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Atop rock formations overlooking a vast coastline, groups of Chinese tourists snap pictures and gaze out to sea with binoculars in the direction of Taiwan’s main island, just over a hundred kilometres away.Taipei has this week accused China of launching its biggest maritime drills in years, with about 60 warships and 30 coastguard vessels deployed, …

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Serbian journalist Radmilo Markovic has gone over every full stop and comma of an article about the powerful mayor of Belgrade that has landed him in court.Aleksandar Sapic is demanding 100,000 euros ($105,000) in damages from the investigative news site where Markovic works — an enormous sum for such a case in the Balkans.The Balkan …

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For three years, Kala and her family were stranded on a remote British-US military base in the middle of the Indian Ocean, trapped in horrific conditions after fleeing persecution at home.They are among more than 60 people, including 12 children, mostly Tamils from Sri Lanka and India, who were brought to Britain last week after …

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China has expanded military drills around Taiwan aimed at drawing “a red line” for the next US president, Taipei authorities said Wednesday, branding Beijing a “troublemaker”.Beijing’s biggest maritime drills in years involve about 60 warships and 30 coast guard vessels deployed from near the southern islands of Japan to the South China Sea, a senior …

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Meeting Indonesia’s pledge to phase out coal power in just 15 years and reach net-zero emissions by mid-century is a “daunting task” that will require immediate and ambitious action, experts warn.New President Prabowo Subianto offered a surprise commitment at last month’s G20 summit to close hundreds of coal and fossil-fuel power plants by 2040, a …

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South Korean police raided President Yoon Suk Yeol’s office on Wednesday as the investigation into his declaration of martial law gathered pace.Prison authorities, meanwhile, said the country’s former defence minister tried to kill himself shortly before his formal arrest over the events of the night of December 3.The extraordinary drama saw troops and helicopters sent …

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Two suspects daubed anti-Israel graffiti and torched a car in a Sydney suburb on Wednesday, police said, sparking “outrage” from Australia’s government days after a Melbourne synagogue was set ablaze.Police said they were seeking two males believed to be in their late teens who were “disguised” and seen running from the scene in the early …

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Argentine President Javier Milei promised Tuesday that inflation will soon be “little more than a bad memory” and vowed to pursue a free trade deal with the United States next year.”Happy times are coming in Argentina,” Milei said in a televised speech, in which he celebrated progress on monthly inflation which has dropped under his …

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South Korean police said Wednesday that they raided President Yoon Suk Yeol’s office, as the investigation into his declaration of martial law gathers pace.”The Special Investigation Team has conducted a raid on the presidential office, the National Police Agency, the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency, and the National Assembly Security Service,” the unit stated in a …

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China has expanded military drills around Taiwan with dozens of warplanes and a huge maritime exercise aimed at drawing “a red line” for the next US president, Taipei authorities said Wednesday.Beijing’s biggest maritime drills in years involve about 60 warships and 30 coast guard vessels deployed around the southern islands of Japan to the South …

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