News Archives for World - 2022-05-23

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World Published 23 May, 2022 08:52pm

Biden says he would be willing to use force to defend Taiwan against China

Washington long followed a policy of ‘strategic ambiguity’ on whether it would intervene militarily to protect Taiwan

World Published 23 May, 2022 08:16pm

Russian soldier jailed for life in first war crimes trial of Ukraine war

Moscow denies targeting civilians or involvement in war crimes

World Published 23 May, 2022 12:52pm

Armenia, Azerbaijan leaders discuss ‘peace treaty’ over Nagorno-Karabakh

The Nagorno-Karabakh region, situated in Muslim-majority Azerbaijan with mostly Christian Armenian residents, is the focus of a decades-long territorial dispute between the two ex-Soviet neighbours

World Published 23 May, 2022 12:32pm

Ukraine rules out territorial concessions, as Russia steps up attacks

Russia has stepped up its pounding of the Donbas and Mykolaiv regions with air strikes and artillery fire to win control of the eastern front.

World Published 23 May, 2022 12:24pm

Millions at risk as India’s severe heatwave exposes cooling gaps

India, China, Indonesia, and Pakistan, have the largest populations facing heat-related dangers from immediate overheating deaths to impacts on food security and livelihoods.

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