martin has responded to the complaints, his statements have not been made public.Martin did not respond to repeated requests for comment.Here are some of Martins most contentious moves so far. Jan. 6 Retribution At Trumps direction, Martin has presided over the dismissal of outstanding cases that were part of the Justice Departments investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021, riots at the Capitol.But Martin got tripped up by what should have been a legal formality: In one of the cases he dismissed, he was still listed as counsel of record for the defendant, a possible conflict of interest. The incident prompted bar complaints against Martin in D.C. and Missouri. (The D.C. bars disciplinary panel dismissed the complaint, saying Martin had been acting at the behest of the president. The Missouri complaint appears to be pending.)Martin fired more than a dozen federal prosecutors who worked on Jan. 6 cases. He demoted seven senior lawyers in his office, including the two prosecutors who led the Jan. 6 team, to low-level roles in D.C. Superior Court, which handles local prosecutions. (Most of the affected attorneys have not commented publicly, but those who have are critical of Martins tenure.)Martin has opened an investigation into supposed leaks related to Jan. 6 cases, saying the information was used by the media and partisans as misinformation. He also ordered an investigation into past charging decisions made as part of the Jan. 6 cases. In 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the DOJs use of an obstruction statute in those prosecutions. In an office-wide email obtained by ProPublica, Martin quoted an unnamed contact who compared the DOJs use of the obstruction statute to President Franklin Roosevelts decision to imprison more than 100,000 Japanese Americans in internment camps during World War II. DOGE Enforcer Martin has published several open letters to Musk on the Musk-owned social media platform X.In the first letter, dated Feb. 3, Martin asked Musk to utilize me and my staff to protect the people and the work of DOGE. He vowed to take any and all legal action against anyone who impeded DOGEs work.We will not act like the previous administration, Martin added, who looked the other way as the Antifa and BLM rioters as well as thugs with guns trashed our capital city.In his second letter, dated Feb. 7, Martin expanded on his pledge to his offices legal powers in support of Musk and DOGEs work. Please let me reiterate again: If people are discovered to have broken the law or even acted simply unethically, we will investigate them and we will chase them to the end of the Earth to hold them accountable, Martin wrote.He urged his employees to respond to Musks demand that all federal employees list five things they accomplished that week, adding: DOGE and Elon are doing great work! Historic.And when DOGE employees attempted to seize control of the U.S. Institute of Peace, a private nonprofit that receives government funding, Martin and his office assisted so that DOGE could take over and wind down the nonprofit. We Will Defend You The U.S. attorneys office for D.C. is unique in that it prosecutes both federal and local crimes. In his tweets and public statements, Martin has vowed to Make D.C. Safe Again, even though violent crime has broadly declined in the District in recent years.While his public safety agenda is light on details so far, he has pledged to be a stalwart defender of the D.C. police. In yet another open letter posted on X, Martin wrote that the radical Defund the Police movement by Black Lives Matter is over and that it was time to get back to protecting and supporting our law enforcement officers.At every turn, we will defend you, he said.Yet current and former federal prosecutors in D.C. say Martins actions so far have undercut morale in the office while his proposed reforms could make it harder, not easier, for prosecutors to do their jobs.In February, Martin removed the chief and deputy chief of the Federal Major Crimes section, which oversees cases involving drugs, firearms possession, child exploitation, human trafficking and immigration violations. The two lawyers, who had decades of experience between them and were widely respected, were demoted to low-level roles; the more senior of the two, Melissa Jackson, resigned soon afterward. (Jackson declined to comment; her deputy did not respond to requests for comment.)Martin also said he was rewriting the offices policy for the so-called Lewis list, a repository of police officer disciplinary records. Prosecutors consult the Lewis database when they decide whether to put a police officer on the witness stand. They also use the Lewis list to identify officers about whom they need to disclose information to defense attorneys that bears on a witnesss credibility or potential bias to fulfill their constitutional obligations.Martin framed his decision to reform the Lewis list as part of a broader shift to be more pro-police. USAO will no longer allow judges or others to gratuitously damage your careers because of the outsized impact of inexact characterizations, he wrote.Michael Romano, a former federal prosecutor in the D.C. office, said that any effort to weaken or eliminate the Lewis list will only make it harder for prosecutors to argue and win cases because it would deprive them of information that they must disclose in court. Gutting the Lewis list, Romano told ProPublica, makes it less likely that prosecutors will obtain convictions at trial, makes it more likely that convictions will be reversed on appeal and puts prosecutors licenses to practice law at risk. Investigating Democrats Martin has initiated multiple inquiries into critics and opponents of Trump.Martin asked Rep. Eugene Vindman, D-Va., for information about a business that Vindman and his brother, Alexander, started to support Ukraine in its war against Russia, The Washington Post reported. Vindman and his twin brother, Alex, both blew the whistle on Trumps attempt to withhold military aid to Ukraine while pressuring the countrys leader to investigate the family of President Joe Biden. Eugene Vindman said that Martins letter was part of Trumps retribution campaign and that those who wrote the letter and encouraged this weird attempt at intimidation are lying.Bidens family members and former officials from his administration received letters from Martins office related to the ex-presidents decision to grant pardons to people close to him, The New York Times reported. Trump has pushed an unproven theory that Bidens actions werent valid because he wasnt mentally competent.He also sent letters to Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York and Rep. Robert Garcia of California, both Democrats, asking them to answer questions about incendiary public comments they had made. The inquiries appeared to have fizzled out and did not result in any charges. Targeting Medical Journals On Apr. 14, Martin sent a list of questions to the editor of Chest magazine, a medical journal published by the American College of Chest Physicians. The letter accused the journal and others like it of being partisans in various scientific debates and asked a series of contentious questions, such as How do you clearly articulate when you have certain viewpoints that are influenced by your ongoing relations with supporters, funders, advertisers, and others? and How do you handle allegations that authors of works in your journals may have misled readers?Two other medical journal publishers received similar letters, The New York Times reported. The letters have raised grave concerns about curbing free speech and government intimidation of scientific publications.

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A protestor with a Palestinian flag waits for others to arrive at the International Court of Justice which opens hearings into a United Nations request for an advisory opinion on Israel's obligations to allow humanitarian assistance in Gaza and the West Bank, in The Hague, Netherlands, Monday, April 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)2025-04-28T04:17:28Z THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) A Palestinian diplomat told the United Nations top court on Monday that Israel is killing and displacing civilians and targeting aid workers in Gaza, in a case that Israel criticized as part of its systematic persecution and delegitimization.Israel denies deliberately targeting civilians and aid staff as part of its war with Hamas and did not attend the hearing at the International Court of Justice. In The Hague, Palestinian Ambassador to the Netherlands Ammar Hijazi accused Israel of breaching international law in the occupied territories. Israel is starving, killing and displacing Palestinians while also targeting and blocking humanitarian organizations trying to save their lives, he told the court.The hearings are focussed on a request last year from the U.N. General Assembly, which asked the court to weigh in on Israels legal responsibilities after the country blocked the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees from operating on its territory. In a resolution sponsored by Norway, the General Assembly requested an advisory opinion, a non-binding but legally important decision from the court, on Israels obligations in the occupied territories to ensure and facilitate the unhindered provision of urgently needed supplies essential to the survival of the Palestinian civilian population? Hearings opened as the humanitarian aid system in Gaza is nearing collapse. Israel has blocked the entry of food, fuel, medicine and other humanitarian supplies since March 2. It renewed its bombardment on March 18, breaking a ceasefire, and seized large parts of the territory, saying it aims to push Hamas to release more hostages. Despite the stepped-up Israeli pressure, ceasefire efforts remain deadlocked.The World Food Program said last week its food stocks in the Gaza Strip have run out, ending a main source of sustenance for hundreds of thousands of Palestinians as many families are struggling to feed their children. What will happen in the court? The United Nations was the first to address the court on Monday, followed by Palestinian representatives. In total, 40 states and four international organizations are scheduled to participate. The United States, which voted against the U.N. resolution, is scheduled to speak on Wednesday. The court will likely take months to rule. But experts say the decision, though not legally binding, could profoundly impact international jurisprudence, international aid to Israel and public opinion.Advisory opinions provide clarity, Juliette McIntyre, an expert on international law at the University of South Australia, told The Associated Press. Governments rely on them in international negotiations and the outcome could be used to pressure Israel into easing restrictions on aid. Whether any ruling will have an effect on Israel, however, is unclear. Israel has long accused the United Nations of being unfairly biased against it and has ignored a 2004 advisory ruling by the ICJ that found its West Bank separation barrier illegal.While Israel was not in court, Foreign Minister Gideon Saar hit back at the case. I accuse UNRWA, I accuse the U.N., I accuse the secretary-general and I accuse all those that weaponized international law and its institutions in order to deprive the most attacked country in the world, Israel, of its most basic right to defend itself, he told a news conference in Jerusalem.On Tuesday, South Africa, a staunch critic of Israel, will present its arguments. In hearings last year in a separate case at the court, the country accused Israel of committing genocide against the Palestinians in Gaza a charge Israel denies. Those proceedings are still underway.Israels troubled relations with UNRWA Israels ban on the agency, known as UNRWA, which provides aid to Gaza, came into effect in January. The organization has faced increased criticism from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his far-right allies, who claim the group is deeply infiltrated by Hamas. UNRWA rejects that claim.On Monday, Amir Weissbrod, a Foreign Ministry official, presented Israels case against UNRWA. He accused it of failing to act before the war against evidence that Hamas had used its facilities, including by digging tunnels underneath them. The official said UNRWA employed 1,400 Palestinians with militant ties. Israel says some of those employees also took part in Hamas Oct. 7, 2023, attacks and Weissbrod said at least three of those employees still worked for the U.N. The presentation included videos, documents and pictures of the alleged employees. The Oct. 7, 2023, attack in southern Israel killed about 1,200 people and set off the war in Gaza. UNRWA said it fired nine staffers after an internal U.N. investigation concluded that they could have been involved, although the evidence was not authenticated and corroborated. The Israeli ban doesnt apply directly to Gaza. But it controls all entry to the territory, and its ban on UNRWA from operating inside Israel greatly limits the agencys ability to function. Israeli officials say they are looking for alternative ways to deliver aid to Gaza that would cut out the United Nations. UNRWA was established by the U.N. General Assembly in 1949 to provide relief for Palestinians who fled or were expelled from their homes in what is now Israel during the war surrounding Israels creation the previous year until there is a political solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.The agency has been providing aid and services including health and education to some 2.5 million Palestinians in Gaza, the occupied West Bank and east Jerusalem, as well as 3 million more in Syria, Jordan and Lebanon.Israels air and ground war has killed over 51,000 Palestinians, mostly women and children, according to the Gaza Health Ministry, which does not say how many of the dead were civilians or combatants. Israel says it has killed around 20,000 militants, without providing evidence.___Associated Press writer Tia Goldenberg in Jerusalem contributed to this report.___Follow APs war coverage at https://apnews.com/hub/israel-hamas-war

Workers assemble circuit breakers at a manufacturer of electronic equipment, in Fuyang city in central China's Anhui province on April 15, 2025. (Chinatopix via AP)2025-04-28T05:02:13Z Chinas leaders are downplaying the potential impact from U.S. President Donald Trumps trade war, saying they have the capacity to protect jobs and limit damage from higher tariffs on Chinese exports.The briefing Monday by several senior officials of different government ministries appeared aimed at shoring up confidence with promises of support for companies and the unemployed, easier lending conditions and other policies to counter the impact of combined tariffs of up to 145% on U.S. imports from China. It followed a meeting of Chinas powerful Politburo last week that analysts said had focused on ways to counter keep growth on track despite slowing exports. Chinese policymakers are on heightened standby mode, Louise Loo, lead economist at Oxford Economics said in a a report. She noted that the policies were similar to earlier pronouncements. The status of exchanges, if any, between the White House and Chinese leader Xi Jinping remains unclear. Trump said last week that hes actively negotiating with the Chinese government on tariffs while U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said talks have yet to start. Beijing has denied that any such talks were underway, and China has retaliated against Trumps tariffs by putting 125% import duties on products from the U.S., among other measures.The officials who spoke Monday reiterated Chinas rejection of what leaders there call bullying. They make up bargaining chips out of thin air, bully and go back on their words, which makes everyone see one thing more and more clearly, that is the so-called reciprocal tariffs severely go against historical trends and economic laws, impact international trade rules and order and seriously impair the legitimate rights and interests of countries, said Zhao Chenxin, deputy director of the National Development and Reform Commission, the countrys main economic planning agency. The trade war between the worlds two largest economies has the potential to bring on a recession in the U.S., with repercussions across the globe. China has been struggling to recharge its own growth after the job losses and other shocks of the pandemic. Economists at the International Monetary Fund and some investment houses have downgraded their estimates for growth in China this year, to about 4%. Millions of export oriented jobs are at stake. Still, Chinese officials say they believe the economy has the momentum to expand at the target rate of about 5% this year, in line with growth in 2024.Yu Jiadong, a vice minister of Human Resources and Social Security, told reporters in Beijing that a full and objective analysis shows Chinas employment policy toolbox is sufficient. The government will step up support for companies to help them keep workers and also encourage entrepreneurship among the unemployed, Yu said. China also can manage without energy imports from the United States, said Zhao, the NDRC deputy director.Enterprises reducing or even stopping energy imports from the United States will have no impact on our countrys energy supply, he said. China has been gradually cutting its imports of U.S. grains and other farm products, and Zhao said that stopping such purchases would not compromise the food supply. Most grain purchases were for livestock feed and the international market has adequate stocks to make up for any reduction in imports of corn, sorghum, soy and oil from American suppliers, he said. A deputy governor of the central bank, Zou Lan, said the Peoples Bank of China will cut interest rates and relax reserve requirements as needed to encourage lending. Incremental policies will be introduced in a timely manner to help stabilize employment, enterprises, markets, and expectations, Zou said.China can expand domestic demand through various policies including rebates for swapping old vehicles, appliances and factory equipment for new ones, Zhao said, forecasting that demand for equipment upgrades will exceed 5 trillion yuan ($34.8 billion) a year. In the longer term, China also is promoting the shift of more people to cities from the countryside, Zhao said.Every 1 percentage point increase in the urbanization rate can stimulate trillions of investment demand, he said. Our country has very real potential and space to expand domestic demand.___AP video producer Borg Wong contributed. ELAINE KURTENBACH Based in Bangkok, Kurtenbach is the APs business editor for Asia, helping to improve and expand our coverage of regional economies, climate change and the transition toward carbon-free energy. She has been covering economic, social, environmental and political trends in China, Japan and Southeast Asia throughout her career. twitter mailto RSShttps://feedx.net https://feedx.site

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Argentine Cardinal ngel Sixto Rossi speaks to reporters as he arrives for a college of cardinals' meeting, at the Vatican, Monday, April 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)2025-04-28T09:43:23Z VATICAN CITY (AP) Catholic cardinals on Monday set May 7 as the start date for the conclave to elect Pope Francis successor, delaying the secret voting for two days to help them get to know one another better and find consensus on a candidate before they are sequestered in the Sistine Chapel.The cardinals set the date after arriving for the first day of informal meetings following Pope Francis funeral Saturday. In a chaotic scene, journalists shouted out questions to the cardinals about the mood inside, whether there was unity, and when the conclave would begin. A reporter for a satirical Italian television program repeatedly asked whether an Italian cardinal who has been convicted by the Vatican criminal court on finance-related charges would be allowed to vote.There is the hope of unity, said Argentine Cardinal ngel Sixto Rossi, the 66-year-old archbishop of Cordoba who was made a cardinal by Francis in 2023. Many cardinals cited the desire to continue Francis pastoral focus on people who are marginalized and against war. But conservatives in the ranks may be more focused on forging unity and refocusing the church back to core doctrines emphasized by St. John Paul II and Pope Benedict XVI, rather than continuing Francis social justice focus and outreach to women and gays. British Cardinal Vincent Nichols, the 79-year-old archbishop of Westminster, was adamant that the church must strive for unity, and he downplayed divisions. The role of the pope is to essentially hold us together and thats the grace weve been given from God, said Nichols.Venezuelan Cardinal Baltazar Enrique Porras Cardozo expressed confidence that once the conclave begins, a decision would be quick, between two and three days. Cardinal electorsThe College of Cardinals that will elect a new pope includes members from far-flung corners of the globe whom Francis named over his 12-year papacy to bring in new points of views of the Catholic Church hierarchy. Many have spent little or no time in Rome getting to know their colleagues, injecting some uncertainty into a process that requires two-thirds of the voting-age cardinals to coalesce behind a single candidate. Nichols acknowledged that the 135 cardinal electors 108 of whom were appointed by Francis dont know each other very well. The last 20 were appointed in early December.Weve got all week, Nichols said as he arrived Monday.Only cardinals under 80 are eligible to vote, and it is not clear how many of the 135 will participate. A Spanish cardinal has already said he wont come to Rome for health reasons.A big uncertainty is whether Cardinal Angelo Becciu, once one of the most powerful cardinals in the Vatican, will be allowed in the Sistine Chapel. Francis in 2020 forced Becciu to resign as head of the Vaticans saint-making office and renounce his rights as a cardinal because of allegations of embezzlement and financial fraud. Becciu denied any wrongdoing but was put on trial in the Vatican criminal court and convicted of finance-related charges in December, 2023. He is appealing the conviction and has participated in the pre-conclave meetings, but there is a lingering question about whether he is entitled to vote. The Vaticans official statistics list him as a non-elector. When he was ousted in 2020, Becciu told a hastily arranged press conference that he wouldnt be voting in any future conclave, but recently, he has insisted he is entitled to vote and canon lawyers have been poring over the Vatican document regulating the conclave to determine if hes right.Papal candidatesWhile Francis stacked the ranks with his cardinals, it is not necessarily the case that all of them will want to see the church continue in his image. On Monday morning, any glimpse of a red cap appearing along St. Peters Squares stately colonnade set journalists running with cameras and voice recorders aloft to capture the mood inside, however fleeting. Italian Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, considered a contender to be the next pope, navigated the scrum of converging journalists with humor, but didnt give anything away. He joked that he was holding his breath as the microphones and cameras surrounded him all the way to the Vatican gate. African voicesNigerian Cardinal John Olorunfemi Onaiyekan, the emeritus archbishop of Abuja, was asked if the African cardinals were coalescing around a particular candidate. African bishops had made a remarkably united stand last year against Francis outreach to LGBTQ+ people, refusing to implement his declaration allowing priests to offer blessings to same-sex couples. Given such a stand, there is some speculation that the 18 African cardinal electors could help block a progressive candidate from emerging. We have not come here for a political rally. We have come to get a pope out, said Onaiyekan, who at 81 is too old to vote but can have a role in influencing how younger electors might. Asian and Latin American voicesIndian Cardinal Anthony Poola, the 61-year-old archbishop of Hyderabad, said he had experienced a sense of unity among his fellow cardinals but allowed that anything could happen. As a relatively young cardinal, Poola is one of four Indian electors who will participate in the conclave, three of whom, including Poola, were named by Francis.Anyone who is coming up must be the successor of St. Peter, and we all hope that he will be a good pope, he said. Rossi, the Argentine cardinal, said he hoped that Francis message of mercy, closeness, charity, tenderness and faith, would accompany them in finding a successor.But he acknowledged the job was daunting. Asked how he felt about participating in his first conclave, he responded with a laugh: Afraid.___Associated Press religion coverage receives support through the APs collaboration with The Conversation US, with funding from Lilly Endowment Inc. The AP is solely responsible for this content. NICOLE WINFIELD Winfield has been on the Vatican beat since 2001, covering the papacies of St. John Paul II, Pope Benedict XVI and the Francis pontificate and traveling the world with them. 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Mohammad Abu Zeid, 12, tastes the food prepared for a meal in his family tent in Muwasi, on the outskirts of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)2025-04-28T10:21:31Z DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip overnight into Monday killed at least 27 Palestinians, according to local health officials. There was no immediate comment from the Israeli military.Israel has carried out daily strikes on Gaza since ending its ceasefire with Hamas last month. It has cut off the territorys 2 million Palestinians from all imports, including food and medicine, since the beginning of March in what it says is an attempt to pressure the militant group to release hostages.The daily bombardment and widespread hunger is taking a heavy toll on Gazas most vulnerable residents, including pregnant women and children. The United Nations highest court began holding hearings on Monday into Israels obligation to facilitate humanitarian aid to the territories it occupies.Israel says the International Court of Justice is biased against it. It says enough aid entered during the ceasefire to sustain the population and accuses Hamas of siphoning it off.Humanitarian workers say supplies are running desperately low, with most people eating one meal or less a day. They say the U.N. closely monitors aid distribution and deny any significant diversion. Strikes hit three homesAn airstrike hit a home in Beit Lahiya, killing 10 people, including a Palestinian prisoner, Abdel-Fattah Abu Mahadi, who had been released as part of the ceasefire. His wife, two of their children and a grandchild were also killed, according to the Indonesian Hospital, which received the bodies.Another strike hit a home in Gaza City, killing seven people, including two women, according to the Gaza Health Ministrys emergency service. Two other people were wounded.Late Sunday, a strike hit a home in the southern city of Khan Younis, killing at least 10 people, including five siblings as young as 4 years old, according to the Health Ministry. Two other children were killed along with their parents, according to Nasser Hospital, which received the bodies.Israel says it makes every effort to avoid harming civilians and blames Hamas for their deaths because the militants operate in densely populated areas. Palestinians say nowhere in blockaded Gaza is safe. No end in sight to the 18-month-old warThe war began when Hamas-led militants attacked southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, killing some 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and abducting 251. Hamas is still holding 59 hostages, 24 of whom are believed to be alive, after most of the rest were released in ceasefire agreements or other deals.Israels retaliatory offensive has killed over 52,000 Palestinians, mostly women and children, according to the Health Ministry, which does not say how many of the dead were fighters or civilians. Israels bombardment and ground operations have destroyed vast areas of Gaza and left most of its population homeless.The Health Ministry says 2,151 people, including 732 children, have been killed since Israel shattered the truce on March 18.Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to continue the offensive until all the hostages are returned and Hamas is either destroyed or agrees to disarm and leave the territory. He says Israel will then implement U.S. President Donald Trumps proposal to resettle much of Gazas population in other countries through what the Israeli leader refers to as voluntary emigration. Palestinians say the plan would amount to forcible expulsion from their homeland after Israels offensive left much of Gaza uninhabitable. Human rights experts say it would likely violate international law.Hamas has said it will only release the remaining hostages in return for more Palestinian prisoners, a lasting ceasefire and a full Israeli withdrawal from Gaza, as called for in the ceasefire that Israel ended.___Magdy reported from Cairo.___Follow APs war coverage at https://apnews.com/hub/israel-hamas-war SAMY MAGDY Magdy is a Middle East reporter for The Associated Press, based in Cairo. He focuses on conflict, migration and human rights abuses. twitter facebook mailto

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