The Latest: China vows countermeasures over Trump tariffs as trade war threatens to intensify

China says it will “fight to the end” and take countermeasures against the United States to safeguard its own interests after President Donald Trump threatened an additional 50% tariff on Chinese imports. The Commerce Ministry said Tuesday the U.S.‘s imposition of “so-called ‘reciprocal tariffs’” on China is “completely groundless and is a typical unilateral bullying practice.” Trump’s threat Monday of additional tariffs on China raised fresh concerns that his drive to rebalance the global economy could intensify a financially destructive trade war. Stock markets from Tokyo to New York have become more unstable as the tariff war worsens.

Middle East latest: Israeli strikes kill 25 people in Gaza as Supreme Court hears Shin Bet cases

Palestinian medics say Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip overnight and into Tuesday have killed at least 25 people, including eight children and five women. Meanwhile, Israel’s Supreme Court is hearing a group of eight cases challenging Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s controversial move to dismiss the head of the country’s internal security agency. According to Gaza’s Health Ministry, Israel’s war in Gaza has killed over 50,000 Palestinians, mostly women and children. The war, now in its 18th month, started when Hamas-led militants stormed into Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, killing some 1,200 people, and taking 251 others hostage.

Trump's DHS revokes legal status for migrants who entered the US on Biden-era CBP One app

MCALLEN, Texas (AP) — The Department of Homeland Security is telling migrants who entered the country using an online app to leave the United States immediately. It was unclear how many beneficiaries would be affected. The department confirmed Monday that authorities notified some migrants who came under the Biden administration's CBP One app but didn't say how many of the more 900,000 beneficiaries were told their permits were being revoked. CBP One was a cornerstone of President Joe Biden's strategy to create and expand temporary legal pathways to entry. Trump has rapidly dismantled those policies, including another form of humanitarian parole for more than 500,000 people from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela.

Supreme Court allows Trump to deport Venezuelans under wartime law, but only after judges' review

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is allowing the Trump administration to use an 18th century wartime law to deport Venezuelan migrants, but says they must get a court hearing before they are taken from the United States. In a bitterly divided decision Monday, the court said the administration must give Venezuelans who it claims are gang members “reasonable time” to go to court. But the conservative majority says the legal challenges must take place in Texas, instead of a Washington courtroom. In dissent, the three liberal justices say the administration has sought to avoid judicial review in this case and the court “now rewards the government for its behavior.”

South Korea will hold a presidential election June 3 to choose Yoon's successor

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea will hold a snap presidential election June 3 to choose Yoon Suk Yeol’s successor after the conservative was ousted over his imposition of martial law late last year. The announcement from acting President Han Duck-soo came four days after the Constitutional Court unanimously removed Yoon from office. The next president will serve a full 5-year term. The race is likely to be a showdown between Yoon’s People Power Party and the Democratic Party, which holds a majority in the National Assembly. Observers consider the Democratic Party's Lee Jae-myung the front-runner. Yoon's party will face an uphill battle to restore public confidence and heal internal divisions left by Yoon's enactment of martial law.

What to know about tensions between Iran and the US before their talks this weekend

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran and the United States will hold talks in the sultanate of Oman on Saturday in an attempt to jump-start negotiations over Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear program. Even before the talks, however, there was a dispute over just how the negotiations would go. President Donald Trump insists they’ll be direct negotiations. However, Iran’s foreign minister said they’ll be indirect talks through a mediator. The difference may seem small, but it matters. Indirect talks have made no progress since Trump in his first term unilaterally withdrew the U.S. from Tehran’s nuclear deal with world powers in 2018.

‘Little suns in the classroom’: Ukrainian city mourns children killed by Russian missile

KRYVYI RIH, Ukraine (AP) — Anger and outrage have gripped the hometown of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as it held funerals for some of the 20 people, including nine children, killed by a Russian missile that tore through apartment buildings and blasted a playground. More than 70 were injured in the attack last Friday evening on the town of Kryvyi Rih. The children were playing on swings and in a sandbox in a tree-lined park at the time. Bodies were strewn across the grass. Oleksandr Vilkul, the head of the city administration, wrote on Telegram that the townspeople are “not asking for pity” as Kryvyi Rih mourned on Monday but demand ”the world’s outrage.”

Kentucky watches for surging rivers to recede so widespread cleanup can begin

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — After days of unrelenting downpours swelled rivers to near record levels across Kentucky, residents are closely monitoring waterways for signs they are cresting or even receding in hopes that widespread cleanup can finally start. But with temperatures forecast to dip below freezing early Tuesday, that process could get even more complicated. The National Weather Service says freeze warnings are in effect for western Kentucky, along with parts of Illinois, Indiana and Missouri. Inundated rivers have posed the latest threat from persistent storms that have killed at least 23 people since last week as they doused the region with heavy rain and spawned destructive tornadoes.

Prince Harry appeals the loss of his UK security detail

LONDON (AP) — Prince Harry is going to an appeals court to challenge the U.K. government's decision to strip him of his publicly funded security detail. He lost that privilege in 2020 after he stepped down from his role as a working member of the royal family and moved to the U.S. The Court of Appeal in London is scheduled to hear his challenge Tuesday. A judge last year said that the decision to provide security to Harry on a case-by-case basis was not irrational or unjustified. Harry claims his family is endangered during visits to the U.K. because of hostility toward him and his wife Meghan and relentless media.

Walter Clayton Jr.'s defensive stop gives Florida its 3rd national title with 65-63 win over Houston

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Florida and Walter Clayton Jr. somehow overcame Houston’s spirit-crushing defense Monday night to will out a 65-63 victory in an NCAA title-game thriller not decided until Clayton’s own D stopped the Cougars from taking a game-winning shot at the buzzer. Clayton finished with 11 points, but what he’ll be remembered for most was getting Houston’s Emanuel Sharp to stop in the middle of his motion as he tried to go up for the game-winning 3 in the final seconds. Clayton ran at him, Sharp dropped the ball and watched it bounce there while the clock ticked to zero. Florida won its third national title and denied Houston its first.