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Taiwanese foreign minister warns China preparing for invasion
By Sarah Wu and Yimou Lee TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan's foreign minister said on Tuesday that China was using the military drills it launched in protest against U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit a...
Aug 08, 2022
Solomon Islands government seeks to delay election to host games
By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY (Reuters) - A bill to delay elections in the Solomon Islands has been submitted to its parliament, officials said, prompting concern from opposition politicians. Solomon Islan...
Aug 08, 2022
Taiwan minister: China seeks excuses for military drills, and used Pelosi’s visit
TAIPEI (Reuters) - China looks for excuses for military exercises, and the excuse this time was U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit, Taiwan foreign minister Joseph Wu said on Tu...
Aug 08, 2022
Ocean warmth, seaweed scarcity threaten Fiji’s fisherwomen’s livelihoods
SUVA, Fiji (Reuters) - Karen Vusisa has been struggling to find a decent catch of a favourite Fijian edible seaweed, amid concerns that ocean temperatures have hit harvests and are threatening livelih...
Aug 08, 2022
U.S. doubling down on investment in the Pacific – senior diplomat
By Lucy Craymer WELLINGTON (Reuters) - The world's future will be written in the Pacific, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman said in New Zealand on Tuesday, as she wrapped up a whistle-stop ...
Aug 08, 2022
In Australia, tributes pour out for pop star Newton-John
By Cordelia Hsu SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australians expressed shock and sadness on Tuesday as they woke up to the news that 1970s and '80s pop icon Olivia Newton-John, star of the hit movie musical "Grease...
Aug 08, 2022
Polls open in Kenya’s presidential, legislative and local elections
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Millions of Kenyans started to cast their ballots for a new president, parliament and local authorities on Tuesday, live footage on local television stations showed. Veteran opposi...
Aug 08, 2022
Ukraine says its troops advance towards Izium as fighting rages in Donbas
By Natalia Zinets and Max Hunder KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine reported intense Russian shelling across the frontlines on Tuesday as both sides traded blame for the weekend strike on the Zaporizhzhia nucle...
Aug 08, 2022
Brazil’s Bolsonaro ‘not afraid to lose’ election, does not seek a coup
RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro on Monday denied that he has any intention of carrying out a coup if he loses October's election, adding that he rejects a constitutional measure see...
Aug 08, 2022
A year after Taliban’s return, some women fight for lost freedoms
By Mohammad Yunus Yawar KABUL (Reuters) - Monesa Mubarez is not going to give up the rights she and other Afghan women won during 20 years of Western-backed rule easily. Before the hardline Islamist T...
Aug 08, 2022
