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People-smugglers have dropped their prices and are cramming more people than ever before into already overloaded, flimsy boats, the Guardian has learned.This week 696 asylum seekers crossed the Channel from France to the UK in one day, the Ministry of Defence said.The increased numbers arriving in more overcrowded boats with cheaper crossing…

Asadollah Eshragh Jahromi, the director general for international peace and security in the Foreign Ministry of Iran, delivered an address on “Nuclear Disarmament” at the Main Committee I of the Tenth NPT Review Conference, held at the UN Headquarters in New York on August 5.What follows is the full text of the speech by Eshragh Jahromi:In the…

A petition to ban cockfighting in the communes it is still legal in Nord, Pas de Calais and France’s overseas territories has gained over 30,000 signatures since it was launched on Thursday (August 4). Gabrielle Paillot, the author of the petition and a long-time animal rights defender, said: “The animals are raised in cages. They never see the…

The Sri Lankan government has asked the Chinese government to defer the visit of its space-satellite tracker ship Yuan Wang 5 at Hambantota port “until further consultations” are made between the two governments. The spy ship was scheduled to dock at Chinese leased Hambantota port on August 11 for refueling and leave on August 17.Designated as…

Duan Yongbin (C) of Xi'an Physical Education University V7 team celebrates after scoring during a match of China's National Ultimate Frisbee League against Xi'an Terra-Cotta Warriors-RJM team in Xi'an, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, Aug. 6, 2022. China's first National Ultimate Frisbee League kicked off in Xi'an on Saturday, attracting…

Australia has accused China of breaching global peace and security rules by launching missiles near Taiwan.Defence Minister Richard Marles told Nine Newspapers today that China has deliberately broken the Convention of the Law of the Sea by holding military drills in the Taiwan Strait.The live-fire exercises by the Chinese military came in…

China Taiwan Tensions Live Updates: Amidst China’s military drills in the Taiwan Strait, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken Saturday said that though US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s Taipei visit was peaceful, Beijing launched 11 ballistic missiles. Blinken’s comment follows reports that Chinese aircraft and warships Saturday practised for an…

Senior Taiwan official died of heart attack, local media sayThe Taiwan official who was found dead in his hotel room on Saturday morning (see 5.52am) died of a heart attack, according to official media reports cited by Reuters. Authorities said there was no sign that anyone had broken into his room. Ou Yang Li-hsing was deputy head of the…

Vice Presidential Election 2022 LIVE:788 members from both Houses of Parliament are set to vote for the next Vice President, with each vote valued at one point.According to predictions, joint Opposition candidate Margaret Alva is likely to receive around 200 votes, while her rival - NDA candidate Jagdeep Dhankar - could potentially get 500+,…

Aug 6 (Reuters) - Russia's war in Ukraine is about to enter a new phase, with most fighting shifting to a nearly 350 kilometre (217 mile) front stretching southwest from near Zaporizhzhia to Kherson, parallel to the Dnieper River, British military intelligence said on Saturday.Russian forces are almost certainly amassing in the south of Ukraine,…