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The skies above the South China Sea have become a new front for potential conflict as the Philippines steps up air patrols and air drops near reefs also claimed by China, a Chinese think tank has warned. The South China Sea Strategic Situation Probing Initiative (SCSPI) has also called for heightened vigilance in response to […]

(Bloomberg) — The United Nations nuclear watchdog is expanding its oversight in Ukraine to include high-voltage grids critical to maintaining safety at nuclear power plants that generate most of the country’s electricity. Most read from Bloomberg The International Atomic Energy Agency’s decision followed a meeting between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and IAEA Director General Rafael

(Bloomberg) — Ukrainian diplomat Andrii Sybiha is expected to replace Dmytro Kuleba as foreign minister as Volodymyr Zelensky reshuffles the government, according to a source familiar with the president’s thinking. Most read from Bloomberg Kuleba, who resigned on Wednesday, will now focus on strengthening Ukraine’s ties with NATO as the war-torn country seeks membership, said

Screenshot of the misleading claim shared on Facebook, taken on September 2 The image circulated in pro-Han Facebook groups here, here And here as Han and Lee meet for the first time since they were elected to lead their respective parties (archived link). The meeting included problems included a cash benefit plan to help citizens

NORTHERN UKRAINE — A strong smell of cigarettes and sweat, mixed with the scents of a school cafeteria, fills the hallway as a Ukrainian guard escorts us through the prison. A little further on, a guard with a Cossack moustache escorts a Russian prisoner of war. The prisoner wears oversized trousers and his face is

WIMEREUX, France (AP) — Just a day after 12 migrants died In a failed attempt to cross the Channel, another boat carrying dozens of people attempted another crossing from northern France on Wednesday. It appears the boat is heading for Britain. Associated Press journalists on a beach in Wimereux, on the northern French coast and

Stéphane Dujarric informed journalists during the regular press conference in New York that operations have resumed in Tulkarm and are continuing in Jenin. “The UN has recorded more than two dozen deaths in the past week, including children,” he said. He added that on Tuesday several organizations mobilized by the UN Office for the Coordination

Nicaragua has seen human rights violations since 2018, when university students and other civil society activists protested a new social security law and called for the president to resign. The violent crackdown by security forces led by the government of President Daniel Ortega has resulted in numerous deaths and injuries, and severe restrictions on freedom

“AI capabilities today are concentrated in a handful of powerful companies – and even fewer countries. Meanwhile, too many countries face significant challenges in accessing AI tools,” António Guterres told a forum on capacity building in artificial intelligence in Shanghai, China. Bridging that gap is all the more important given the potential of AI for

1 What is the Summit of the Future? In 2020, the UN turned 75 and marked the occasion by launching a global conversation about hope and fear for the future. This was the beginning of a process that would eventually, four years later, lead to the convening of the Top of the futurea key event