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China says TikTok ban reflects US insecurities

  By AP and published by CTV News Beijing – US government bans on Chinese-owned video-sharing app TikTok reveal Washington’s own insecurities and are an abuse of state power, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said on Tuesday (Feb. 28). The US government “has been overstretching the concept of national security and abusing state power to […]

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China has some doubt on ability to invade Taiwan: CIA chief

  By AP and published by CNA Washington – US intelligence shows that China’s President Xi Jinping has instructed his country’s military to “be ready by 2027″ to invade Taiwan though he may be currently harbouring doubts about his ability to do so given Russia’s experience in its war with Ukraine, CIA Director William Burns […]

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G7 presses IMF for Ukraine aid as Yellen says Russia hurting 

  By AFP and published by CNA Bengaluru – G7 finance chiefs pressed the IMF on Thursday (Feb. 23) to urgently provide more aid to war-stricken Ukraine on the eve of the first anniversary of Russia’s invasion. “On February 24 last year, Russia launched its illegal, unjustifiable, and unprovoked war of aggression against Ukraine, which […]

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China, Russia deepen ties as Biden rallies Nato’s ‘frontline’ over Ukraine

   By Reuters and published by Swissinfo.ch Moscow/Warsaw  – China pledged a deeper partnership with Russia on Wednesday as US President Joe Biden reaffirmed security assurances for Nato’s “frontline” eastern members, highlighting global tensions as the anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine approaches. However, a day after President Vladimir Putin said Moscow was suspending participation […]

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Fresh quake hits Turkey-Syria border area two weeks after disaster

  By Reuters and published by Cyprus Mail Antakya – Another earthquake struck the border region of Turkey and Syria on Monday (Feb. 20), just two weeks after the area was devastated by a larger quake which killed more than 47,000 people and damaged or destroyed hundreds of thousands of homes. Monday’s quake, this time […]

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Biden walks through Kyiv to show resolve ahead of war’s anniversary

  By Reuters and published by US News & World Report Kyiv –US President Joe Biden walked around central Kyiv on an unannounced visit on Monday, promising to stand with Ukraine as long as it takes, on a trip timed to upstage the Kremlin ahead of the one-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion. Biden, in trademark […]

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Ukraine presses US Congress members for F-16 jet fighters: Lawmakers 

  By Reuters and published by CNA Munich – Ukrainian officials have urged US Congress members to press President Joe Biden’s administration to send F-16 jet fighters to Kyiv, saying the aircraft would boost Ukraine’s ability to hit Russian missile units with US-made rockets, lawmakers said. The lobbying came over the weekend on the sidelines […]

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US tries to woo India away from Russia with display of F-35s, bombers 

  By Reuters and published by CNA Bengaluru – The United States brought its most advanced fighter jet, the F-35, to India for the first time this week alongside F-16s, Super Hornets and B-1B bombers as Washington looks to woo New Delhi away from its traditional military supplier, Russia. India, desperate to modernise its largely […]

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US renews warning it’ll defend Philippines after China spat

  By Jim Gomez – AP and published by Yahoo!News Manila, Philippines – The United States renewed a warning that it would defend its treaty ally if Filipino forces come under attack in the disputed South China Sea, after a Chinese coast guard ship allegedly hit a Philippine patrol vessel with military-grade laser that briefly […]

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Michigan woman accused of fatal hit-and-run sought for extradition 

  By Adam Sabes – Fox News Oakland Township, Mich. – Michigan authorities and the FBI are seeking extradition from Thailand for a woman charged in the death of a college student who fled the country allegedly to avoid being prosecuted. Ben Kable, a student at Michigan State University, died on Jan. 1 after a […]

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