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US policy toward Taiwan ‘has not changed’: defense secretary

Arlington (United States) (AFP) – US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin says that Washington’s “one-China policy” toward Taiwan “has not changed,” after President Joe Biden said the US was willing to defend the island militarily from a Chinese invasion.

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"We hardly survive in this world": New York nail salon workers are fighting for their rights

New York (AFP) – Nail salons are everywhere in New York, often several on the same street, allowing customers to get mani-pedis at very low prices. But for nail technicians that translates into a very harsh reality: low wages, unpredictable hours, exposure to harsh chemicals and no benefits. Workers – most of them immigrant women – are uniting to get a law passed in New York State’s Assembly to establish minimum standards in the industry.

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Ukraine shelling survivor counts her blessings after narrow escape

Bakhmut (Ukraine) (AFP) – After Russia’s army shelled her hometown, Maria Mayashlapak looks over her destroyed home and counts her blessings. “I was reciting my morning prayer for God to keep me from getting injured,” the 82-year-old recalls of the moments just before a missile caused her kitchen to implode.

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Russian soldier found guilty of war crimes in Ukraine, handed life sentence

Kyiv (Ukraine) (AFP) – A Kyiv court rules that a 21-year-old Russian soldier who killed a civilian is guilty of war crimes and sentences him to life in prison. Vadim Shishimarin, a captive Russian sergeant, has admitted to killing 62-year-old villager Oleksandr Shelipov in the first days of the Kremlin’s offensive in north-east Ukraine.

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Risk of monkeypox spreading widely ‘very low’: EU agency

Stockholm (AFP) – Dr. Andrea Ammon, director of the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control, says that for the broader population, the likelihood of Monkeypox spread “is very low”. She however cautions that cases will probably be higher among at-risks communities, and that transmission is likely to be especially high “during sexual activities among persons with multiple sexual partners”.

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Monks bless hundreds of endangered baby turtles released into Cambodian river

Kratié (Cambodia) (AFP) – Hundreds of critically-endangered turtles take their first wild swim in Cambodia’s Mekong River, after being released from captivity by the Wildlife Conservation Society. Monks bless the baby reptiles — also known as “frog-faced turtles” — before helping conservationists and eager children send them into the Mekong’s muddy waters.

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Ukraine’s new reserve soldiers training to defend their home

Kyiv (Ukraine) (AFP) – As Russia’s invasion drags on, more and more Ukrainians have either signed up or been called up to their army’s reserve: the territorial defence force. At a training ground in Kyiv, instructors rush to get them ready to fight as soon as possible.

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Zelensky says 87 killed in May 17 Russian strike on base

Kyiv (Ukraine) (AFP) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says during an address to the Davos summit that 87 people were killed in a Russian attack earlier this month on a military base in a region of northern Ukraine that was earlier reclaimed by Kyiv’s forces.

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Biden says US would defend Taiwan militarily from Chinese invasion

Tokyo (AFP) – President Joe Biden said Tuesday the United States would defend Taiwan militarily if Beijing invaded the self-ruled island. “That’s the commitment we made,” he said when asked if the US would intervene militarily against a Chinese attempt to forcibly take control of Taiwan. “We agreed with the One China policy, we signed on to it… but the idea that it can be taken by force is just not appropriate”. SOUNDBITE

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US President Biden meets Japan’s Emperor Naruhito

Tokyo (AFP) – US President Joe Biden meets Japanese Emperor Naruhito at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo. President Joe Biden arrived Sunday in Japan for the second leg of an Asia trip underlining US commitment to the region.

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