BEIJING (AP) – A senior official has been expelled from China’s ruling Communist Party, state media said Tuesday, the latest to fall in Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s long-running anti-corruption campaign. Ma Xingrui is one of three members of the current Politburo, the 24-member body made up of top party leaders, to be purged in the campaign.
News Minute – Video of Major World Affairs - July 16
MIAMI (AP) – he Trump administration is reviving a rule that could deny green cards to immigrants who use public benefits that could include food stamps, Medicaid, housing vouchers and others. The policy, known as “public charge,” appeared on Thursday in the Federal Register and will be formally published on July 20.
Today in History - What Happened on this Day
Ukraine buries its unknown soldiers as identification likely to go on for years
Today in History. Today is Thursday, July 16, the 197th day of 2026. There are 168 days left in the year. Today in History: On July 16, 1945, the United States detonated its first experimental atomic bomb in the desert of Alamogordo, New Mexico.
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) – Actor Sam Neill died from pneumonia and will be honored at a private family memorial at his New Zealand farm later, his agent told The Associated Press on Thursday.
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – The European Union’s top official signed an agreement Wednesday to move forward on joint weapons production with Ukraine, saying Kyiv’s fight against Russia’s 4-year-old invasion is a key part of the continent’s defense.
LONDON (AP) – Prime Minister Keir Starmer said that he was leaving the United Kingdom in “better shape than I found it” as he fielded questions, criticism and even a bit of praise from lawmakers in the House of Commons for the last time on Wednesday.
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