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August 9, 2022: ASIA

Taiwan Warns China Drills Show Ambitions Beyond Island

PINGTUNG, Taiwan (AP) – Taiwan warned Tuesday that Chinese military drills are not just a rehearsal for an invasion of the self-governing island but also reflect ambitions to control large swaths of the western Pacific, as Taipei conducted its own exercises to underscore it is ready to defend itself.

August 8, 2022: MIDDLE EAST

Explainer: What Is Driving the Current Israel-Gaza Violence

Tel Aviv, Israel (AP) – Israel and Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip were exchanging fire Saturday in the worst bout of cross-border violence since an 11-day war between Israel and Hamas last year.

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August 2022

Aug 9 Asia Taiwan Warns China Drills Show Ambitions Beyond Island

Aug 8 Middle East Explainer: What Is Driving the Current Israel-Gaza Violence

Aug 5 Africa In a First, Somalia-based al-Shabab Is Attacking in Ethiopia

Aug 4 Weather & Environment A Race to Save Fish as Rio Grande Dries, Even in Albuquerque

Aug 3 Terrorism & Security Al-Qaida Will Pursue Attacks Undeterred by Zawahiri Loss, Experts Say

Aug 2 Americas ‘VIP Trips’ Cost Migrants Their Lives in Texas Smuggling Tragedy

Aug 1 Weather & Environment More Rain in Appalachian Floods, Curfews Imposed Due to Looting

July 2022

Jul 29 Middle East What Is Behind the Storming of Iraq’s Parliament?

Jul 29 Asia Kim Jong Un Threatens to Use Nukes amid Tensions with US, South Korea

Jul 28 Economy & Personal Finance From Grain to Gasoline: A Brief World History of Rationing

Jul 26 Africa Liberia Marks Bicentennial Amid Challenges

Jul 25 Society & Lifestyles Study: Millennials Did Not Stray Far from Where They Grew Up

Jul 22 Economy & Personal Finance Analysis: Ukraine War Rekindles Europe’s Demand for African Oil and Gas

Jul 21 Weather & Environment Monarch Butterflies Now Listed as Endangered

Jul 20 Geopolitics Vladimir Putin, in Tehran, Gets Strong Support from Iran over Ukraine

Jul 18 Religion U.S. Houses of Worship Increase Security After Shootings

Jul 15 Economy & Personal Finance U.S. Inflation Surges Again in June, Raising Risks for Economy

Jul 15 Africa Outbreaks from Animals in Africa Surge by 60% in Last Decade

Jul 14 Weather & Environment Giant Sequoias May Benefit from Fire in California’s Yosemite, Official Says

Jul 13 Asia Sri Lanka in Crisis: President Flees and Ire Turns to Prime Minister

Jul 12 Science & Technology NASA Telescope’s 1st Image: Deepest Look at Cosmos Yet

Jul 11 Economy & Personal Finance Ships Get Older and Slower as Emissions Rules Bite

Jul 8 Politics Inflation, Expenses Rise Sharply as Priorities: AP-NORC Poll

Jul 8 Asia Assassination of Japan’s Shinzo Abe Stuns World Leaders

Jul 7 Politics What’s Next for UK after Boris Johnson’s Resignation?

Jul 6 Asia Taiwan Touts New Air Force Advanced Training Jet’s Abilities

Jul 1 Asia President Xi Defends Vision of Hong Kong on 25th Anniversary of Return

June 2022

Jun 30 Geopolitics Explainer: How Was Turkey’s Veto of Nordic NATO Bid Avoided?

Jun 29 Europe U.S. to Boost Military Presence in Europe for Russia Threat

Jun 28 Americas 50 Migrants Die in Trailer Abandoned in San Antonio Heat

Jun 27 Asia Sri Lankan Prime Minister: Island’s Economy ‘Has Collapsed’

Jun 24 Middle East Explainer: Why Is Israel Always Holding Elections?

Jun 23 Europe Germany Faces Natural Gas ‘Crisis,’ Raises Warning Level

Jun 22 Asia Afghanistan Quake Kills 1,000 People, Deadliest in Decades

Jun 21 Weather & Environment Sweltering Streets: Hundreds of Homeless Die in Extreme Heat

Jun 20 Weather & Environment Yellowstone Flooding Rebuild Could Take Years, Cost Billions

Jun 17 Health Issues EPA: ‘Forever Chemicals’ Pose Risk Even at Very Low Levels

Jun 16 Africa Congo Official: Rwanda Will Have War if It Wants War

Jun 15 International WTO Chief Warns of Rocky Road to Deals amid ‘Polycrisis’

Jun 13 Science & Technology Newest Galaxy Data a ‘Gold Mine’ for Astronomy

Jun 10 Americas Explainer: Crime, Impunity Surge in Amazon’s Javari Valley

Jun 8 Asia China, Cambodia Break Ground on Port, Dismiss U.S. Concerns

Jun 6 Africa Nigerian Forces Hunt for Gunmen Who Killed 50 at a Church

Jun 3 Europe Russia May Be in Ukraine to Stay after 100 Days of War

Jun 3 Health Issues Melatonin Poisoning Reports Are Up in Kids, Study Says

Jun 2 Health Issues Pathogens Jumping from Animals to Humans Becoming More Frequent

May 2022

May 31 Economy & Personal Finance Analysis: How the Ukraine Conflict Is Reshaping Global Oil Markets

May 27 Economy & Personal Finance Worry About Stagflation, a Flashback to ‘70s, Begins to Grow

May 27 Asia 1.1 Million Afghan Children Could Face Severe Malnutrition

May 26 Crime & Punishment A Grim Chronology of Mass Shootings in the United States

May 26 Geopolitics Explainer: What Turkey’s Erdogan Could Gain in NATO Debate

May 25 Health Issues EXPLAINER: What Is Monkeypox and Where Is It Spreading?

May 24 Health Issues Report: Dramatic Rise in Pesticides in EU Fruits, Vegetables

May 23 Europe After 3 Months of War, Life in Russia Has Profoundly Changed

May 19 Europe Russia Uses New Laser Weapons in Ukraine

May 18 Geopolitics NATO Chief Hails ‘Historic Moment’ as Finland, Sweden Apply

May 17 Middle East Hezbollah, Allies Lose Majority in Lebanon Parliament

May 16 Crime & Punishment New York Supermarket Shooting Probe to Weigh if Warning Signs Were Missed

May 13 Science & Technology Scientists Unveil Image of ‘Gentle Giant’ Black Hole at Milky Way’s Center

May 11 Europe Britain Pledges to Come to Sweden’s Aid if Attacked

May 10 Europe Sinn Fein Calls for United Ireland Debate after Historic Win

May 6 Europe Vladimir Putin to Send ‘Doomsday’ Warning to West at Russia’s World War II Victory Parade

May 5 Asia For Sri Lankan Tea Pickers, Economic Crisis Shatters Dreams

May 4 Europe Ukraine Says It Is ‘Ready’ if Belarus Joins Russian War Effort

May 3 Health Issues UN: Obesity Levels in Europe at ‘Epidemic Proportions’

May 2 Weather & Environment Vegas Water Intake Now Visible at Drought-stricken Lake Mead

April 2022

Apr 29 Asia North Korea’s Kim Calls for Stronger Military as Nuclear Test Work ‘Well Underway’

Apr 28 Society & Lifestyles Four Months after Tornado, Kentucky Focuses on Rebuilding

Apr 26 Europe Russia Hits Faraway Targets; Diplomat Warns of Risk of WWIII

Apr 25 Politics French President Macron Reelected: What Is Happening Next?

Apr 21 Europe Russia’s Chernobyl Seizure Seen as Nuclear Risk ‘Nightmare’

Apr 20 Society & Lifestyles ‘We’re Done with Dead Kids’: U.S. Bars Hand Out Free Fentanyl Tests

Apr 19 Europe ‘It’s Not the End’: The Children Who Survived Bucha’s Horror

Apr 18 Middle East Clashes Erupt Near Flashpoint Jerusalem Holy Site

Apr 15 Weather & Environment Expanding Drought Leaves Western U.S. Scrambling for Water

Apr 14 Religion For Jews Fleeing Ukraine, Passover Takes on New Meaning

Apr 13 Europe Chemical Weapons Use from Syrian War Stokes Ukraine’s Fears

Apr 12 Americas Mexican Cartels Swap Arms for Cocaine, Fueling Colombia Violence

Apr 11 Europe France Presidential Election Again Pits Macron Versus Le Pen

Apr 8 Americas U.S. Speeds Entry for Ukrainians as More Reach Mexico Border

Apr 8 Geopolitics Can War Massacres Sway China’s Support of Russia?

Apr 5 Geopolitics Australia, UK, U.S. Alliance to Develop Hypersonic Missiles

Apr 4 Health Issues WHO Says 99 Percent of World’s Population Breathes Poor-quality Air

Apr 1 Europe War in Ukraine Fuels Fears Among Draft-age Russian Youths

March 2022

Mar 31 Asia Taliban Hardliners Turning Back the Clock in Afghanistan

Mar 30 Geopolitics Prince William Hints at Backing Caribbean Nations Breaking from Crown

Mar 25 Asia What Made North Korea Test Its Biggest ICBM Yet?

Mar 23 Crime & Punishment Not ‘Your Mother’s Spring Break’: Miami Beach Shootings Draws Curfew, Concern

Mar 22 Europe Europe Struggles to Meet Mounting Needs of Ukraine’s Fleeing Millions

Mar 21 Asia Exclusive: U.S. Admiral Says China Fully Militarized Contested Isles

Mar 18 Economy & Personal Finance U.S. Grew Wealthier, Better Educated in 2nd Half of 2010s

Mar 17 Africa A Green Island Turns Red: Madagascar Struggles Through Long Drought

Mar 16 Geopolitics Israel’s PM Bennett Emerges as a Mediator in Russia-Ukraine War

Mar 15 Asia As World Watches Russia, Myanmar Army Steps Up Attacks

Mar 14 Europe Russia-Ukraine War: Key Things to Know about the Conflict

Mar 11 Europe Russians Pounding Ukraine, but Mariupol Is No Aleppo—Yet

Mar 11 Asia Japan Marks 11 Years Since Quake, Tsunami, Nuclear Disaster

Mar 10 Asia North Korea to Launch Satellites to Monitor U.S. and Its Allies

Mar 9 Science & Technology Antarctic Explorer Shackleton’s Ship Found after a Century

Mar 8 Economy & Personal Finance President Biden to Ban Russian Oil Imports over Ukraine War

Mar 7 Geopolitics China Lashes U.S. over Its Military Ties with Asian Nations

Mar 4 Education No More Extra Credit? Schools Rethink Approaches to Grades

Mar 3 Europe Russia’s War in Ukraine after One Week—Cities Besieged as Refugees Flee

Mar 2 International Global Food Supply at Risk from Russian Invasion of Ukraine

Mar 1 Australia & South Pacific Thousands Evacuate Worst Australian Floods in Over a Decade

February 2022

Feb 25 Weather & Environment UN Body Weighs a Global Treaty to Fight Plastic Pollution

Feb 25 Europe Ukraine Invasion: What to Know as Russian Forces Target Kyiv

Feb 24 Europe Russia Attacks Ukraine; Peace in Europe ‘Shattered’

Feb 23 Education ‘Kids Are Broken’ with Online Teaching as Hong Kong Upsets Parents with Early School Break

Feb 23 Geopolitics Why Russia Won’t Leave Ukraine Alone

Feb 22 Geopolitics Explainer: What Is the Nord Stream 2 Pipeline?

Feb 21 International Beijing’s Olympics Close, Ending Odd Global Moment

Feb 18 Asia Six Months of Taliban: Afghans Safer, Poorer, Less Hopeful

Feb 17 Economy & Personal Finance U.S. Accuses China of Backing Away from Free-Trade Commitments

Feb 17 Geopolitics Russia’s Olympic Doping Case Helps China Skirt Dicey Topics

Feb 16 Americas Ottawa’s Police Chief Ousted amid Truck Protest in Canada

Feb 15 Crime & Punishment DNA Analysis of Elephant Ivory Reveals Trafficking Networks

Feb 14 Europe U.S. Says Russia May Create Pretext to Attack Ukraine

Feb 11 Politics ‘Nobody Is Ready’: Many U.S. Cities Lack Resources to Chase $1 Trillion Infrastructure Windfall

Feb 10 Economy & Personal Finance U.S. Inflation Jumped 7.5 Percent in the Past Year, a 40-year High

Feb 9 Middle East Iran Unveils Long-range Missile as Vienna Nuclear Talks Resume

Feb 7 Asia Fearing Junta, Hundreds of Myanmar Parents Disown Dissident Children

Feb 4 Profile ‘Elizabeth the Steadfast’: Queen Marks 70 Years on Throne

Feb 3 Weather & Environment The Race Is On to Save the Great Salt Lake: Will It Be Enough?

Feb 2 Middle East Islamic State Hits Back, Aided by Power Vacuum in Iraq and Syria

Feb 1 Africa Millions at Risk as Drought Threatens the Horn of Africa

January 2022

Jan 31 International Explainer: Can the UN Do More than just Talk About Russia, Ukraine Crisis?

Jan 27 International World Remembers Holocaust as Antisemitism Rises in Pandemic

Jan 25 Science & Technology New Space Telescope Reaches Final Stop Million Miles Out

Jan 24 Middle East UAE, U.S. Intercept Houthi Missile Attack Targeting Abu Dhabi

Jan 21 Health Issues Study: Drug-resistant Bacteria Kill 1.2 million Globally

Jan 20 Weather & Environment U.S. Plans $50B Wildfire Fight Where Forests Meet Civilization

Jan 19 Geopolitics Russia Says It Will Take Nothing Less but NATO Expansion Ban as It Moves Troops West

Jan 18 Middle East Around 20 Killed in Deadliest Coalition Strikes on Yemen’s Sanaa since 2019

Jan 14 Economy & Personal Finance U.S. Grocery Shortages Deepen as Pandemic Dries Supplies

Jan 13 Europe EXPLAINER: How Europe Is Trying to Deal with Its Gas Crisis

Jan 11 Asia Kazakh Leader: Russia-led Security Group to Pull Out Troops

Jan 10 Americas NYC Building Space Heater Malfunction Sparks Fire that Kills 19, Including 9 Children

Jan 7 Education Families Despair over Post-holiday Return to Remote Learning

Jan 7 Europe EXPLAINER: What Does Record Inflation Mean for the Eurozone?

Jan 5 Asia Protests Escalate in Kazakhstan; President’s Home Set Ablaze

Jan 4 Geopolitics Iran Vows Revenge for Soleimani Killing if Donald Trump Not Put on Trial

Jan 3 Weather & Environment ‘So Many Memories’: Nearly 1,000 Homes Destroyed by Colorado Fire

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August 9, 2022

Taiwan Warns China Drills Show Ambitions Beyond Island

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August 5, 2022

In a First, Somalia-based al-Shabab Is Attacking in Ethiopia

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August 3, 2022

Al-Qaida Will Pursue Attacks Undeterred by Zawahiri Loss, Experts Say

August 2, 2022

‘VIP Trips’ Cost Migrants Their Lives in Texas Smuggling Tragedy

August 1, 2022

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July 29, 2022

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Kim Jong Un Threatens to Use Nukes amid Tensions with US, South Korea

July 28, 2022

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July 26, 2022

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July 25, 2022

Study: Millennials Did Not Stray Far from Where They Grew Up

July 22, 2022

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July 21, 2022

Monarch Butterflies Now Listed as Endangered

July 20, 2022

Vladimir Putin, in Tehran, Gets Strong Support from Iran over Ukraine

July 18, 2022

U.S. Houses of Worship Increase Security After Shootings

July 15, 2022

U.S. Inflation Surges Again in June, Raising Risks for Economy
Outbreaks from Animals in Africa Surge by 60% in Last Decade

July 14, 2022

Giant Sequoias May Benefit from Fire in California’s Yosemite, Official Says

July 13, 2022

Sri Lanka in Crisis: President Flees and Ire Turns to Prime Minister

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