MEXICO CITY -- Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Tuesday that there was no justification for U.S. tariffs on imports from Mexico and her government would respond with tariff and non-tariff measures.

Sheinbaum made it clear that following the United States' decision to impose tariffs on Mexico, under no circumstances will any form of subordination or interventionism be allowed. (Mexico-Tariffs)

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BRUSSELS -- European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Tuesday unveiled an 800-billion-euro (844.6-billion-U.S. dollars) plan to significantly increase defence spending across the bloc.

She said that in response to escalating security threats across the European Union (EU), Europe had entered "an era of rearmament." (EU-Defence Spending)

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MANILA -- The Philippine Air Force (PAF) said a search is on for an FA-50 fighter jet that went missing shortly after midnight on Tuesday while on a tactical night operation.

"The aircraft lost communication with the rest of the flight involved in the mission minute before reaching the target area," the PAF said in a statement.

The other aircraft repeatedly attempted to re-establish contact with the missing jet until they returned to Mactan in Cebu province in the central Philippines. (The Philippines-Missing Jet)

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CAIRO -- Arab League (AL) Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul-Gheit stressed Tuesday at the ongoing emergency Arab summit on Gaza held in Egypt's New Administrative Capital that violence will not stop if the Israeli occupation is not ended, and any illegal perspective for the region is not accepted.

He also said violence will not be stopped by displacing Palestinians, and the reconstruction of Gaza is viable while keeping its residents on their land. (AL-Israel-Palestine Conflict) Enditem

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