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Amazon posted higher-than-expected revenues and profits for Q1 2023, but slowing growth in its profit-generating AWS cloud services sector sent shares tumbling after hours. Also in this edition: US economic growth slows sharply in the first quarter, and Paraguay's upcoming election on Sunday could have big geopolitical consequences for Taiwan.

In the heart of Paraguay's capital Asuncion, a tropical city close to the Argentine border, voters are gearing up for election day on Sunday, with the economy, corruption and Taiwan on their minds.

A Chinese uncrewed combat aircraft has flown around Taiwan, the island's defence ministry said, showcasing Beijing's ability to attack its fall-back east coast bases, as a U.S. maritime patrol aircraft transited the Taiwan Strait.

Voters in Paraguay decide Sunday whether to stay with the party that has governed for seven decades or back a broad opposition coalition that has mounted a strong challenge amid discontent over health, schools and corruption

A new type of Chinese combat drone that China's state media says can carry a heavy weapons payload has flown around Taiwan, the island's defence ministry said on Friday, in the latest uptick in military tensions.

China expressed "strong dissatisfaction" to South Korea over its joint statement with the United States about the need for peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait, a foreign ministry statement said on Friday.

South Korean President Yoon reminded lawmakers that his country benefitted from US intervention, suggesting parallels to Ukraine and Taiwan.

Setbacks for the long-ruling Colorado party have opened up the presidential race, but critics say the opposition lacks coherent policies

China said on Thursday that Taiwan was inviting "wolves" into the home by hosting a U.S. defence industry forum next week, and that the U.S. military-industrial complex sought to export war for profit.