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Asia Pacific · 2:14 AM UTCChina condemns latest U.S. warship transit of Taiwan Strait

China condemned the United States on Wednesday as the region's greatest security "risk creator" after a U.S. warship again sailed through the sensitive waterway that separates Taiwan from China.

Asia PacificFirst person charged under Hong Kong's national security law pleads not guilty
Asia PacificHong Kong police arrest Apple Daily columnist under security law
Middle EastU.S. blocks websites linked to Iranian disinformation
United KingdomBritain's 'secret parliament' celebrates its 80th birthday

Eighty years ago on Thursday, British lawmakers driven from their debating chamber by World War Two Nazi bombs secretly set up a new home less than 100 yards away, from where Prime Minister Winston Churchill ran the country's wartime government.

Asia PacificAfghan hospital burns after attack; Taliban seize border post in north

Suspected Taliban fighters fired a rocket into a hospital in Afghanistan on Wednesday, sparking a blaze that caused extensive damage and destroyed COVID-19 vaccines though there were no reports of casualties, government officials said.

WorldU.S., China discuss possible meeting of secretary of state, Chinese foreign minister -FT
Healthcare & PharmaceuticalsAnalysis: From game-changer to back-up: J&J's COVID vaccine struggles in Europe
Asia PacificAustralian Aboriginal opposition mounts to new state heritage laws

Opposition is mounting from Australian Indigenous groups to draft Western Australian heritage legislation as groups say there is little change to regulations that allowed Rio Tinto to destroy culturally and historically important caves last year.

AmericasWashington calls Peru election 'fair' despite Fujimori claims of voter fraud
United KingdomBritain's spy agency honours codebreaker Turing in giant artwork
Media & TelecomPeople want trusted news, Reuters Institute says
EnvironmentSudan asks U.N. Security Council to meet over Ethiopia's Blue Nile dam
Middle EastSaudis who killed journalist Khashoggi received paramilitary training in U.S. -New York Times
WorldDozens of Congo's rebels lay down weapons in the east
AmericasPolice tear gas indigenous protest for land rights in Brazil
Asia PacificAustralians' trust in China plummets amid bilateral tensions - poll

Australians' trust in China has plunged and for the first time more people view Beijing as a security threat than a economic partner, a widely watched poll published on Wednesday showed.

AmericasCanadian lawmakers pass bill criminalizing LGBT conversion therapy
AfricaOfficials count ballots after Ethiopia's election, new fighting reported in Tigray
WorldCanada’s Trudeau questions China seeking probe of indigenous children’s remains