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TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - A journalist in Taiwan was detained on allegations of bribing army officers to provide military information to people from mainland China, as the self-ruled island cracks down on potential infiltration from Beijing. Taiwan's Qiaotou District Prosecutors Office said in a statement that a district court ordered the detention of a television reporter and five current and retired military officers. Saturday's statement didn't identify the journalist, only using the surname Lin. Meanwhile, CTi TV separately said one of its reporters, Lin Chen-you, has been detained and that it wasn't aware of the case details, urging a fair judicial process.

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Indonesian rescuers on Sunday recovered a body in their search for 11 people aboard a plane that crashed while approaching a mountainous region on Sulawesi island. The body of a man was retrieved from a ravine about 200 meters (656 feet) deep on the slope of Mount Bulusaraung, near scattered aircraft debris, said Muhammad Arif Anwar, who heads Makassar's Search and Rescue Office. Teams also found additional wreckage, including parts of the aircraft frame and passenger seats, and visually identified what is believed to be the engine of the turboprop ATR 42-500 that crashed on Saturday afternoon, Anwar said.

KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) - Firefighters in Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi on Sunday finally extinguished a blaze at a multistory shopping plaza after a nearly 24-hour-long effort. The fire left six people dead, including a firefighter, and dozens missing, officials said. The fire broke out late Saturday at Gul Plaza, and spread rapidly through shops stocked with cosmetics, garments and plastic goods, according to Dr. Abid Jalal Sheikh, the city's chief rescue officer. The fire has been put out and now a search for dozens of missing people is underway, said Murad Ali Shah, the chief minister in the Sindh province of which Karachi is the capital.

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BEIJING (AP) - Canadian leader Mark Carney met China's Xi Jinping this week. The two statesmen talked. Fractured relationships began to heal. And a third man, though he wasn't in the room, nevertheless made his presence clearly known: Donald Trump. The American president - his policies, his approaches to international relations, his freewheeling and provocative statements about Canada - helped inform meetings 8,000 miles (13,000 kilometers) away between two nations working to reestablish ties stalled for nearly a decade as they grapple with the same challenge: wondering what Washington might do next. Canada's reengagement with China, its second-largest trading partner behind the U.S., is unfolding in keeping with a term Chinese media have loved this past week - "strategic autonomy." Essentially, it means that a nation like Canada, so intertwined with the United States for so long as unswerving allies, needs other pillars to hold up its international foundations given recent speed bumps in the Washington-Ottawa relationship.

LONDON (AP) - Britain's main opposition leader joined a protest Saturday against China's planned new embassy in London, days before a deadline for the government to approve or block the project. Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch urged the Labour government to reject the plans, saying the Chinese government had "harassed and sanctioned" members of Parliament and "abused British nationals connected to China." "We know that we have to stand up to the abuses of China. And what worries me is that we have a government right now that seems to be scared of China," she told hundreds of demonstrators who gathered at the site, chanting "no China mega embassy." Politicians from several opposition parties addressed the rally.

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - It took 45 years to be in a position to set a record that has drawn so much attention. So another 14 1/2 minutes serving to keep her Australian Open hopes alive felt like no time at all for Venus Williams. Ranked No. 576 and playing on a wild-card entry, the seven-time major winner led 4-0 in the third set Sunday before Olga Danilovic rallied to win six straight games - getting the vital break in the extra-long, next-to-last game - for a 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-4 victory. "It was an amazing journey on the court today," said Williams, who left the stadium with a smile and a wave.

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - Zeynep Sönmez rushed to the aid of an ailing ballkid in an interruption to play during her first-round upset win over No. 11 Ekaterina Alexandrova on Sunday at the Australian Open. The 23-year-old Turkish qualifier was receiving serve in the ninth game of the second set when a ballkid wobbled, lost balance and stumbled backward near the umpire's chair in sunny conditions at 1573 Arena. The ballkid stood up quickly but started wobbling again, and Sönmez immediately held up her hand to suspend play. She went to the courtside and put an arm around the ballkid's waist and helped her toward some shade.

KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) - A massive fire swept through a multistory shopping mall in Pakistan's largest southern city of Karachi late Saturday, killing at least three people and injuring about a dozen others, police and rescue officials said. Firefighters and rescue workers rushed to the Gul Plaza shortly after 10 p.m. local time following reports of the blaze, police and rescuer officials said. According to the local media, most shop owners were closing their stores or had already left when the fire broke out and spread quickly. The cause of the fire was not immediately known. Police said an investigation would be launched once the blaze was extinguished.

The world's first legally binding agreement to protect marine life in international waters took effect Saturday, marking a historic moment for ocean conservation after nearly two decades of negotiations. The High Seas Treaty will govern nearly half the planet's surface - the vast ocean areas beyond any country's control. These waters face mounting threats from destructive fishing practices, shipping, plastic pollution, overfishing and potential deep sea mining, all compounded by climate change. The ocean absorbs carbon dioxide and produces oxygen, making its health critical for addressing the climate crisis. The treaty entered into force 120 days after it reached the threshold of ratification by 60 countries in September.