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China and the Philippines trade blame in latest South China Sea clash
China and the Philippines accused each other on Saturday of deliberately ramming their coast guard ships near a flashpoint shoal in the South China Sea, the latest in a spate of similar incidents in recent weeks.However, Philippine Coast Guard spokesman Commodore Jay Tarriela said it was the China Coast Guard vessel 5205 that "directly and intentionally rammed" the Philippines' 97-metre ship, BRP Teresa Magbanua.
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Russian helicopter with 22 on board goes missing near Far East volcano
A Russian helicopter carrying 22 people has gone missing near a volcano in the Kamchatka peninsula in the country’s Far East, according to the local governor.
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Far-right group that invokes Nazi past on the verge of state election success in Germany
A far-right group that for some has evoked Germany’s Nazi past may be on the verge of becoming the strongest party for the first time in a state election.
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Simple blood test could predict a person’s heart disease risk 30 years out, study finds
A new approach to a routine blood test could predict a person’s 30-year risk of heart disease, research published Saturday in the New England Journal of Medicine found.
Politico
Biden’s plan to rip down inner city highways risks ‘epic fail’
Spending issues and a potential Trump presidency threaten an effort to reconnect neighborhoods that were shattered by highway projects of the 1950s and ’60s.
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CNN
Ukraine’s Zelensky firesAir Force chief,days after fatal F-16 crash
Ukraine’s defense minister has denied that the firing was connected to the death of a prized F-16 pilot.
CNN
How Biden spent his vacation after six weeks that shook his presidency
After spending much of the summer under the harshest microscope his career has ever seen, President Joe Biden spent most of the last two weeks out of sight as he prepared for the final act of his political life in what will be a very different end to 2024 than he would have imagined a few months ago.
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U.S.-led raid against Islamic State group in Iraq kills 15 'operatives'
U.S. Central Command said the operation targeted the Islamic State group's ability to plan, organize and conduct attacks against Iraqi civilians, as well as U.S. citizens, allies and partners around the world.
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Taiwan slams China 'intervention' after Pacific bloc alters statement
The Taiwanese foreign ministry on Saturday accused China of an "arbitrary intervention" after a joint declaration by Pacific leaders was altered to remove mentions of Taiwan.The rebuff came after a statement by Pacific leaders was reissued with mentions of Taiwan removed after China had slammed an earlier version as a "mistake" that "must be corrected".
Reuters
New Development Bank approves up to $1 billion loan for water projects in South Africa
CAPE TOWN (Reuters) -The New Development Bank has approved a new loan of up to $1 billion to finance water and sanitation projects among poorer households in South Africa, the bank said in a statement on Saturday. The loan will be used under South Africa's Municipal Infrastructure Grant, a conditional grant used by municipalities to reduce backlogs and enhance the provision of basic services to poorer communities. The bank, which was set up by the BRICS group of emerging economies in 2015, also approved a loan of $150 million equivalent in the local Chinese currency renminbi to China's Bank of Communications Financial Leasing for a liquefied natural gas (LNG) transportation project.
Associated Press
Beijing accuses Philippines of deliberate collision between coast guard ships in latest flareup
China accused a Philippines coast guard ship of deliberately colliding with a Chinese vessel Saturday in the latest flareup of tensions over disputed waters and maritime features in the South China Sea. In a statement posted on social media, Chinese coast guard spokesperson Liu Dejun was quoted as saying that the Philippine ship with hull number 9701 collided with the Chinese ship 5205 just after 12:06 p.m. (04:06 GMT) Saturday. As the Philippine ship maneuvered, it “deliberately collided” with the Chinese coast guard ship “in an unprofessional and dangerous manner, resulting in a collision,” Liu was quoted as saying, adding the standard claim that the Chinese ship was operating within regulations, without giving any details.
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Yahoo Finance
A key inflation metric is back to trending below the Fed’s 2% target: Chart of the Week
No big surprises came with Friday's PCE inflation reading, but the Fed got the affirmation it has long sought — on one timeframe, anyway.
Associated Press
UN will continue to engage the Taliban in Afghanistan despite new laws restricting women
The United Nations will continue to engage all stakeholders in Afghanistan, including the Taliban, a U.N. spokesman said, even though Afghanistan’s rulers issued a ban on women’s voices and bare faces in public and severed ties with the U.N. mission after it criticized them. U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric in New York defended the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, or UNAMA, and its head Roza Otunbayeva, who said that the new laws provided a “distressing vision” for Afghanistan’s future.
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Floods in Nigeria have killed scores and washed away farmland, raising food security concerns
Weeks of flooding have killed nearly 200 people in Nigeria and washed away homes and farmlands, the country's disaster management agency said, further threatening food supplies, especially in the hard-hit northern region. The floods blamed on poor infrastructure and badly maintained dams have killed 185 people and displaced 208,000 in 28 of Nigeria’s 36 states, the National Emergency Management Agency said in an update Friday, triggering frantic efforts to evacuate hundreds of thousands to makeshift shelters. Nigeria records flooding every year mostly as a result of failure to follow environmental guidelines and inadequate infrastructure.
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Nebraska Supreme Court weighs felon voting law: How it could affect 2024 election
Nebraska restored the right to vote to felons 19 years ago, now the attorney general and secretary of state say that law is unconstitutional.
USA TODAY
Ricin plot, Trump boosts QAnon and Telegram arrest fallout: The week in extremism
Federal employee pleads guilty to ricin possession, the US far-right roiled by Telegram founder's arrest and Trump boosts QAnon: The week in extremism
USA TODAY
Death Valley's infamous heat record remains unbroken as summer ends
Saturday marks the end of summer as meteorologists define it, and it's getting increasingly unlikely that the record will be broken this year.
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CNN
The pot farm next door: Black market weed operations inundateCaliforniasuburb, cops say
A CNN Investigation has found a hot spot for illegal pot farms hiding inside upscale residential homes. The state’s lax weed laws make it hard to stop.
AFP
Greek port city in a state of emergency over flood of dead fish
The port city of Volos in central Greece declared a state emergency following an inundation of dead fish that local residents say could threaten their livelihoods, the state news agency announced Saturday.The month-long emergency declaration issued by the climate ministry's secretary general of civil protection, Vassilis Papageorgiou, will inject funding and resources to speed up the cleaning of the Pagasetic Gulf port where tons of dead fish have piled up along the coast and in rivers, accordin
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‘Nothing is left’: Israel’s military tells Gaza residents to go home but they find only rubble
The Israeli military has sent out messages saying the residents of some areas in Gaza can return, but families in those neighborhoods have found scenes of destruction.
