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China launches three days of military drills in Taiwan Strait

  Beijing, China | AFP | Saturday 4/8/2023 by James Edgar with Matthew Walsh in Pingtan China launched military drills…

Schoolgirl poisonings continue across Iran

Tehran, Iran | AFP | Saturday 4/8/2023 Dozens of schoolgirls were poisoned Saturday in several schools across Iran, local media…

Violent explosions in Tyre in southern Lebanon: AFP

TYRE, Lebanon (AFP) -- At least three explosions were heard in southern Lebanon's Tyre region at dawn on Friday, according…

Nearly a million Sahel children face ‘severe wasting’, UN says

DAKAR, Senegal (AFP) -- Nearly a million young children in Africa's Sahel region will face severe acute malnutrition this year…

Quebec ice storm leaves two dead, million without power

MONTREAL, Canada (AFP) -- An ice storm that battered eastern Canada left two dead and some million people without electricity…

Israel strikes Gaza after rocket salvo from Lebanese soil

GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories (AFP) -- Israel launched air strikes against Hamas in the Gaza Strip late Thursday after vowing…

11 Latin American nations announce inflation battle plan

MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AFP) -- The leaders of 11 Latin American nations, including its two biggest economies, Brazil and Mexico,…

Attacker kills four children with hatchet at Brazil preschool

by Anderson COELHO Agence France-Presse BLUMENAU, Brazil (AFP) -- A 25-year-old man burst into a preschool in southern Brazil and…

Concern, criticism after Israel police storm Jerusalem mosque

by Ahmad GHARABLI with Mai YAGHI in Gaza Agence France-Presse JERUSALEM, Undefined (AFP) -- Global criticism and concern mounted Wednesday…

China vows ‘resolute’ response to high-level US meet with Taiwan leader

BEIJING, China (AFP) -- China's foreign ministry on Thursday condemned the meeting between US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and Taiwan…

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