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Taiwan to bolster military ties with United States: President Tsai
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Taiwan will boost military exchanges with the United States to curb "authoritarian expansionism", President Tsai Ing-wen said Tuesday after meeting with visiting US lawmakers.
The five-day US congressional visit comes…
Death toll from Brazil downpours rises to 46; more rain forecast
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The death toll from heavy rains that devastated coastal areas of Brazil's southeastern Sao Paulo state rose to 46 people on Tuesday, according to officials, with more precipitation expected.
Massive rainfalls over the…
Biden announces more arms supplies for Ukraine on Kyiv visit
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US President Joe Biden promised increased arms deliveries for Ukraine during a surprise visit to Kyiv on Monday in which he also vowed Washington's "unflagging commitment" in defending Ukraine's territorial integrity.…
At least 36 killed in Brazil
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Flooding and landslides triggered by torrential rain in Brazil claimed at least 36 lives on Carnival weekend in southeast Sao Paulo state, authorities said Sunday.
TV and social media footage from the town of Sao…
EU imposes new Myanmar sanctions
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The EU yesterday imposed asset freezes and visa bans on Myanmar's energy minister, influential businessmen and high-ranking military officers, over an ongoing crackdown on opponents two years after a coup.
The new batch…
Israel won’t authorise new settlements
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Israel will not authorise new settlements in the occupied West Bank in the coming months, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said yesterday.
Netanyahu's religious-nationalist coalition on February 12 granted…
Don’t forget Napoleon
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Russia yesterday scolded Emmanuel Macron over remarks about wanting to see Russia defeated, saying Moscow still remembered the fate of Napoleon Bonaparte and accusing the French president of duplicitous diplomacy with…
Blinken warns China’s Wang Yi
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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Saturday warned top Chinese diplomat Wang Yi of consequences should China provide material support to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, saying in an interview after the two met that…
We are not looking for a new cold war’
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President Joe Biden said on Thursday he expects to speak with China's president, Xi Jinping, about what the United States says was a Chinese spy balloon that a U.S. fighter jet shot down early this month after it transited…
Turkey-Syria Earthquake: Aid focus turns to homeless, destitute
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International aid agencies are stepping up efforts to help millions of homeless people, many sleeping in tents, mosques, schools or cars, 11 days after a massive earthquake hit Turkey and Syria killing more than 43,000.…