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Floods in northern China resulted in 14 fatalities. - Asiana Times

The city’s water levels have dropped to a safe level, and emergency response teams have been sent in to rehouse inhabitants and fix damaged infrastructure. According to official media, 14,305 houses had their power restored. After Typhoon Doksuri, cleanup efforts are still underway after flooding and destruction of infrastructure caused by rain.  This past week with floods Typhoon Doksuri’s floods were blamed for the deaths of 14 people over the past few days in the Chinese city of Shulan. Since the powerful storm hit landfall in southern Fujian province just over two weeks ago, northeastern China, Beijing, and Hebei province…

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"At the expense of China, Nepal shouldn't approach India too closely." - Asiana Times

Members of Nepal’s Maoist party believe that the alliance with India should not come at the expense of China. Over the past few days, accusations of corruption against the party and the administration have dominated the discussions. But the leadership persisted in flimsily countering the criticism. Not a good time in India for Nepal? It has been learned that during discussions that have lasted for four days, certain members of the central committee of Nepali Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal’s party have not been complimentary of his official visit to India in June. The Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist Centre (CPN-MC)…

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Trump claims the charges to be ridiculous on the most recent indictment - Asiana Times

Trump referred to the indictment as “ridiculous” as he is facing broad conspiracy allegations related to his attempts to rig the 2020 election. Regarding the most recent indictment, Trump calls it “Act Of Desperation By Crooked Joe Biden.” “Crooked Joe” comments Trump On Thursday, former President Donald J. Trump made his first appearance in federal court in Washington, D.C. He pleaded not guilty at a hearing held in the shadow of the Capitol, where those who supported him had descended to prevent the peaceful transfer of power after being incensed by his lies and conspiring to stay in office despite…

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Alliance between US, Japan and South Korea in motion - Asiana Times

According to the White House, US President Joe Biden will welcome South Korean President Yoon Suk-Yeol and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on August 18. The Purpose The summit will discuss global and regional security issues with North Korea’s “continued threat” as its top agenda item, according to The Japan Times. According to the White House, South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will be hosted by US President Joe Biden. The meeting will also take place at Camp David, the president’s retreat in Maryland, according to a White House announcement, as the three leaders seek…

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6 people are killed in a Russian strike on Zelensky's hometown - Asiana Times

The fourth through ninth stories of an apartment building were destroyed by one of the two missiles that struck Kryvyi Rihon’s core city. Many and major injuries According to the interior minister of Ukraine, Monday’s missile attacks on a university and a high-rise building resulted in 69 more injuries. Serhiy Lysak, the regional governor, proclaimed a day of mourning for the deceased. Kryvyi Rih, the city where President Volodymyr Zelensky was born, has frequently been the target of Russian airstrikes. After Russia unleashed the attack on residential structures in the city in June, 11 people died and 28 more were…

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Plan to hold families of Uyghurs overseas as "hostages": China - Asiana Times

Researchers claim that China is using threats against Uyghur families to get Uyghurs living overseas to spy on human rights activists. Intimidating methods are driving communities apart, refugees and campaigners claim, according to a BBC report. Uyghurs’ plight in China Since more than a million Uyghurs are purportedly being held in internment camps, Uyghurs within China have been residing under close observation. The US in particular has long accused China of carrying out a genocide against the Uyghur Muslim population in the Xinjiang area. China’s activities in Xinjiang were labeled “crimes against humanity” in a UN report issued last year. …

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Russia claims that Ukraine drones hit 2 Moscow buildings - Asiana Times

The ‘attempted terrorist assault’ on the Russian capital left one person injured and caused damage to the facades on two office buildings, according to officials. Airport closed, flights redirected According to a Russian state news source, Moscow’s Vnukovo international airport was blocked to traffic after the mayor claimed a drone attack had struck a structure. According to a Russian state news outlet, Moscow’s Vnukovo international airport was momentarily blocked to traffic early on Sunday after the mayor of the city said Ukrainian drones had struck structures in the capital. Three Ukrainian drones were reportedly shot down above Moscow, according to…

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Australia-US military drill halted post a helicopter accident - Asiana Times

A defense helicopter participating in the training fell into the Pacific Ocean, leaving four members of the aircrew unaccounted for. Australia and the United States had to halt their joint military exercise on Saturday, July 29. The MRH-90 Taipan went down late on Friday night in subtropical seas close to Hamilton Island, Queensland, according to Australia’s Minister of Defense Richard Marles. Background of the Helicopter The helicopter was a part of the massive Talisman Sabre exercise, which includes 30,000 military troops from the US, Australia, and other countries. It had been taking part in the massive Talisman Sabre exercise, which…

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Niger troops declare a military coup, president kept captive - Asiana Times

The Niger government was deposed by a military coup. Moments after Niger’s President Mohamed Bazoum was purportedly taken hostage by members of the presidential guard, a group of soldiers led by Colonel-Major Amadou Abdramane addressed the public through national television to declare they had dissolved the constitutions. Incidents in Niger recently The soldier said that a countrywide curfew was in effect and that the nation’s borders were closed. Additionally suspended were all national institutions, he said. Nine more cops in fatigues surrounding Abdramane as he gave out his confession as he was seated. The organization, which refers to itself as…

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US Reaper drone shot over Syria by Russian fighter aircraft.  - Asiana Times

The event is the most recent in a string of collisions between US and Russian planes over Syria. On Tuesday, July 25, the United States said that Russian fighter planes had flared at an American MQ-9 Reaper drone that was operating over Syria. Russia is urged by the US to maintain restraint On July 23, 2024 at 12:23 a.m. (EST), a Russian fighter aircraft flew dangerously close to a U.S. MQ-9 drone on a mission to take out ISIS, bugging the MQ-9 and setting up flares from an angle directly above it, with only a few meters of split between…

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