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US, Japan prepping statement to ‘deter’ China action in Indo-Pacific region: report
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According to the Nikkei newspaper, the statement is being worked on ahead of President Biden's May 23 summit with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. JAPAN TO ADD 140 INDIVIDUALS TO RUSSIAN SANCTION LIST: PM KISHI...
Tigrayan forces say they are withdrawing from Ethiopia’s Afar region
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Tigrayan forces are fully withdrawing from Ethiopia's Afar region, a spokesperson for the Tigrayan People's Liberation Forces (TPLF) told CNN on Monday, saying the pullout should allow humanitarian aid to reach the ...
Ukraine: More than 900 civilian bodies found in Kyiv region, police say
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The jarring number emerged shortly after Russia’s Defense Ministry promised to step up missile attacks on Kyiv in response to Ukraine’s alleged assaults on Russian territory. That ominous warning followed the stunnin...
Georgia says ‘unacceptable’ for breakaway region to vote on joining Russia
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Georgia said on Thursday that plans by the Russian-backed breakaway region of South Ossetia to hold a referendum on joining Russia were unacceptable, while the Kremlin stressed no action had been taken to make that h...
High winds and severe weather threat return to a region still recovering from last week’s tornadoes
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Exactly one week after the Deep South faced a deadly tornado outbreak, another round of severe weather is taking shape in the same areas Tuesday and Wednesday for over 50 million people at risk. Places like Baton R...
Ethiopia’s Tigray region say committed to observing humanitarian ceasefire
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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (Reuters)Rebellious Tigrayan forces in Ethiopia have said they will respect a ceasefire proposed by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's government as long as sufficient aid is delivered to their war-sca...
Crews are combing through devastated neighborhoods in the New Orleans area after a deadly tornado tore through the region
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Search and rescue teams were combing through debris and damaged neighborhoods in the New Orleans area overnight after a tornado slammed the region Tuesday. A tornado touched down in the Lower Ninth Ward and New Orl...
How South Korea’s new president could shake up the region
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Seoul, South Korea South Korea's new president is taking power at a turbulent time for the country and the path he carves could shake up the region. Conservative Yoon Suk Yeol of the People Power Party secured the el...
More than 200,000 without power in Northeast as damaging winds sweep through region
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More than 200,000 homes and businesses in the Northeast were without power early Tuesday morning after a line of strong storms brought soaking rain and damaging winds to the region. More than 65 million people from ...
More than 200 new species discovered in Mekong region, WWF says
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Bangkok, ThailandA devil-horned newt, drought-resilient bamboo and a monkey named after a volcano were among 224 new species discovered in the Greater Mekong region in 2020, a conservation group said on Wednesday, de...
NATO sending fighters, ships to region; UK to withdraw some staff from embassy in Ukraine
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Denmark will sail a frigate to the Baltic Sea and send four F-16 fighter jets to Lithuania. Spain is also sending ships to join NATO naval forces in the region and is considering sending fighter jets to Bulgaria, the...
The Arctic fails its annual health check as global warming brings more ills to the region
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From extreme melt events to an influx of beaver colonies in Alaska, and rain falling at the summit of Greenland for the first time on record, the Arctic region showed clear symptoms of an ailing planet over the past...
A family photo from a Kentucky home was found more than 150 miles away in Indiana after deadly tornadoes whipped up debris in the region
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A decades-old family photo from a home in Kentucky turned up more than 150 miles away in Indiana on Saturday after apparently being whipped up into the debris of deadly tornadoes that tore through the region. "Walke...
House passes bill blocking imports of products produced by forced labor in China’s Xinjiang region
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A bill that will prevent the US from importing goods produced using forced labor by Uyghurs and other minority Muslim populations in the Xinjiang Autonomous Region of China passed the House on Wednesday evening. Th...
Nicaragua’s looming election poses two challenges to the rest of the region
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Bogota Nicaragua's upcoming election on November 7 is expected to hold no surprises, after strongman president Daniel Ortega spent most of the year tightening his grip on the country. With seven opposition candidate...
Fresh Ethiopian air force strikes hit Tigray region
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The Ethiopian government's air force carried out two air strikes in the northern region of Tigray, government spokesperson Legese Tulu told CNN Sunday. One of the strikes hit a military command post and training ce...