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Kiribati quits key Pacific island bloc
Kiribati has quit the premier bloc of Pacific island nations, fracturing the group just as its leaders launch a summit to grapple with rising seas and China's security ambitions in the region. The Kiribati leader cited his country's national day celebrations on July 12 as another reason for not attending the summit.
Macau lockdown begins, Hong Kong mulls health code app
Macau casino shares plunged on Monday as the Chinese city embarked on a week-long lockdown to curb its worst coronavirus outbreak while neighbouring Hong Kong said it was mulling a mainland-style health code system. China uses mandatory health code apps to trace people's movements and coronavirus outbreaks.
China lockdown worries hit Asian equity, crude markets
Asian markets and oil prices mostly fell Monday with a fresh Covid flare-up in Shanghai fanning fears of another economically painful lockdown in China's biggest city.
US hails Abe as 'man of vision' as family prepares wake
Washington's top diplomat hailed assassinated former prime minister Shinzo Abe as a "man of vision" as he offered condolences Monday in Tokyo, where family will later hold a wake for the murdered politician.
Love letters and tax returns: Bolivia's sidewalk scribes prefer typewriters
Dressed in a suit, a feather in his hat, Rogelio Condori sits bent over a small table on a sidewalk in La Paz, tapping on a typewriter with his index fingers. Condori recently set up an office complete with internet and a computer, but he much prefers his "exciting" sidewalk perch.
More genocide victims to be buried on Srebrenica anniversary
Thousands of people are expected to attend Monday's commemorations of the 27th anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide, which most Serbs and their leaders still refuse to recognise in ethnically divided Bosnia. Political leaders of Serbs living in Bosnia today and in neighbouring Serbia refuse to accept that a genocide took place at Srebenica, preferring to call it a "major crime".
Return to Kyiv by night train
When the train slows to a halt just after the Polish border, Tatiana's smile lights up her moon-shaped face. No one seems to bother much about the long hours of waiting on the Polish side of the border and then again on the Ukrainian side.
'Faceless killer': Syria landmines keep sowing death
Family members from three generations were huddled on the back of a pickup truck for what started as a joyful ride through the Syrian countryside for Abdulaziz al-Oqab and his relatives. They include the family of Zakia al-Boushi who, on a fateful day in 2017, went out with eight relatives in Aleppo province searching for the precious white truffles that grow in the desert sands in winter.
Reaching out without walking back? Biden begins delicate Saudi trip
Having branded Saudi Arabia a "pariah" over the murder of a dissident, US President Joe Biden is now readying to meet the country's leaders on a delicate visit to the Middle East.
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