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China's Taiwan war games threaten more global supply chain disruption
Chinese military exercises around Taiwan are set to disrupt one of the world's busiest shipping zones, analysts told AFP, highlighting the island's critical position in already stretched global supply chains.
In South Korea, Pelosi set to visit heavily fortified DMZ
After her high-profile trip to Taiwan, US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was in South Korea Thursday and her agenda included a visit to the border with the nuclear-armed North, an official told AFP. Pelosi, who arrived in Seoul late Wednesday, will visit the heavily fortified Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) where North and South Korean forces stand face-to-face, the South Korean official said.
Asian markets rally on healthy US data, post-Pelosi relief
Asian markets on Thursday tracked a Wall Street rally fuelled by healthy economic and earnings data, while there was some relief that Nancy Pelosi's Taiwan trip did not elicit a harsher response from China despite grave warnings from Beijing.
Two years after Beirut mega-blast, Lebanon hits new lows
Crisis-hit Lebanon marks two years Thursday since a massive explosion ripped through Beirut, with victims' relatives planning protest marches as they keep demanding truth and justice. - No justice - The government in April ordered the silos' demolition -- but this has been suspended, partially because of objections from victims' relatives who want them preserved as a memorial.
Mexico races to rescue nine trapped miners
Rescuers battled Wednesday to free around nine workers believed to be trapped in a coal mine in northern Mexico, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said. Military personnel and rescue dogs were deployed to the scene of the accident in the state of Coahuila, Lopez Obrador said.
400-year-old Ecuadoran beer resurrected from yeast
Inside an old oak barrel, Ecuadoran bioengineer Javier Carvajal found the fungus of fortune: a 400-year-old yeast specimen that he has since managed to resurrect and use to reproduce what is believed to be Latin America's oldest beer. It took him a year to do so, but he finally managed to find a barrel from the old brewery in 2008.
Climate, poverty collude to torment Central America
Every time it rains, Blanca Arias in El Salvador and Sandra Ramos in Honduras fear that flooding will raze their precarious homes and leave their families destitute. Now, every time a storm is forecast, they get ready to leave.
Inflation-fighting BoE poised to unleash big rate hike
The Bank of England is expected Thursday to follow other major central banks with an aggressive interest rate hike to tackle surging inflation. - Inflation 'spooks' central banks - Yet the bank predicts UK inflation will spike to 11 percent later this year -- and it was expected to lift this guidance on Thursday.
China to stage major drills around Taiwan after Pelosi visit
China is due on Thursday to kick off its largest-ever military exercises encircling Taiwan, in a show of force straddling vital international shipping lanes following a visit to the self-ruled island by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. The House speaker, second in line to the presidency, was the highest-profile elected US official to visit Taiwan in 25 years.
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