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ReutersCatalonia's Puigdemont says pro-independence party close to taking back control of region
Catalonia's former president Carles Puigdemont, who has been living in self-exile since a failed independence bid seven years ago, believes his party is "neck and neck" with Spain's ruling Socialists to win control of the region in an election in May. Puigdemont said that if it failed to do so, he may reconsider his party's critical support for the national government. Puigdemont fled to Belgium in 2017 after his attempt to secure Catalonia's independence collapsed, with Spain's then conservative government sending police to quash a referendum that courts had annulled and prosecuting its leaders for sedition and misuse of public funds.
Associated PressUS Pentagon chief speaks with Chinese counterpart for first time since November 2022
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin spoke with China's national defense minister Tuesday morning, in the latest in a series of U.S. steps to improve communications with the Chinese military and reduce unsafe and aggressive incidents in the Indo-Pacific. It was the first time Austin has talked to Adm. Dong Jun and the first time he has spoken at length with any Chinese counterpart since November 2022. The call comes as Secretary of State Antony Blinken is expected to travel to China this month for talks.
