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China stages war games in ‘stern warning’ to Taiwan


August 20, 2023

BEIJING: China held air and sea drills around Taiwan on Saturday, in what it said was a “stern warning” after the island’s vice president visited the United States. William Lai — the frontrunner in Taiwan’s presidential election next year and a vocal opponent of Beijing’s claims to the island — returned on Friday from a trip to Paraguay, during which …

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Fighting spreads to Sudan’s south, stirs fears of catastrophe


August 19, 2023

WAD MADANI: Fighting between two rival generals spread to cities in war-ravaged Sudan’s south on Friday, raising concerns for hundreds of thousands who have fled violence in the Darfur region. The vast western region has seen some of the worst bloodshed since the conflict erupted on April 15 between the army under General Abdel Fattah Al Burhan and the paramilitary …

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US salutes ‘new era’ of united Tokyo, Seoul in face of China


August 19, 2023

CAMP DAVID: US President Joe Biden and the leaders of Japan and South Korea said they saw a “new chapter” with greater three-way security cooperation as they met for a first-of-a-kind summit. Going tieless in the Camp David presidential retreat, Biden praised the “political courage” of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in turning …

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Wildfire grips another region in Canada


August 19, 2023

YELLOWKNIFE: A massive wildfire in Canada’s western province of British Columbia prompted evacuation orders early on Friday while residents from the remote northern city of Yellowknife scrambled to get out of town before flames block their exit. A state of emergency was declared early on Friday in Kelowna, a city some 300km east of Vancouver with a population of about …

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‘D-Day’ set for Niger intervention, says Ecowas


August 19, 2023

ACCRA: West Africa’s main regional bloc ECOWAS has agreed a “D-day” for a possible military intervention to restore democracy in Niger if diplomatic efforts fail, a senior official said on Friday, without disclosing when that is. The official made the comments at the end of a two-day meeting of West African army chiefs in Ghana’s capital Accra, where they have …

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Bolton urges Congress to take closer look at cipher


August 19, 2023

WASHINGTON: The US Congress should look at the allegedly leaked cipher about former prime minister Imran Khan’s ousting when it returns from summer recess, says a former US national security adviser John Bolton. In an interview with VOA broadcasting service, recorded this week, Mr Bolton said he “worries about” the Biden administration’s foreign policy about South Asia because “it’s not clearly defined”. Asked if the …

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Japanese turn to wearable tech to beat the heat


August 19, 2023

TOKYO: Selling jackets with built-in fans, neck coolers and T-shirts that feel cold, Japanese firms are tapping into a growing market for products to help people handle the summer heat. Japan — like other countries — is seeing ever-hotter summers. This July was the warmest in 100 years, with at least 53 people dying of heatstroke and almost 50,000 needing …

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Elon Musk says X will strip ability to block accounts


August 19, 2023

Social media company X, formerly known as Twitter, will remove a protective feature that lets users block other accounts, owner Elon Musk said on Friday in another controversial move for the company he bought last year. The block function on X allows a user to restrict specific accounts from contacting them, seeing their posts or following them. “Block is going …

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