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BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s military said on Sunday it was monitoring U.S. Navy vessels sailing through the Taiwan Strait, maintaining a high alert and ready to defeat any provocations. The U.S. Navy said the guided-missile cruisers USS Antietam and USS Chancellorsville conducted a “routine Taiwan Strait transit” on Sunday, in accordance with international law. (Reporting …

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SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s defence minister on Sunday said he aims to deepen defence ties with France, Germany and Britain during visits to the European partners this week, saying war in Ukraine has increased the importance of cooperation with likeminded nations. The trip, from Aug. 29 to Sept. 1, will be Richard Marles’ first since …

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By Ben Blanchard TAOYUAN, Taiwan (Reuters) – The head of Taiwan’s main opposition party the Kuomintang (KMT) defended its “brave” outreach to Beijing on Sunday after a senior official visited China on a trip condemned by Taipei’s government and which upset even some party members. China’s military drills near the democratically governed island this month …

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BEIJING (Reuters) – Mainland China reported 1,444 new coronavirus cases for Aug. 27, of which 307 were symptomatic and 1,137 were asymptomatic, the National Health Commission said on Sunday. That compared with 1,494 new cases a day earlier – 300 symptomatic and 1,194 asymptomatic infections, which China counts separately. There were no new deaths, leaving …

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By Jibran Ahmad and Mohammad Yunus Yawar PESHAWAR/KABUL (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of people fled their homes in northern Pakistan on Saturday after a fast-rising river destroyed a major bridge, as deadly floods cause devastation across the country. Powerful flash floods in the northern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa caused the Kabul River to swell, …

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TUNIS (Reuters) -Japan pledged $30 billion in aid for development in Africa on Saturday, saying it wants to work more closely with the continent, with the rules-based international order under threat after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Addressing a Japan-Africa summit in Tunisia, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Tokyo would work to ensure grain shipments to …

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