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Taiwan says multiple Chinese aircraft and vessels spotted in possible simulated attack – CNN

Taiwan says multiple Chinese aircraft and vessels spotted in possible simulated attack  CNN The last time there was a Taiwan crisis, China’s military was outmatched by U.S. forces. Not now.  NBC News Taiwan says China military drills appear to simulate attack  The Associated

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A blaze kills a firefighter’s 10 relatives, 3 of them children

Fire tore quickly through a house in northeastern Pennsylvania, horrifying a volunteer firefighter who arrived to battle the blaze only to discover the victims were his own family. (Image credit: Jimmy May/Bloomsburg Press Enterprise via AP)

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Killing of al-Qaeda leader renews tensions with the Taliban

How Afghan citizens and the Taliban government are reacting to the revelation that al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri was living among them and was killed in a U.S. drone strike last Sunday.

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Pelosi’s Taiwan trip had major significance — and potential consequences

NPR’s Scott Simon talks with U.S. Rep. Andy Kim, D-N.J., about his trip to Taiwan with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other foreign policy issues.

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Russia is open to freeing Brittney Griner in a prisoner swap

The Kremlin says it’s open to talking about a trade for U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner. It warned Washington against using the media in negotiations over a swap.

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1968 plane wreckage found on Swiss glacier

Wreckage from a plane that crashed in the Swiss Alps in 1968 has been discovered on a glacier more than 54 years on, police said Friday. The pieces emerged on the Aletsch Glacier in the southwestern Wallis canton, near the

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China drills reveal plans for Taiwan blockade: experts

Beijing’s largest-ever exercises around Taiwan have offered key clues into its plans for a grueling blockade in the event of a war to take the self-ruled island, and revealed an increasingly emboldened Chinese military, experts told AFP. The visit to

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Nicaragua police accuse Catholic Church of attempting to destabilize government

Nicaraguan police on Friday accused the Catholic Church and Bishop Rolando Alvarez, who has been under siege in his residence for two days, of inciting violence to destabilize the country. Police in a statement said the Church and Alvarez, a

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Beijing Simulates Attack on Taiwan as Chinese Exercises Extend Into Third Day

Chinese military aircraft and ships crossed the halfway mark of the Taiwan Strait, in a simulated land strike on the self-governing island that Beijing claims as its own.

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Israel and Gaza militants exchange fire after deadly strikes – The Associated Press – en Español

Israel and Gaza militants exchange fire after deadly strikes  The Associated Press – en Español Gaza: Palestinian militant killed as Israel strikes after threats  BBC LIVE: Explosions heard in Gaza, after Israeli air strike  Reuters Israel, Gaza militants exchange fire, move closer to

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