MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia is conducting military exercises to test its readiness for combat amid clashes between its ally Azerbaijan and Armenian forces, Russia’s Defense Minister told his Azeri counterpart on Saturday. FILE PHOTO: Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu awaits a meeting of the Organizing Committee for Pobeda (Victoria) at …
Read More »Fighting back in Taiwan’s parliament for the disputed nomination
TAIPEI (Reuters) – Fighting erupted in and out of Taiwan’s parliament again on Friday over disputed nomination by President Tsai Ing-wen of a senior aide to a government watchdog post, which the main opposition party has qualified as cronyism. The Kuomintang (KMT) has mounted a rowdy campaign against Chen Chu’s …
Read More »Western China Town Urumqi Enters ‘War Mode’ After Reporting 16 Cases of Coronavirus
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Urumqi, the capital of the Xinjiang region in the far west of China, went into “war mode” and launched an emergency response plan after the city reported 16 new cases of coronavirus on Friday . FILE PHOTO: People wear protective face masks while walking in a shopping …
Read More »Red alerts in China when it floods maroon equipment to fight the coronavirus
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Large parts of China on Friday bounced back from the worst floods in decades as disruptions to supply chains, including personal protective equipment (PPE), vital in the fight against the new coronavirus, increased. . The central city of Wuhan and Anhui, Jiangxi and Zhejiang provinces declared red …
Read More »The Mexican cartel shows its power when the president visits his heart
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – A video showing a sprawling military-style convoy of one of Mexico’s most powerful drug cartels circulated on social media on Friday just as President Andrés Manuel López Obrador visited the heart of the group. FILE PHOTO: The President of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, holds a …
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