Beijing keeps Taiwan drills running
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The continuing military exercises include amphibious assault training

The Chinese military said its drills around Taiwan will continue on Monday, despite initial plans announced last week that they will last until mid-Sunday. They were launched in response to a visit to the island by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

The training on Monday will take place in the sea and airspace near the self-governed island, and will focus on anti-submarine and amphibious assault operations, a statement released by China’s Eastern Theater Command said. 

Monday’s prolongation of the training near Taiwan is the second announced by the People’s Liberation Ar...

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Colombia’s first leftist president declares ‘the war on drugs has failed’
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Gustavo Petro called on the US and other developed nations to change drug policies that prohibited cocaine and fed violent conflicts across Colombia.

US Senate passes key legislation aimed at tackling climate change
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Vice President Kamala Harris cast the tie-breaking vote after an all-night session.

What the papers say: Monday's front pages
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The owner of Meta Platforms has allocated millions of Euro for enquiries into social media sites

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Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan and ICAO’s seamless sky

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Social Credit: This time next year you’ll be living in “China”

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Qantas asks executives to temporarily work as baggage handlers to ease labour shortage
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Australian airline Qantas has asked senior executives to work as baggage handlers for three months as it tries to tackle an acute labour shortage.

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Activists dressed up as psychedelic animals trespass British minister's 12,000-acre estate
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Activists dressed up as psychedelic animals and trespassed the 12,000-acre estate of nature minister Richard Benyon on Sunday.

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UK’s Met Police strip-searched kids for two years, mostly black: Report
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Nearly 700 children have been strip-searched by London’s Metropolitan Police over a period of two years, most of them black boys, a new report has

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Brazil’s ji­u­jit­su world cham­pi­on Le­an­dro fa­tal­ly shot
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Eight-time world cham­pi­on shot in the head in a Sao Paulo club fol­low­ing an al­ter­ca­tion.
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Bangladesh asks Chi­na for help in repa­tri­at­ing Ro­hingya refugees
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Bangladesh min­is­ter says Chi­na has pledged to work con­tin­u­ous­ly to re­solve the Ro­hingya cri­sis.
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Rus­sia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 166
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As the Rus­sia-Ukraine war en­ters its 166th day, we take a look at the main de­vel­op­ments.
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Gaza hos­pi­tal on break­point af­ter Is­raeli bom­bard­ment
Is­raeli at­tack on en­clave ex­ac­er­bates cri­sis of health sec­tor, al­ready in dire con­di­tion due to 15-year-old block­ade.
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‘Millions’ of Germans won’t be able to pay for heating – union
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Income thresholds need to be changed so more people qualify for housing benefis, German tenants’ union says

At least a third of Germans on low incomes may not be able to pay increasingly high energy bills, the German Tenants’ Association (DMB) has warned, urging the government to make changes to housing programs.

“That’s a hell of a lot of people,” Lukas Siebenkotten, the DMB’s chief, told newspaper Der Tagesspiegel on Sunday. “We’re talking about millions here.” 

Siebenkotten urged the government to allow more people to claim housing benefits in the wake of rising energy prices....

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CIA’s strategy towards China revealed
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Counterterrorism leaders were told that a refocusing on Beijing and its advanced technology is inevitable, Associated Press reported

The CIA’s shift of focus to “great power competition” with China means that “money and resources would be increasingly shifted” away from counterterrorism (CT), the spy agency’s second-highest ranking officer reportedly told leaders of its CT branch. The meeting was held some weeks ago behind closed doors, the Associated Press reported on Monday, citing anonymous sources.

Deputy Director David Cohen assured officials during the meeting that fighting terrorists would remain a priority for the...

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Walkout at Milton Academy

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'Grave crisis' for refugee accommodation, says Red Cross
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As student accommodation on university campuses will no longer be available from next month, this could mean the return of some refugees to City West

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Racial privilege exercises recommended in Irish classrooms

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Qatar wel­comes Is­rael-Gaza truce stop­ping the ‘waste of blood’
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Doha has tak­en part in ef­forts along­side in­ter­na­tion­al ac­tors to quick­ly halt hos­til­i­ties and avoid more ca­su­al­ties.
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Ex-Man­ches­ter Unit­ed star Ryan Gig­gs goes on tri­al for as­sault
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The 48-year-old faces charges of at­tack­ing and co­er­cive­ly con­trol­ling his ex-girl­friend as well as as­sault­ing her sis­ter
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