2022年8月5日星期五

U.S. says China's firing of missiles over Taiwan is unjustified escalation

Friday, August 5, 2022

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U.S. says China's firing of missiles over Taiwan is unjustified escalation, Russia says it's ready to discuss a prisoner swap after basketball player Brittney Griner gets jail, and U.S. prosecutors charge four Kentucky police officers in Breonna Taylor killing.

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The Rocket Force under the Eastern Theatre Command of China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) conducts conventional missile tests into the waters off the eastern coast of Taiwan, from an undisclosed location in this handout released on August 4, 2022.

World

China's firing of missiles during military drills around Taiwan was an unjustified escalation, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said today, as Beijing said it would sanction House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi for visiting the island.

Russia and the United States said they were ready to discuss a prisoner swap after a Russian court sentenced basketball star Brittney Griner to nine years in prison for a drugs offense yesterday.

Three grain ships left Ukrainian ports under a safe passage deal today while the first inbound cargo vessel since Russia's invasion was due in Ukraine later in the day to load, and Kyiv called for the pact to be extended to other goods such as metals.

Adverse weather across top rice suppliers in Asia, including the biggest exporter India, is threatening to reduce the output of the world's most important food staple and stoke food inflation that is already near record highs.

North Korea said all of its fever patients have recovered, marking the end of its first wave of the coronavirus pandemic, but challenges linger with economic hardships deepening and an unvaccinated population exposed to future resurgences, analysts said.

Protesters celebrate after the announcement that the FBI arrested and brought civil rights charges against four current and former Louisville police officers for their roles in the 2020 fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor, in Louisville, Kentucky, U.S., August 4, 2022. REUTERS/Amira Karaoud

U.S.

U.S. prosecutors charged four current and former Louisville, Kentucky, police officers with civil rights violations for their roles in the botched 2020 raid that killed Breonna Taylor, a Black woman who was in her home, in a case that sparked nationwide protests.

The United States has declared monkeypox a public health emergency, the health secretary said, a move expected to free up additional funding and tools to fight the disease.

U.S. conspiracy theorist Alex Jones should pay parents of a child killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook massacre at least $4.1 million for falsely claiming the shooting was a hoax, a Texas jury said.

Democratic U.S. Senator Kyrsten Sinema said she agreed to "move forward" on a $430 billion drug pricing, energy and tax bill, subject to a Senate arbiter's approval of the bill, which Democrats intend to pass over Republican objections.

Four people were found dead at two separate residences in the small Nebraska farming town of Laurel when police responded to reports of explosions and fires at the homes, authorities said.

Elon Musk's Twitter profile is seen on a smartphone placed on printed Twitter logos in this picture illustration taken April 28, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration//File Photo

BUSINESS & MARKETS

Twitter dismissed Elon Musk's claims in a Delaware court filing that he was hoodwinked into signing the deal to buy the social media company, saying that it was "implausible and contrary to fact."

The Bank of England is trying to maintain flexibility on its options for changing interest rates and investors should not assume it is set to do more big rate hikes, BoE Chief Economist Huw Pill said.

A year after a wildfire destroyed the western Canadian village of Lytton, residents, municipal leaders, and the British Columbia government are grappling with the slow and costly reality of future-proofing a community against climate change.

The COVAX facility, backed by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI), has delivered 1.59 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses to 146 countries, GAVI data shows.

Warner Bros. Discovery laid out a new strategy that will merge the HBO Max streaming service with Discovery+ while vowing to take aim at Marvel's "Captain America" and "Iron Man".

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