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China carried out fresh military drills around Taiwan Monday, Beijing said, defying calls to end its largest-ever exercises encircling the island in the wake of a visit by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Beijing has raged at the trip by Pelosi — the highest-ranking elected US official to visit Taiwan in decades — ripping up a series of talks and cooperation agreements with Washington, most notably on climate change and defence. It has also deployed fighter jets, warships and ballistic missiles in what analysts have described as practice for a blockade and ultimate invasion of the self-ruled democratic island that China claims as its territory. Those drills had been expected to draw to a close on Sunday, but China said Monday they were still ongoing. "The eastern theater of the Chinese People's Liberation Army continued to carry out practical joint exercises and training in the sea and airspace around Taiwan island," the military said. — AFP

15 hours ago

Reps. Josephine Lacson-Noel (Malabon) and Florencio Gabriel Noel (An Waray Partylist) file House Bill No. 2971 criminalizing the creation and dissemination of fake news, which they say "poisons the minds of our citizens by distorting the truth."  — Philstar.com/Franco Luna

17 hours ago

In the dust bowl of Kenya's drought-stricken north, the people of Purapul are edging closer to starvation, surviving on nothing but wild berries as their children waste away from hunger. Loka Metir knows the bitter fruits make her children sick, further weakening their frail condition. But it hasn't rained properly in three years, and there's simply nothing else to eat. "This is the only way to survive," the mother of five told AFP in Purapul, a scattering of thatch huts a two-day walk from the nearest town in the bone-dry Marsabit county. At least 18 million people across the Horn of Africa are facing severe hunger as the worst drought in 40 years devastates the region. Over four million are in Kenya's often-forgotten north, a number that has climbed steadily this year, as the crisis struggles to attract national attention in the midst of a hard-fought — and expensive — election campaign. Nearly 950,000 children under five years and 134,000 pregnant and breastfeeding women in Kenya's remote arid regions are acutely malnourished and need aid, according to government figures from June. Hunger in the three hardest-hit counties, including Marsabit, borders on famine. — AFP

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Four more ships loaded with grain set off from Ukrainian ports, as Moscow and Kyiv blamed each other for a new strike at a Russian-occupied nuclear plant.  Amnesty International, meanwhile, says it deeply regretted the "distress and anger" caused after it alleged Ukrainian forces were flouting international law by exposing civilians to Russian fire. But it stands by its controversial report. Kyiv's infrastructure ministry writes on Telegram that a second convoy of Ukrainian supplies had just left, three from Chornomorsk and one from Odessa. — AFP

22 hours ago

Unemployment in June this year stands at 6%, equivalent to 2.99 million Filipinos, much like the May figures. This is lower than a year ago. Labor force participation rate stands at 64.8%. 46.59 million employed in same month. — Ramon Royandoyan

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The US Senate passes Joe Biden's ambitious climate, tax and health care plan -- a significant victory for the president ahead of crucial midterm elections. Voting as a unified bloc and with the tie-breaking vote cast by Vice President Kamala Harris, Democrats approved the $430-billion spending plan, which will go to the House of Representatives next week, where it is expected to pass before being signed into law by Biden. The plan, crafted in sensitive talks with members on the right wing of his Democratic Party, would include the biggest US investment ever on climate -- $370 billion aimed at effecting a 40 percent drop in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030. — AFP

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