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FILE – In this photo provided by China’s Xinhua News Agency, a People’s Liberation Army member looks through binoculars during military exercises as Taiwan’s frigate Lan Yang is seen at the rear on Aug. 5, 2022. China on Wednesday, Aug. 10, reaffirmed its threat to use military force to bring self-governing Taiwan under its control, amid threatening Chinese military exercises that have raised tensions between the sides to their highest level in years. (Lin Jian/Xinhua via AP, File)

China reaffirms threat of military force to annex Taiwan

10th August 2022

Famed Japanese fashion designer Issey Miyake dies at 84

9th August 2022

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Deputy Secretary Sherman says US ‘doubling down’ on Pacific

9th August 2022

FILE- Newly graduated soldiers of the Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry take oath during their commencement parade at a military base on the outskirts of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, March 9, 2019. For decades, India has tried to thwart Pakistan in a protracted dispute over Kashmir. But in the last two years, policy makers in New Delhi have been increasingly turning their focus to Beijing, in a significant shift in India’s foreign policy as the nation celebrates 75 years of independence. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin, File)

At 75, India’s Kashmir challenge shifts foreign policy focus

10th August 2022

Israel: Leading member of al-Aqsa Brigades killed in West Bank raid

9th August 2022

Russia puts Iranian satellite into orbit

9th August 2022

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Kenyans vote in tight presidential election

9th August 2022

Secretary of State Antony Blinken gives a speech on the U.S. Africa Strategy at the University of Pretoria’s Future Africa Campus in Pretoria, South Africa, Monday, Aug. 8, 2022. Blinken is on a ten day trip to Cambodia, Philippines, South Africa, Congo, and Rwanda. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool)

Blinken says US is “equal partner” with African countries

9th August 2022

Palestinians carry the body of Islam Sabouh, who was killed during an operation by Israeli forces in the West Bank city of Nablus, Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2022. Israeli police said forces encircled the home of Ibrahim al-Nabulsi, who they say was wanted for a string of shootings in the West Bank earlier this year. They said al-Nabulsi and Sabouh, another Palestinian militant were killed in a shootout at the scene, and that troops found arms and explosives in his home. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

Palestinians say Israel troops kill 3 in West Bank raid

9th August 2022

Workers of the Cuba Oil Union, known by the Spanish acronym CUPET, watch a huge rising plume of smoke from the Matanzas Supertanker Base, as firefighters work to quell a blaze which began during a thunderstorm the night before, in Matazanas, Cuba, Saturday, Aug. 6, 2022. Cuban authorities say lightning struck a crude oil storage tank at the base, causing a fire that led to four explosions which injured more than 50 people. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

Oil facility fire jeopardizes Cuba’s frail electric system

9th August 2022

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FLE – Finland’s Prime Minister Sanna Marin, left, speaks with Estonia’s Prime Minister Kaja Kallas during a round table meeting at an Eastern Partnership Summit in Brussels, on Dec. 15, 2021. Estonia and Finland want European countries to stop issuing tourist visas to Russians amid the war in Ukraine. Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas said Tuesday that “visiting Europe is a privilege, not a human right.” Her Finnish counterpart, Sanna Marin, says Russians traveling in Europe is “not right.” (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert, Pool)

Estonia, Finland want Europe to end Russian tourist visas

9th August 2022

In this handout photo taken from video released by Roscosmos on Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2022, a Russian Soyuz rocket lifts off to carry Iranian Khayyam satellite into orbit at the Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome near Baikonur, Kazakhstan. A Russian rocket has successfully launched an Iranian satellite into orbit. The Soyuz rocket lifted off as scheduled at 8:52 a.m. Moscow time (0552 GMT) Tuesday from the Russia-leased Baikonur launch facility in Kazakhstan. (Roscosmos via AP)

Russia successfully launches Iranian satellite

9th August 2022

A choir group consist of victims of the historic bomb attack sing during the 77th anniversary of the Nagasaki atomic bombing in Nagasaki, southern Japan, Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2022. (Kyodo News via AP)

Nagasaki marks A-bombing anniversary amid nuclear war fears

9th August 2022

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China intensifies crackdown on cryptocurrency hype, speculation

9th August 2022

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2 more grain ships leave Ukraine, bringing total to 12 under new deal

9th August 2022

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Former U.S. president Donald Trump says Mar-a-Lago home raided by FBI

9th August 2022

Suicide bomber kills Pakistani soldiers after Taliban leader’s death

Suicide bomber kills Pakistani soldiers after Taliban leader’s death

9th August 2022

Yang Lan, second from left, and other members of the Qiyi bicycle club ride along a rural road during a group ride through the Baihe River Canyon in the northern outskirts of Beijing, Wednesday, July 13, 2022. Cycling has gained increasing popularity in China as a sport. A coronavirus outbreak that shut down indoor sports facilities in Beijing earlier this year encouraged people to try outdoor sports including cycling, which was only a major tool of transport before 2000. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Pandemic fuels sports biking boom in cycling nation China

9th August 2022

Maasai wait in line to cast their votes in the general election at a polling station in Esonorua Primary School, in Kajiado County, Kenya Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2022. Polls opened Tuesday in Kenya’s unusual presidential election, where a longtime opposition leader who is backed by the outgoing president faces the deputy president who styles himself as the outsider. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

Kenya in close presidential election amid prayers for peace

9th August 2022

Taiwan’s military conducts artillery live-fire drills at Fangshan township in Pingtung, southern Taiwan, Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2022. Taiwan’s official Central News Agency reported that Taiwan’s army will conduct live-fire artillery drills in southern Pingtung county on Tuesday and Thursday, in response to the Chinese exercises. (AP Photo/Johnson Lai)

Taiwan holds drills, says China seeks control of seas

9th August 2022

FILE – People walk past as Russian soldiers guard an office for Russian citizenship applications, in Melitopol, south Ukraine, July 14, 2022. Russia took control of part of the Zaporizhzhia region quickly after the launch of the military operation in Ukraine. Ukrainian guerrillas have increasingly challenged the Russian hold on areas in southeastern Ukraine, attacking local Moscow-backed officials, blowing up key infrastructure and spotting targets for the Ukrainian military. This photo was taken during a trip organized by the Russian Ministry of Defense. (AP Photo, File)

Ukraine: Resistance grows in Russian-occupied areas

9th August 2022

FILE – Hundreds of people gather near a U.S. Air Force C-17 transport plane at the perimeter of the international airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Aug. 16, 2021. The nearly 12 months since the chaotic end to the U.S. war in Afghanistan haven’t been easy for Joe Biden. In the summer of 2021, the American electorate largely approved of the new president’s performance. (AP Photo/Shekib Rahmani, File)

One year after Afghanistan war, Biden struggles to find footing

9th August 2022

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Concern grows over situation at beleaguered Ukrainian nuclear plant

9th August 2022

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Malian army reports 21 dead in terrorist attack

9th August 2022

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Taiwan begins live-fire artillery exercise amid China manoeuvres

9th August 2022

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Community devt: Chinese official urges collaboration among rural dwellers

9th August 2022

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UN chief condemns attack on Ukraine’s nuclear power station

9th August 2022

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Security Council examines capacity building for sustaining peace in Africa

9th August 2022

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