Gaza's Health Ministry says Israel has struck the largest hospital in the territory's south
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Gaza’s Health Ministry says Israel’s military has struck the largest hospital in the territory's south, killing one person and wounding others. The ministry says Sunday night's strike caused a large fire in Nasser Hospital's surgical building in the city of Khan Younis. The hospital says there are a number of wounded. Israel’s military has confirmed the strike, saying it hit a Hamas militant operating there. Nasser Hospital was overwhelmed with dead and wounded when Israel resumed the war in Gaza last week with a surprise wave of airstrikes that killed hundreds of people.
A legal showdown looms in Israel as Netanyahu moves to oust top officials
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Political tensions are surging in Israel after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has moved to fire top security and legal officials. Netanyahu's dismissal of the internal security chief sparked protests and his government is beginning the process to fire the attorney general. Critics warn that the moves could amount to a conflict of interest and deepen divisions in Israel over the government's power over independent state institutions. Both dismissals are expected to be challenged at the Supreme Court. Experts warn that if the government disobeys its rulings, that could spark a constitutional crisis that many worry would set off internal strife.
South Korean Prime Minister Han Duck-soo reinstated as acting president after impeachment overturned
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean Prime Minister Han Duck-soo has been reinstated as the acting president as the Constitutional Court overturned his impeachment. Han, South Korea’s No. 2 official, had become acting leader after President Yoon Suk Yeol was impeached over his imposition of martial law in December. Han thanked the court after Monday's ruling and said he would attend to the most urgent matters. He also called for national unity. The court ruled 7-1 that Parliament didn't have a a quorum to pass the impeachment motion, that the accusations against Han weren’t against the law or that they weren’t serious enough to remove him from office. Many experts said the ruling on Han didn't signal how the court would rule on Yoon's impeachment.
Former Utah Rep. Mia Love, the first Black Republican woman elected to the US House, has died
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Former U.S. Rep. Mia Love of Utah, a daughter of Haitian immigrants who became the first Black Republican woman elected to Congress, died on Sunday. She was 49. Love had been undergoing treatment for brain cancer prior to her death. Her daughter posted March 1 on Love’s X account that the former lawmaker was no longer responding to treatment. Love entered politics in 2003 after winning a seat on the Saratoga Springs (Utah) City Council. She later became the city’s mayor. She narrowly lost a 2012 House race but came back two years later and won in a district that includes suburbs of Salt Lake City. She was edged out while seeking reelection in 2018.
Pope Francis is back home after a 5-week hospital stay for life-threatening double pneumonia
VATICAN CITY (AP) — A weak and frail Pope Francis has returned home to the Vatican from the hospital after a five-week, life-threatening bout of pneumonia. The motorcade carrying the 88-year-old pope entered the Perugino gate entrance to Vatican City, and Francis was seen wearing nasal tubes for supplemental oxygen. During the trip home from Gemelli hospital, Francis took a slight detour to the St. Mary Major basilica, where his favorite icon of the Madonna is located and where he always goes to pray after a foreign visit. His return home brought relief after fears that his illness could be fatal or lead to another papal resignation.
A Russian drone attack kills 7 in Ukraine ahead of ceasefire talks
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — At least seven people were killed when Russia launched a barrage of drones across Ukraine overnight, according to local Ukrainian officials and emergency services. Sunday's attacks occurred ahead of ceasefire negotiations in Saudi Arabia in which Ukraine and Russia are expected to hold indirect U.S.-mediated talks. Extended sounds of explosions were heard in the early hours of the night across Kyiv as the air raid blared for over five hours. Russian drones and debris from shot-down drones, which were flying at lower altitudes to evade air defenses, fell on residential buildings across the Ukrainian capital.
Second lady Usha Vance will visit Greenland as Trump talks up US takeover
WASHINGTON (AP) — Second lady Usha Vance is set to travel to Greenland this week as President Donald Trump continues to suggest the U.S. could take control of the mineral-rich Artic island. Her office says Vance will leave Thursday and return Saturday. The wife of Vice President JD Vance will be part of a U.S. delegation set to “visit historical sites, learn about Greenlandic heritage, and attend the Avannaata Qimussersu, Greenland’s national dogsled race.” Greenland is a self-governing region of Denmark, a NATO ally of the United States. But Trump has said repeatedly that he thinks the U.S. should take Greenland for strategic and national security purposes.
Canada's prime minister and his opponent kick off election saying Trump must respect sovereignty
TORONTO (AP) — New Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and his Conservative opponent have kicked off their election campaigns against the backdrop of a trade war and annexation threats from U.S. President Donald Trump. Carney announced Sunday there will be a five-week election campaign before the vote on April 28. The governing Liberals had appeared poised for a historic election defeat this year until Trump declared a trade war. Trump has repeatedly said that Canada should become the 51st U.S. state and he acknowledged Friday that he has upended Canadian politics. Trump’s almost daily attacks on Canada’s sovereignty have infuriated Canadians and led to a surge in Canadian nationalism that has bolstered Liberal poll numbers.
A mix of science and tradition helps restore relics in China's Forbidden City
BEIJING (AP) — A team of about 150 restorers fuses scientific analysis and traditional techniques to clean, patch up and otherwise revive the more than 1.8 million relics in the collection of Beijing's Forbidden City. They include scroll paintings, calligraphy, bronzes, ceramics — even ornate antique clocks gifted to emperors by early European visitors. The restorers' objective is to better preserve its artifacts for posterity. Qu Feng, head of the museum’s Conservation Department, says restoration techniques have also evolved over the years, though the old ways remain the foundation of the work at the Forbidden City, now a major tourist site in the heart of Beijing that's formally known as the Palace Museum.
Conan O'Brien accepts Mark Twain Prize for humor as politics roils the Kennedy Center
WASHINGTON (AP) — On a night when half a dozen people made jokes about this being the last-ever Mark Twain Prize, Conan O’Brien made sure the ceremony at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts ended on a high note. O’Brien accepted the award for lifetime achievement in comedy Sunday night while acknowledging the backstage turmoil that hangs over the future of the cultural center in Washington. O’Brien was named the 26th recipient of the Mark Twain Prize in mid-January, about three weeks before President Donald Trump upended the Kennedy Center by ousting the longtime president and board chairman. Trump dismissed the board of trustees and replaced them with loyalists, who then elected him as chairman.
