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    Taiwan coast guard says deploys vessels in response to China operation

    TAIPEI — Taiwan's coast guard said Sunday it has deployed vessels "to respond appropriately" to a Chinese operation in waters east of the island democracy, which it said "violates international law". It comes after Chinese state media reported Saturday that the "law enforcement operation" was in response to talks between Japan and the Philippines to draw a boundary in the affected waters. China, which asserts Taiwan is part of its territory, called the talks "illegal" and has claimed exclusive control over the waters. The Chinese ships have been monitored "throughout the entire process" and Taiwan "has deployed the necessary vessels to respond appropriately," the Taiwanese coast guard said in a statement. Taiwan said it had detected four Chinese government vessels departing from Xiamen port which had sailed outside Taiwanese restricted waters southwest of the island. Taiwan's coast guard dispatched more than five vessels "to assist with surveillance". The Chinese vessels were expected to arrive "in the relevant waters" on Sunday, the statement said, adding that "China does not enjoy any

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    Zelenskyy accuses Russia of deliberate strike on Chernobyl facility

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    Is the dream over? Mainland students rethink Hong Kong over costs and cultural fit

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Trump urges countries to go to Strait of Hormuz and 'just take it'

U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday urged countries that did not help in the U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran to buy American oil and go to the Strait of Hormuz and "just TAKE it." Trump singled out Britain and France as unhelpful in the month-long war that has roiled global markets, driven up energy prices and seen Iran effectively close oil tanker traffic through the Strait. "All of those countries that can’t get jet fuel because of the Strait of Hormuz, like the United Kingdom, which refused to get involved in the decapitation of Iran, I have a suggestion for you: Number 1, buy from the U.S., we have plenty, and Number 2, build up some delayed courage, go to the Strait, and just TAKE IT," Trump said in a Truth Social post. "You’ll have to start learning how to fight for yourself, the U.S.A. won’t be there to help you anymore, just like you weren’t there for us. "The hard part is done. Go get your own oil!" He also criticized France for not letting planes carrying military supplies to Israel fly over French territory.

Mar 31, 2026By Reuters
Trump urges countries to go to Strait of Hormuz and 'just take it'
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Average US gas prices soar past $4 a gallon, highest since 2022

NEW YORK — U.S. gas prices jumped past an average of $4 a gallon for the first time since 2022 as fuel prices continue to soar worldwide amid the Iran war. According to motor club AAA, the national average for a gallon of regular gasoline is now $4.02 — over a dollar more than before the war began. The last time U.S. drivers were collectively paying this much at the pump was nearly four years ago, following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The price is a national average, meaning drivers in some states have been paying well over $4 a gallon for a while now. Since the U.S. and Israel launched a joint war against Iran on Feb. 28, the cost of crude oil — the main ingredient in gasoline — has spiked and swung rapidly. That’s because the conflict has caused deep supply chain disruptions and cuts from major oil producers across the Middle East. Higher gas prices are impacting consumers and businesses as many households continue to face wider cost of living strains. And as drivers pay more to cover necessities like gas, many may be forced to cut their budgets in other places.

Mar 31, 2026By AP
Average US gas prices soar past $4 a gallon, highest since 2022
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US attacks Iranian nuclear site while Tehran hits oil tanker off Dubai coast

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A likely strike by the United States hit the central Iranian city of Isfahan early Tuesday, sending a massive fireball into the sky, and Tehran struck a fully loaded Kuwaiti oil tanker in the Persian Gulf. The attacks were testament to the intensity of the monthlong war the U.S. and Israel launched against Iran, which has maintained its chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz, closing off the vital waterway for global energy shipments, sending oil prices skyrocketing and roiling world markets. U.S. President Donald Trump, who has been insisting there is progress in diplomatic talks toward a ceasefire, shared video of the attack on Isfahan, with fiery explosions lighting up the night sky. Isfahan is home to one of three sites earlier attacked by the U.S. military in June and some of Iran’s highly enriched uranium is likely stored or buried or there. Meanwhile, Israel said another four soldiers had been killed in its invasion of Lebanon, as were two more United Nations peacekeepers, prompting the U.N. Security Council to schedule an emergency session for later

Mar 31, 2026By AP
US attacks Iranian nuclear site while Tehran hits oil tanker off Dubai coast
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Spain closes off its airspace to US planes involved in Iran war

MADRID — Spain closed its airspace to U.S. planes involved in the Iran war, officials said Monday, in another step by Europe’s loudest critic of U.S. and Israeli military actions in the monthlong conflict. The country earlier said that the U.S. couldn't use jointly operated military bases in the war, which Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has described as illegal, reckless and unjust. Defense Minister Margarita Robles said that the same logic applied to the use of Spanish airspace. “This was made perfectly clear to the American military and forces from the very beginning. Therefore, neither the bases are authorized, nor, of course, is the use of Spanish airspace authorized for any actions related to the war in Iran,” Robles told reporters, describing the conflict as “profoundly illegal and profoundly unjust.” Sánchez has called on the U.S., Israel and Iran to end the war. “You cannot respond to one illegality with another, because that’s how humanity’s great disasters begin," he said earlier this month. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that Spain's leaders are “b

Mar 31, 2026By AP
Spain closes off its airspace to US planes involved in Iran war
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Oil-thirsty Asian nations seek Russian crude as Iran war strains supplies

BANGKOK — Asian nations are increasingly competing for Russian crude oil as an energy crisis mounts amid the month-old war by the U.S. and Israel against Iran, which has choked off roughly a fifth of the world’s oil supply. Much of the oil from the mostly shut Strait of Hormuz was headed for Asia, hit hardest by recent energy shocks. Over the weekend, Iran-backed Houthi rebels entered the conflict, further threatening shipping. To shore up global crude oil supplies, the U.S. has temporarily eased sanctions on Russian oil shipments already at sea — first for India , then for the rest of the world. Demand is rising in Asia while Russia is raking in billions of dollars. But experts say there is a limit to how much Moscow can boost its exports of crude oil, which is unrefined petroleum needed to make fuels like gasoline and diesel, and it is already exporting at a level close to its previous peak. In addition, Russia's 4-year-old full-scale invasion of Ukraine and recent drone attacks on its energy facilities by Kyiv are hurting its export capabilities. For desperate countries in Asia t

Mar 31, 2026By AP
Oil-thirsty Asian nations seek Russian crude as Iran war strains supplies
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Taiwan’s temples embrace AI to boost tourism, preserve tradition

TAIPEI — Taiwan is turning to artificial intelligence (AI) to make its traditional culture more accessible, using new technology to attract both foreign visitors and younger generations. Taiwan’s Tourism Administration under the Ministry of Transportation and Communications (MOTC) showcased how AI can be integrated into tourism policy while preserving cultural authenticity at Smart City Summit and Expo 2026, held in the Nangang District of Taipei. The exhibition drew strong attention, with hands-on booths featuring AI-powered experiences — including an AI bartender and AI perfumer — attracting large numbers of visitors. The initiative seeks to combine Taiwan’s traditional temple culture and fortune-telling practices with AI to improve accessibility for younger generations and foreign tourists. “We are showcasing how AI is not replacing humans, but helping preserve authentic culture, such as fortune telling, through integrated systems,” a Tourism Administration official said. Taiwan is home to more than 15,000 temples, but many are staffed primarily by older generations, with

Mar 31, 2026By Jung Da-hyun
Taiwan’s temples embrace AI to boost tourism, preserve tradition
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Trump interested in calling on Arab states to help pay for Iran war, White House says

WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump is interested in calling on Arab countries to pay for the cost of the Iran war, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Monday, adding talks with Tehran to end the conflict are progressing well. Leavitt, asked at a news briefing whether Arab countries would step up to help pay for the war, said she would not get ahead of the Republican president but that it was an idea that Trump had. "I think it's something the President would be quite interested in calling them to do," Leavitt said. "It's an idea that I know that he has and something that I think you'll hear more from him on." Leavitt said that what Tehran says publicly differs from what it tells U.S. officials in private and that Iran had privately agreed to some of Washington's points. "Despite all of the public posturing you hear from the regime and false reporting, talks are continuing and going well. What is said publicly is, of course, much different than what's being communicated to us privately," Leavitt said. Trump earlier on Monday warned that Iran's energy plants and oil

Mar 31, 2026By Reuters
Trump interested in calling on Arab states to help pay for Iran war, White House says
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Facts about Strait of Hormuz shipping blockade

LONDON — Here are the latest key facts and figures about the blockage of the Strait of Hormuz, a crucial shipping route virtually paralysed by the Middle East war. Around a fifth of global crude oil and liquefied natural gas passes through the waterway in peacetime. The war erupted on February 28 when the United States and Israel began bombing Iran, prompting Tehran to retaliate with strikes across the region and sharply restrict access to the strait. First incident reported in over a week The Express Rome, a Liberia-flagged container vessel, reported on Monday that two unknown projectiles splashed next to the moving ship within an hour of each other. All crew were reported safe. The ship was 22 nautical miles northeast of the Ras Tanura port in Saudi Arabia, according to the British maritime security agency UKMTO and maritime security firm Vanguard Tech. Iran's Revolutionary Guards previously claimed to have attacked the vessel on March 11, identifying it as an Israeli ship, in a press release published by the ISNA news agency. Monday's was the first such incident, attack or suspicious a

Mar 31, 2026By AFP
Facts about Strait of Hormuz shipping blockade
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Trump issues new warning to Tehran, Iran calls US peace proposals 'unrealistic'

TEL AVIV/WASHINGTON/ISLAMABAD — President Donald Trump warned on Monday that Iran's energy plants and oil wells would be obliterated if it did not open the Strait of Hormuz, after Tehran described U.S. peace proposals as "unrealistic" and fired waves of missiles at Israel. Israel's military said two drones from Yemen had also been intercepted on Monday, two days after the Iran-aligned Houthis entered the war by firing missiles at Israel, and that Lebanon's Hezbollah had fired rockets at Israel. Israeli forces carried out missile strikes on what they called military infrastructure in Tehran and infrastructure used by Iran-backed Hezbollah in Beirut, leaving black smoke hanging over the Lebanese capital. Turkey's defence ministry said a ballistic missile launched from Iran entered Turkish airspace before being shot down by NATO air and missile defences deployed in the eastern Mediterranean. Iran defiant Tehran remained defiant in the month-old war, which began with U.S.-Israeli attacks on Iran on February 28 and has spread across the region, killing thousands, disrupting energy supplies a

Mar 31, 2026By Reuters
Trump issues new warning to Tehran, Iran calls US peace proposals 'unrealistic'
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Apollo-era veterans back NASA’s moon return with Artemis II

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The people who toiled night and day to put astronauts on the moon during Apollo are thrilled that NASA is finally going back. They just wish these Artemis moonshots had happened sooner while more of Apollo’s workforce was still alive. Now in their 80s and 90s, the dwindling survivors of NASA’s greatest generation would also like to see more enthusiasm for Artemis. So few of them are left from the original 400,000 that no reunion is planned to celebrate the upcoming Artemis II flight around the moon by four astronauts as soon as April 1. Those living near Florida's Kennedy Space Center will watch the launch from their backyards. “Because it was the first time, there was an energy. There was a passion that probably is not exactly the same today and hasn’t been for a while,” said Charlie Mars, 90, who worked on Apollo’s command and lunar modules and helped establish the American Space Museum in nearby Titusville. Retired engineer JoAnn Morgan is still fuming that the last three Apollo moon landings were canceled under President Richard Nixon’s watch be

Mar 31, 2026By AP
Apollo-era veterans back NASA’s moon return with Artemis II
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