Author: Associated Press

China fires missiles around Taiwan

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China conducted "precision missile strikes" Thursday in the Taiwan Strait and in the waters off the eastern coast of Taiwan as part of military exercises that have raised tensions in the region to their highest level in decades. China earlier announced that military exercises by its navy, air force and other

Ukraine seeks to retake the south, tying down Russian forces

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Even as Moscow’s war machine crawls across Ukraine’s east, trying to achieve the Kremlin’s goal of securing full control over the country’s industrial heartland, Ukrainian forces are scaling up attacks to reclaim territory in the Russian-occupied south. The Ukrainians have used American-supplied rocket launchers to strike bridges and military infrastructure in

Brazil confirms first monkeypox-related death

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Brazil on Friday confirmed the country's first monkeypox-related death, according to the Health Ministry.  The case was reported in Belo Horizonte, capital of the southeast Minas Gerais state, and the victim was a 41-year-old man who was undergoing treatment for other serious clinical conditions, including cancer, and whose health deteriorated after

Wildfires in West explode in size amid hot, windy conditions

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Wildfires in California and Montana exploded in size overnight amid windy, hot conditions and were quickly encroaching on neighborhoods, forcing evacuation orders for over 100 homes Saturday, while an Idaho blaze was spreading.  In California's Klamath National Forest, the fast-moving McKinney fire, which started Friday, went from charring just over 1