Taiwan's opposition leader meets China's Xi Jinping as both sides call for peace

BEIJING (AP) – Taiwan’s opposition leader met Friday with Chinese President Xi Jinping at Beijing’s Great Hall of the People, the first such encounter in over a decade, with both sides affirming the need for maintaining peace around the self-ruled island that China claims as its territory.

US thrashed military targets in Iran, but some capabilities remain

WASHINGTON (AP) – Since the ceasefire between Iran and the U.S. was announced, leaders in President Donald Trump’s administration have been quick to say Iranian military and arms capacity have been all but wiped out during weeks of fighting.

Beijing calculates next steps in Iran ceasefire ahead of Trump's trip

WASHINGTON (AP) – With a fragile ceasefire agreement between the U.S. and Iran holding for now, China is calculating its role in helping find a durable endgame to the war in the Middle East.

China's car exports surge as expectations grow for EV pivot

HONG KONG (AP) – China’s exports of passenger cars accelerated in March, an industry association said Friday, as Chinese automakers stepped up their push to grow overseas markets.

Too young for the MMR shot, babies become 'sitting ducks' in measles outbreaks

LANDRUM, South Carolina (AP) – With baby Arthur too young for the measles vaccine and a sibling due in June, the Otwells grew nervous when the threat of the highly contagious virus started factoring into their grocery run. “We go to the Costco that was kind of a hotbed,” said John Otwell.

Trump admits glaring error in New York health fraud accusations

NEW YORK (AP) – President Donald Trump’s administration this week acknowledged it made a significant error in figures it used to help justify a fraud probe into New York’s Medicaid program, a glaring mistake that undercuts a federal campaign to tackle waste, mostly in Democratic-led states.

Artemis II's grand moon finale is almost here with Pacific splashdown

HOUSTON (AP) – Their dramatic grand finale fast approaching, Artemis II’s astronauts aimed for a splashdown in the Pacific on Friday to close out humanity’s first voyage to the moon in more than half a century.

Trump's tenuous Iran exit plan isn't healing Republican rifts

WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump’s search for an off-ramp from the war with Iran is getting bumpy inside his Republican Party. In the decade since Trump’s “America First” movement rose to power by rejecting military intervention, his coalition has rarely been tested the way it is now.

Gaza marks 6 months ceasefire that may offer lessons for Iran war

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) – Friday marks six months since Gaza’s ceasefire deal took effect, a milestone largely lost in the confusion over the new and even more fragile ceasefire in the Iran war.