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2022-08-06 21:01:11 Taiwan: Artillery Drill Backfires

Days after China's Liberation Army started massive live-fire drills, the Taiwanese army also conducted their own in Lienchiang.

The exercises didn't exactly go to plan when a fire broke out on the outer Xiyin island. It was eventually extinguished as fears mounted of nearby residential areas.

It's not clear how the blaze started, with some reporting tracer fire or flares landing on hill.

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2022-08-06 20:01:14 Bells toll in Hiroshima on 77th anniversary - UN gives nuclear warning

Thousands packed into Hiroshima's Peace Park to mark the 77th anniversary of the US bombing that killed 140,000 people in 1945.

Antonio Guterres was in attendance, making it only the second time a UN Secretary General has taken part in the annual commemoration.

At the event, Guterres called nuclear weapons ‘nonsense’ and warned of a new arms race.

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2022-08-06 19:01:03 Virat Goes Viral... but will Kohli be shaking it with Rohit Sharma at #AsiaCup?

With India's tour against the West Indies calling it stumps on Sunday, selection for the 2022 Asia Cup is due imminently.

It will likely shape the team for this year's T20 World Cup. While the likes of Sharma, Yadav and Pant are all but guaranteed, there's a cloud hanging over the involvement of a certain Virat Kohli.

Here's why (last 5 innings in T20Is):
11 (caught)
1 (caught)
52 (bowled)
17 (caught)
2* (not out)

Does Kohli make your XI?

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2022-08-06 18:08:42 Jagdeep Dhankar elected VP

He's won with an overwhelming majority of 528 votes (74%). Opposition candidate Margaret Alva congratulated him on Twitter.

Jagdeep Dhankar will become the 14th Indian VP when his term begins next week.

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2022-08-06 18:01:50 Pelosi's China Connection: She dug a hole?

In one of the most bizarre comments you'll hear all week... Nancy Pelosi has claimed she has a 'connection' with China from her childhood. It wasn't evident last week, when the US House Speaker brough tensions to breaking point with her visit to Taiwan.

"When I was a little girl, I was told at the beach that if I dig a hole deep enough we would reach China. So we've always felt a connection there."

Digging a bigger hole for herself?

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2022-08-04 07:00:26 National Herald HQ FORCED shut

It follows ED raids at 12 sites connected with the paper.

It’s all to do with alleged money-laundering via the media outlet - something the Directorate’s been questioning Rahul and Sonia Gandhi about.

No date’s been given for when the paper’s HQ and other offices will be allowed to open again.

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2022-08-04 06:00:52 - ‘taxing the devotion of pilgrims’

That’s the charge being levelled at the GoI by Punjab’s CM - who’s furious about the 12% GST that’s been slapped on cheap hotels.

These - charging less than ₹1k a night - exist in abundance in and around the Golden Temple.

Many Sikh pilgrims rely on them when visiting the holy site.

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2022-08-04 05:01:40 Grandmaster Mikhail Kobalia on India hosting the Chess Olympiad for very first time

He visited the Russian Centre of Science & Culture in Chennai on Sunday to play simultaneous with 100 tribal kids from the state.

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2022-08-04 04:00:42 This gorilla doesn't care, doesn't share…

…that’s not stopping his baby bro from wanting to play though - and get a bite for himself.

@ your siblings who are like this!

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2022-08-04 02:30:56 Twitter vs. Musk: Battle of Billionaires

The social media platform has dragged the Tesla founder’s friends into its lawsuit, sending subpoenas to share all their communications.

The billionaire buddies, who may also need to appear in court, are not impressed - with reactions ranging from silence to calling the trial a “giant harassing fishing expedition."

Those included are former Facebook exec Chamath Palihapitiya, Musk's PayPal partner David Sacks and Marc Andreessen.

Musk attempted to pull out of his $44bn deal to buy the Twitter in July.

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