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May 2, 20241 min read
Taiwan reports second Chinese 'combat patrol' in a week
TAIPEI - Taiwan's defence ministry on Thursday said that China had carried out a "joint combat readiness patrol" near the island for the...


May 2, 20241 min read
Missile strikes postal depot in Ukraine's Odesa, 14 injured, regional governor says
A Russian ballistic missile struck a postal depot in the Ukrainian port of Odesa late on Wednesday, injuring 14 people and triggering a...


May 2, 20245 min read
Analysis-Russia can't match a Western asset seizure, but it can inflict pain
LONDON - Russia's ability to mete out like-for-like retaliation if Western leaders seize its frozen assets has been eroded by dwindling...


May 2, 20243 min read
Georgian police disperse protesters as parliament approves 'foreign bill' second reading
TBILISI - Georgia's parliament on Wednesday approved the second reading of a bill on "foreign agents" that has been criticised as...


May 2, 20241 min read
Biden blames China, Japan and India's economic woes on 'xenophobia'
WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden said on Wednesday that "xenophobia" from China to Japan and India is hobbling their growth, as he...


May 2, 20243 min read
Solomon Islands picks China-friendly Manele as new prime minister
Solomon Islands lawmakers selected a new prime minister on Thursday, choosing foreign minister Jeremiah Manele, who has pledged to...


May 1, 20242 min read
Taiwan on alert for post-inauguration Chinese drills
TAIPEI -Taiwan is on alert for China to carry out military exercises after the inauguration of President-elect Lai Ching-te this month,...


May 1, 20243 min read
Russia ramps up arms production as US boosts support for Ukraine
MOSCOW -Russia's defence minister on Wednesday ordered a hike in weapons production and said deliveries needed to be faster for the war...


Apr 30, 20242 min read
Mexico tells World Court Ecuador embassy raid was illegal
THE HAGUE - Mexico told judges at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Tuesday that an armed raid on its embassy in Quito by...


Apr 30, 20242 min read
Duchess Sophie visits Ukraine in first trip by British royal since start of war
LONDON - Sophie, Britain's Duchess of Edinburgh, has visited Ukraine, meeting with President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and his wife in the...


Apr 30, 20242 min read
China to hold key party 'plenum' to further modernise country, amid challenges at home, abroad
BEIJING -The Chinese Communist Party's central committee will gather in July for a key meeting known as a plenum, the third since the...


Apr 30, 20242 min read
Exclusive-UN experts say North Korea missile landed in Ukraine's Kharkiv
UNITED NATIONS - The debris from a missile that landed in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv on Jan. 2 was from a North Korean Hwasong-11...
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