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SINGAPORE (AP) — The United States is not ruling out a reduction in forces deployed to South Korea as the Trump administration determines what presence it needs in the region to best counter China, two senior American defense officials told reporters traveling with U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to Singapore.There are 28,500 U.S. troops deployed to South Korea as part of the U.S. long-term commitment to help defend Seoul from any attack from North Korea.

But the U.S. is also trying to array its forces and ships optimally across the Indo-Pacific as a credible deterrent against China for any potential attack on Taiwan and other acts of aggression against allies in the region.No decision has been made on the number of troops deployed to South Korea, but any future footprint would be optimized not only to defend against Pyongyang but also to deter China, one of the officials said. The two officials spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss deliberations that have not been made public.Hegseth is in Singapore to attend his first Shangri-La dialogue as President Donald Trump’s defense secretary. His South Korean counterpart is not expected to attend due to elections in Seoul.

A possible reduction in forces was first reported by The Wall Street Journal.NUEVA YORK (AP) — Un grupo de científicos ha identificado la evidencia más antigua conocida de herramientas hechas por seres humanos a partir de huesos de ballena.

Los huesos, a los que se dio forma de proyectiles angostos para la caza, fueron descubiertos en excavaciones que datan de hace más de un siglo en el Golfo de Vizcaya, cerca de España y Francia. Los científicos pensaban que las herramientas eran bastante antiguas, pero muchas eran pequeños fragmentos, por lo que era difícil determinar su edad.

Los avances tecnológicos de la última década han hecho posible datar las herramientas más antiguas en aproximadamente 20.000 años. Los científicos descubrieron que los huesos provenían de ballenas azules, ballenas de aleta, cachalotes y otras especies.“Once someone comes with a breakthrough like this, it will take no time” for other teams to apply the lessons and move forward, he said. “There are barriers, but I predict that they are going to be crossed in the next five to 10 years. Then the whole field will move as a block because we’re pretty much ready.”

The Associated Press Health and Science Department receives support from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Science and Educational Media Group and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The AP is solely responsible for all content.WASHINGTON (AP) — A man who battled childhood cancer has received the first known

, in a study aimed at restoring the fertility of cancer’s youngest survivors.Jaiwen Hsu was 11 when a leg injury turned out to be bone cancer. Doctors thought