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Biden, inTokyo, saysUS would send military if China were to invade Taiwan

President Joe Biden on Monday said the United States would come to Taiwans defense militarily if China invades and tries to take over the self-ruled island by force. "That's thecommitment we made," Biden said during a news conference in Tokyo with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. Both leaders said they still support the "One China" policy that recognizes there is only one Chinese government. China views Taiwan as part of its territory while Taiwan sees itself as an independent, sovereign nation.The U.S. has long tried to navigate a fraught middle ground that aims to supportTaiwan without infuriating China.Biden, who is on afive-day trip to Asia, announcedMonday the dozen foundingpartners forhisIndo-Pacific Economic Framework,an attempt to deepen economic engagement and cooperation in the region andhelp counter Chinas growing economic and military influence.Were writing the new rules for the 21st century economy," Biden said.

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Former Vice President Mike Pence will headline a rally for Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp on Monday,the eve of the state's contested Republican primary.Pence's appearance puts him atodds with former President Donald Trump, who is fighting to defeat the GOP incumbent governor.Kemp infuriated the former president when he refused to overturn Georgia's2020 presidential election resultin favor of Trump.Trump endorsed Kemp's opponent,Republican Sen. David Perdue, in February. In April, Trump's Save America PAC gave $500,000 to a super PAC devoted to preventing Kemp's reelection,Politico reported.

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The first trial of a Russian soldier for war crimes in Ukraine since the invasion concluded Monday with Sgt. Vadim Shishimarin, a 21-year-old from Siberia, sentenced to life in prison forpremeditated murder and violating international laws for war. The three-judge panel determined that Shishimarin, a captured Russian tank-unit sergeant, fatally shot Oleksandr Shelipov, a 62-year-old civilian man in the head in late February. Shishimarin's defense had argued hewas carrying out what he perceived to be a direct order that he initially disobeyed.He had pleaded guilty and asked Shelipov's widow for forgiveness. Having captured the strategic southern city of Mariupol, its first major victory of the war in Ukraine, the Russian military isfocusing its efforts on the Donbas region to its north with the aim of expanding the territory Moscow-backed separatists have held since 2014. Russia has made incremental gains in the areaand is trying to conquer Sievierodonetsk, the main city under Ukrainian control in Luhansk province, part of the Donbas along with Donetsk province.

Russian soldier pleads guilty during Ukraine's first war crimes trial

Russian Sgt. Vadim Shishimarin, 21, is facing life in prison after pleading guilty to shooting a Ukrainian man in the head.

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The inaugural NFL Coach and Front Office Accelerator Program will take place Monday and Tuesday during the spring league meetings in Atlanta. Each teamnominated rising prospects from their coaching staffs and front offices and will send them to the program. Leadership and development sessions will be offered, as well as windows of opportunity for the aspiring head coaches and general managers to have face-to-face meetings with the team officials with hiring power.The program arrives as the league continues to struggle with its diversityhiring practices.The last two hiring cycles have seen improvement when it comes to general managers as the number of lead talent evaluators increased to seven following the hiring ofKwesi Adofo-Mensah in MinnesotaandRyan Poles in Chicago.However, the number of minority head coaches remains at five in a league whose player body is roughly 75% Black.

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Nearly 50 years after an alleged encounter at the Playboy Mansion in Los Angeles, Judy Huth's civil lawsuit against Bill Cosby accusing him of groping her when she was a teen is going forward to trial this week. Jury selection will begin Monday at the Santa Monica courthouse forHuth v.Cosby, with the trial starting as soon as a jury is picked. Huth, 64, is suing Cosby for sexual battery. She filed the suit in 2014 alleging she was groped by the comedian/TV star in 1974 when she was 15 and visiting the Playboy Mansion, where Cosby was a frequent visitor. Cosby has denied her allegations.Huth filed the lawsuit soon after Cosby became the target of five dozen allegations from women who accused him of drugging and raping them in encounters dating back to the mid-1960s.

'We Need To Talk About Cosby' reckons with the comedian's tarnished legacy

Comedians, scholars and cultural critics weigh the legacy of comedian Bill Cosby in the wake of sex-assault conviction (since overturned) in new doc.

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