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U.S. condemns Myanmar's decision to abolish 40 political parties

The United States on Wednesday condemned the decision by Myanmar's ruling junta to abolish 40 political parties, including the former ruling party National League for Democracy.

Reuters

White House to China: Don't use Taiwan visit as 'pretext'

The White House urged China on Wednesday not to use a "normal" stopover in the United States by Taiwan's president as a pretext to increase aggressive activity against Taiwan.

Reuters

Elián González, elected to office in Cuba, says he wants to help improve relations with US

More than two decades after he was returned to Cuba from the United States following a diplomatic crisis and a custody battle between his father and his Miami relatives, Elián González says his election on Sunday to Cuba’s National Assembly puts him in a position to help improve the strained…

Miami Herald

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US aims to counter China's influence in global institutions, Yellen says

The United States is working hard to counter China's influence in international institutions and in lending to developing countries, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Wednesday.

Reuters

Spanish government criticises TV celebrity for alleged surrogacy in Miami

Spanish government ministers on Wednesday criticised a 68-year-old television actress who a celebrity magazine said had adopted a child born through a surrogate pregnancy in the United States, a practice that is illegal if undertaken in Spain.

Reuters

From the archive: how the Guardian covered slavery

The paper supported abolition – but backed payment for enslavers, and criticised more radical campaigners. In the US civil war, the editors refused to support the north

The Guardian - UK

The Manchester Guardian: the limits of liberalism in the kingdom of cotton

Manchester’s liberal establishment backed the abolition of British slavery – but their wealth depended on the labour of enslaved Africans in the United States

The Guardian - UK

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US and Korea seek extradition of crypto fugitive

PODGORICA, Montenegro: The United States and South Korea have sought the extradition from Montenegro of fugitive cryptocurrency entrepreneur Do Kwon, the country's minister of justice said on Wednesday, just days after he was arrested in the Balkan nation.

Bangkok Post

Montenegro: South Korea, US seek extradition of Do Kwon

Montenegro says both South Korea and the United States have formally requested extradition of Terraform Labs founder Do Kwon, who is wanted in connection with a $40 billion crash of the firm’s cryptocurrency that devastated retail investors around the world

The Independent UK

Thailand shut out of US democracy summit again

WASHINGTON: Thailand has once more been excluded from US President Joe Biden’s second “Summit for Democracy”, where he is expected to pledge $700 million in funds and a joint alliance against surveillance technology as US concern mounts over China and Russia.

Bangkok Post

Russia to Stay with New Start Treaty Suspension

Russia will not change its stance to suspend participation in the New START nuclear treaty despite the United States’ decision to stop exchanging data with Moscow under the agreement, the RIA Novosti news agency quoted Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov as saying on Wednesday. According to Reuters, the US…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Ukrainian ballet students find safety and high-quality training far from home at Philly's Rock School

PHILADELPHIA — The war in Ukraine has displaced many people from their homes. Among them, four Ukrainian teenagers who moved thousands of miles away from their families to Philadelphia to continue their ballet studies at the Rock School for Dance Education.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

VinFast To Ship Longer-Range VF 8 EVs To The US, Followed By The Larger VF 9

VinFast's North American expansion has been plagued by several delays and layoffs, so maybe with this latest development, VinFast will pick up the pace and increase its footing in the United States.

InsideEVs

China Threatens Retaliation if US House Speaker Meets Taiwan President

China threatened to retaliate on Wednesday if US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy meets Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen during her planned transit of the United States next month, saying any such move would be a "provocation". China, which claims democratically-ruled Taiwan as its own territory, has repeatedly warned US officials not…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Russia-Ukraine war: object found near Nord Stream 2 ‘no safety risk’; Bakhmut battle has ‘badly damaged’ Wagner forces – as it happened

Danish energy agency says it is an empty maritime smoke buoy used for visual marking; Yevgeny Prigozhin makes comment about recent fighting

Reuters

No reason for China to overreact to transit by Taiwan's president, senior US officials say

(Corrects to remove extraneous material in headline)

Foreign Affairs

Xi Jinping Says He Is Preparing China for War

The world should take him seriously.

Reuters

Taiwan president starts sensitive U.S. stopover; China warns against meetings

Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen arrived in New York on a sensitive U.S. stopover on Wednesday, vowing en route not to let external pressure prevent the island from engaging with the world after China threatened retaliation if she met U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy.

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Fire at migrant center on US-Mexico border kills at least 40

A fire that killed 40 migrants who were about to be deported from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, highlights the increasing tension over that country's continued crackdown on migrants trying to reach the United States.

Los Angeles Times

At least 40 migrants killed in a fire at a detention center in Mexico

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — At least 40 migrants were killed and dozens more were injured Monday night when a fire broke out in an immigrant detention center in Mexico, just south of the U.S. border, authorities said Tuesday.

The Independent UK

Brazil hits 700,000 virus deaths, 2nd highest in the world

Brazil’s government has reported the 700,000th death from COVID-19 in the South American nation, which has the second most victims of the virus after the United States

Salon

Trump, Bush tax cuts drive national debt

“The United States does not have a high-spending problem; it has a low-tax problem,” the report concludes

The Independent UK

US, Russia stop sharing nuke data under faltering New START

The United States and Russia have stopped sharing biannual nuclear weapons data under the faltering New START arms control treaty

Tribune News Service

Robocall relief? FTC announces lifetime ban for auto warranty telemarketers

Consumers across the United States might not be getting as many of those annoying “warranty services” robocalls now that a South Florida network of businesses agreed to a lifetime ban.

Reuters

U.S. has not seen signs Russia is closer to using tactical nuclear weapons -White House

The United States has not seen any indications that Vladimir Putin is getting closer to using tactical nuclear weapons in his war on Ukraine, just days after the Russian leader said he was moving such weapons into Belarus.

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