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April 26 (UPI) -- Scottish First Minister Humza Yousaf was fighting for his job on Friday after the opposition Conservatives tabled a motion of no-confidence in his leadership that he is on track to lose.

April 26 (UPI) -- The U.S.-China relationship could either continue to stabilize or spiral downwards, China's foreign minister Wang Yi warned Friday as he met his U.S. counterpart, Antony Blinken, in Beijing.

April 26 (UPI) -- The Pentagon said U.S. troops have begun construction of a pier in Gaza to be used to bring much needed humanitarian aid into the Palestinian enclave as famine looms.

SEOUL, April 26 (UPI) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw the test-firing of new 240mm shells for a multiple rocket launcher system, state-run media reported Friday, in a growing threat to Seoul and a possible demonstration for Russia.

On April 26, 2002, a German youth who had been expelled from the Gutenberg school in Erfurt, Germany, returned to the school and shot 16 people to death.

April 26 (UPI) -- On April 26, 2002, a German youth who had been expelled from the Gutenberg school in Erfurt, Germany, returned to the school and shot 16 people to death.

April 26 (UPI) -- Two Chinese nationals have been charged with conspiring to illegally export semiconductor-manufacturing machinery to a prohibited Chinese company, federal prosecutors said.

April 26 (UPI) -- Danish lawmakers have agreed to an additional $633 million in military support for Ukraine this year, the Scandinavia nation's defense ministry said.

April 25 (UPI) -- The satire publication The Onion has been sold, the latest in a string of sales for the quirky and popular publication, G/O Media announced Thursday.

April 25 (UPI) -- The U.S. Secret Service has dismissed an agent assigned to Vice President Kamala Harris after showing "distressing behavior," a spokesperson said Thursday.