AP News Summary at 11:48 p.m. EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — As the trade wars launched by U.S. President Donald Trump continue to escalate, all eyes are on Wednesday. Trump has repeatedly called April 2 “Liberation Day,” with promises to roll out a set of tariffs, or taxes on imports from other countries, that he says will free the U.S. from a reliance on foreign goods. To do this, Trump has said he’ll impose “reciprocal” tariffs to match the duties that other countries charge on U.S. products. But a lot remains unknown about how these levies will actually be implemented. And it’s possible that we’ll see more delays or confusion this week.

Israel strikes building in southern Beirut, killing at least 3 people

BEIRUT (AP) — The Israeli military says it struck a building in Beirut's southern suburbs, killing at least three people. The Israeli military said it had targeted a member of the Hezbollah militant group. The airstrike early Tuesday came without warning after Israel launched an attack on the Lebanese capital, Beirut, on Friday for the first time since a ceasefire ended fighting between Israeli forces and the Hezbollah militant group in November. The Israeli military then had warned residents in the crowded suburbs before the attack after two projectiles were launched from southern Lebanon, which Hezbollah denied firing. Hezbollah did not comment on the latest strike.

Israeli troops killed 15 Palestinian medics and buried them in a mass grave, UN says

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Palestinians held funerals for 15 medics and emergency responders killed by Israeli troops in southern Gaza. Their bodies and mangled ambulances were found buried in an impromptu mass grave, apparently plowed over by Israeli military bulldozers. The Palestinian Red Crescent says the slain workers and their vehicles were clearly marked as medical and humanitarian personnel and accused Israeli troops of killing them “in cold blood.” The Israeli military says its troops opened fire on vehicles that approached them “suspiciously” without identification. Since the war in Gaza began 18 months ago, Israel has killed more than 100 Civil Defense workers and more than 1,000 health workers, according to the U.N.

Earthquake compounds Myanmar's humanitarian crisis as the death toll passes 2,000

BANGKOK (AP) — The death toll in last week’s massive earthquake in Myanmar has passed 2,000. That's according to state media on Monday. Two hundred Buddhist monks were crushed by a collapsing monastery. Fifty children were killed when a preschool classroom crumbled. Seven hundred Muslims died while praying at mosques for Ramadan. Myanmar was already one of the world’s most challenging places for humanitarian organizations to operate because of civil war that displaced millions of people. The United Nations and others want fighting to stop to allow more help. Relief efforts after the 7.7 magnitude quake are also hampered by power outages, fuel shortages and spotty communications.

South Korea’s Constitutional Court will rule Friday on Yoon's impeachment

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s Constitutional Court will rule Friday on whether to dismiss impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol. The opposition-controlled National Assembly in December voted to impeach Yoon over his short-lived martial law decree that plunged South Korea into political turmoil. The Constitutional Court has since been deliberating whether to uphold Yoon’s impeachment and formally remove him from office or reinstate his presidential powers. The Constitutional Court announced Tuesday it would issue the ruling Friday.

Chinese military launches large-scale drills around Taiwan in warning against island's independence

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — The Chinese military has announced large-scale drills around Taiwan, as it warned the self-ruled island against seeking independence. A spokesperson for the People’s Liberation Army’s Eastern Theater Command said the joint drills involve navy, air ground and rocket forces. The exercises are meant to be a “severe warning and forceful containment against Taiwan independence,” the spokesperson, Shi Yi, said in a statement. Tuesday’s drills comes just two weeks after a large-scale exercise in mid-March, when Beijing sent a large number of drones and ships toward the island. Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defence said it had tracked 19 Chinese navy vessels in the waters surrounding the island in a 24-hour period from 6 a.m. Monday until 6 a.m. Tuesday.

Judge pauses Trump administration plans to end temporary legal protections for Venezuelans

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal judge is pausing plans by the Trump administration to end temporary legal protections for hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans, one week before they were set to expire. The order is a relief for 350,000 Venezuelans whose Temporary Protected Status was scheduled to expire April 7. The law known as TPS provides work authorization and rights to live in the United States if the Homeland Security secretary deems conditions in their home countries are unsafe for return. Immigrant rights groups sued Secretary Kristi Noem in February for canceling protected status extensions granted to more than 1 million Haitians and Venezuelans by the previous secretary.

Bitcoin investor buys an entire SpaceX flight for the ultimate polar adventure

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A bitcoin investor is headed to space with three polar explorers on the first flight to carry people over the North and South poles. SpaceX launched the four Monday night from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Chinese-born entrepreneur Chun Wang bought the entire flight from Elon Musk's SpaceX. Wang won’t say how much he paid for the 3 ½-day ultimate polar adventure. He took along three guests: a Norwegian filmmaker, a German robotics researcher and an Australian polar guide. It will take them 46 minutes to fly from pole to pole from their targeted 270-mile-high orbit.

Trump task force to review Harvard's funding after Columbia bows to federal demands

WASHINGTON (AP) — Harvard University has become the latest target in the Trump administration’s approach to fight campus antisemitism. The federal government said Monday it is reviewing billions of dollars in grants and contracts with the Ivy League college, saying it will ensure the school is following civil rights laws. A federal antisemitism task force is reviewing more than $255 million in contracts and $8.7 billion in grant commitments. The same task force cut $400 million from Columbia University and threatened to slash billions more if it refused a list of demands from President Donald Trump’s administration. Columbia agreed to many of the changes this month.

Madison Booker helps Texas reach its first women's Final Four since 2003 with 58-47 win over TCU

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Madison Booker scored 18 points and No. 1 seed Texas used its stifling defense to reach the Final Four of the women’s NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2003, beating well-traveled point guard Hailey Van Lith and second-seeded TCU 58-47. The Longhorns will face defending champion South Carolina on Friday night in Tampa, Florida, for a spot in the national title game. Texas won a regional final for the first time under coach Vic Schaefer, who previously made two Final Four trips with Mississippi State. The Longhorns’ 35 wins are one more than its only national title-winning squad had in 1986 under Jody Conradt, who was in the stands Monday night.