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Biden and Harris last appeared together after his speech at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago

Hand In Hand: Biden, Harris Hit Campaign Trail

US President Joe Biden and Kamala Harris campaigned together for the first time Monday, in a public display of teamwork after she replaced him as candidate and revived Democratic election hopes.
AFP news Sep 03, 2024
New Zealand's Prime Minister Christopher Luxon meeting China's Premier Li Qiang in Wellington in June, 2024. New Zealand's spy chiefs say China is a serious intelligence threat

New Zealand Spy Report Calls Out China For Interference

In an annual threat report, the New Zealand Security Intelligence Service said several countries were undertaking "malicious activity" on its shores, but called out China's attempts as "complex and deceptive".
AFP news Sep 03, 2024
A handout picture taken on August 31 and released September 1 by Japan's Ministry of Defense Joint Staff Office shows a Chinese naval survey vessel entering Japanese territorial waters off Yakushima Island

Japan Protests Chinese Naval Intrusion Into Territorial Waters

A Chinese naval vessel was spotted entering Japanese territorial waters near the southern Kuchinoerabu island at around 6:00 am Saturday (2100 GMT Friday) and exiting southwest of Yakushima island nearly two hours later, the defense ministry said.
AFP news Sep 02, 2024
Russia on Sunday struck Ukraine's second largest city of Kharkiv with missiles, injuring 41 including five children

Russia Says Repelled 'Massive' Ukrainian Drone Attack

Russia said Sunday it had repelled a "massive" Ukrainian drone attack on energy and fuel plants in Moscow and 14 regions, one of the largest such strikes since the start of the two and half-year conflict.
AFP news Sep 02, 2024
The Kingfisher oil project is operated by China's CNOOC

NGO Reports 'Human Rights Disaster' At Uganda Oil Project

The $10 billion investment includes drilling for oil in the Lake Albert area in northwestern Uganda and building a 1,443-kilometre (900-mile) heated pipeline to ship the crude to Tanzania's Indian Ocean port of Tanga.
AFP news Sep 02, 2024
Former Socialist Bernard Cazeneuve is widely tipped to be France's next PM

France's Macron Accelerates Efforts To Break PM Deadlock

France has been without a permanent government since the July 7 legislative polls where the left formed the largest faction in a hung parliament with Macron's centrists and the far right comprising the other major groups.
AFP news Sep 02, 2024
A worker in Japan removes debris blown away by strong winds caused by Typhoon Shanshan on Thursday

Weakening Typhoon Churns Through Japan, Up To Six Dead

The storm, which at landfall was one of the fiercest to hit Japan in decades, pummeled Kyushu island on Thursday with gusts of up to 252 kilometers (157 miles) per hour. On Friday they eased to 108 kph as it moved up the archipelago.
AFP news Aug 30, 2024
Olena Semykina voted for President Volodymyr Zelensky in 2019 but is disappointed he has been unable to end the war

In War-fatigued East Ukraine, Zelensky Loses His Shine

The screech of an artillery shell over her leafy village in the war-battered Donetsk region and the plumes of dark smoke billowing on the horizon suggested that her hopes for his first term had fallen short.
AFP news Aug 30, 2024
Activists try to reach a land confiscated by Israeli settlers in the al-Makhrur area, near Beit Jala in the Israeli occupied West Bank, on August 15, 2024

US Slaps New Sanctions On Israeli Settlers Over West Bank Violence

The sanctions were announced on the same day that Israel launched a wide-scale attack on the West Bank that it said killed nine Palestinian fighters, despite warnings by President Joe Biden's administration against expanding the war in Gaza.
AFP news Aug 29, 2024
A Japan Meteorological Agency satellite photo shows typhoon Shanshan moving closer to Kyushu island

Powerful Typhoon Shanshan Slams Into Southern Japan

Typhoon Shanshan packed gusts of up to 252 kilometers (157 miles) per hour as it smashed into Japan's main southern island of Kyushu early Thursday, making it the most powerful storm this year and one of the strongest at landfall since 1960.
AFP news Aug 29, 2024
Thousands were forced to flee their homes as the massive blaze raged out of control for three days towards the capital earlier this month

Athens Faces New Dangers As Forest Fires Edge Closer

Thousands were forced to flee their homes as the massive blaze raged out of control for three days towards the capital earlier this month, swallowing up houses and cars and killing one woman.
AFP news Aug 29, 2024
Tim Walz faces a flood of misinformation ahead of the November election.

VP Contender Walz Fends Off US Misinformation Over Pro-LGBTQ Stance

A barrage of attacks on Tim Walz fueled by misinformation over his support for LGBTQ communities has failed to dent the US vice presidential candidate's surging poll ratings, suggesting that voters are wearying of some "culture war" issues in a tight White House race.
AFP news Aug 29, 2024
Brazil Supreme Court judge Alexandre de Moraes ordered Elon Musk to name a new legal representative in the country or face X being shut down there

Brazil Judge Threatens To Suspend X Within 24 Hours

The decision escalates a months-long feud between Musk and Brazilian Supreme Court Judge Alexandre de Moraes, who has previously ordered the suspension of dozens of accounts on X for allegedly spreading disinformation.
AFP news Aug 29, 2024

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