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Indonesians told to stay alert after magnitude 7.3 earthquake
Indonesian authorities urged caution on Tuesday as residents returned gradually to their homes in western Sumatra after being rattled by a magnitude ...France, Baltic states dismayed after China envoy questions Ukraine sovereignty
France and the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania expressed dismay after China’s ambassador in Paris questioned the sovereignty of former ...World could face record temperatures in 2023 as El Nino returns
The world could breach a new average temperature record in 2023 or 2024, fuelled by climate change and the anticipated return of ...North Korea fires missile; South condemns ‘grave provocation’
North Korea fired what might be a new model of ballistic missile on Thursday, South Korea said, triggering a scare in northern ...Taiwan says it convinced China to rein in no-fly zone plan
Taiwan said on Wednesday it had successfully urged China to drastically narrow its plan to close air space north of the island, ...Macron comments leave senior Taiwanese official ‘puzzled’
Comments by French President Emmanuel Macron on Taiwan are puzzling, a senior Taiwanese politician said, wondering whether France’s founding ideals of liberty, equality and ...China practices blockades on last scheduled day of Taiwan drills
China’s military carried out aerial and naval blockade drills around Taiwan on Monday, its last scheduled day of exercises, with a Chinese ...China simulates hitting ‘key targets’ on Taiwan
China’s military simulated precision strikes against Taiwan in a second day of drills around the island on Sunday, with the island’s defence ...Chinese planes cross Taiwan Strait median line
Forty-two Chinese fighter jets briefly crossed the sensitive median line of the Taiwan Strait on Saturday as China began drills around Taiwan ...Macron tells Xi to reason with Russia for Ukraine peace
French President Emmanuel Macron urged China’s Xi Jinping on Thursday to reason with Russia and help bring an end to the war ...