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Key words : TSAI aviation
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20211010_13/
Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen has expressed her determination to strengthen defense capabilities in a speech during celebrations for Double Ten Day, which Taiwan considers its founding day.
The ceremony took place on Sunday in front of the Presidential Office Building in Taipei.
Tsai said that "the routinization of Chinese military activity" in Taiwan's air defense identification zone "has seriously affected both our national security and aviation safety."
On relations with Beijing, she said Taiwan calls for maintaining the status quo, and will do its utmost to prevent the status quo from being unilaterally altered.
The president also said, "We hope for an easing of cross-strait relations and will not act rashly, but there should be absolutely no illusions that the Taiwanese people will bow to pressure."
A parade displayed weapons including the Hsiung Feng III, an anti-ship missile developed by Taiwan.
The Taiwanese authorities are accelerating the development and mass production of long-range missiles to increase deterrence against China.
Key words : fukushima treated
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Japan's new economy, trade and industry minister says the decommissioning of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant and safety measures for releasing its treated water are his top priorities.
Hagiuda Koichi met Fukushima Governor Uchibori Masao on Sunday. It was his first visit to the prefecture since assuming his post.
Hagiuda told Uchibori that his ministry will focus on the decommissioning of the plant, measures for treated water and the recovery of Fukushima, while providing support to the people affected by the 2011 disaster.
Uchibori referred to the government's plan to release treated water stored at the plant into the sea after diluting it so the tritium and other radioactive materials are well below national standards.
He said this is a very serious issue for the residents of Fukushima and called on Hagiuda to address the matter and their concerns sincerely.
Regarding the decommissioning of the plant, Uchibori said the operator, Tokyo Electric Power Company, has been hit by a series of scandals and this has undermined the trust of people in his prefecture.
He called on the government to provide thorough guidance and supervision to the operator.
Key words : taliban US officials meet
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Taliban representatives have asked the United States to lift the freeze on the Afghan government's assets held in the US.
A senior Taliban official said acting foreign minister Amir Khan Muttaqi held face-to-face talks with a delegation of the US Department of State in the Qatari capital, Doha, on Saturday.
The official said the full-fledged meeting between the two sides was the first since the US completed its troop withdrawal from Afghanistan on August 30.
During the talks, the Taliban also asked the US for humanitarian support and other forms of cooperation.
The US government has not disclosed whether such talks were held.
But the Taliban said they were told by the US officials that they are ready to donate coronavirus vaccines.
The Afghan government's overseas assets have been frozen since the Taliban's takeover. The International Monetary Fund has also suspended financial assistance to Afghanistan. The country is facing a cash shortage and its economic conditions are deteriorating.
Another bilateral meeting is expected to be held on Sunday. The Taliban are believed likely to continue asking for an end to the freeze.
The US side is thought to be urging the Taliban to secure the safe evacuation of people trying to leave Afghanistan, and to tighten counter-terrorism measures.
Key words : lebanon power
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Lebanon is without electricity since Saturday as the two major power plants shut down because of a severe fuel shortage.
The state news agency and other media outlets reported that power supply is not likely to resume for several days.
Lebanon's economy has been in a dire state.
The financially strapped country virtually defaulted in March 2020.
The coronavirus pandemic and massive port explosion in its capital, Beirut, in August of last year hurt the economy further.
A lack of foreign currency hindered imports of gasoline and heavy oil, which led to a chronic power supply shortage.
Even in the central part of Beirut, residents have had only a few hours of electricity a day since the beginning of the year.
The current government, which was formed in September after more than a year of political vacuum, now has the difficult task of rebuilding the economy.
Key words : austria allegation
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Austria's Chancellor Sebastian Kurz has announced his resignation amid allegations of improper use of government money.
The prosecutors' office of Austria suspects that he was involved in a case of paying for favorable media coverage that included manipulated poll results between 2016 and 2018.
The country's finance ministry is suspected of having paid for the manipulated polls.
The Chancellery and the finance ministry were searched this month.
Opposition and the coalition's junior partner, the Greens, demanded his resignation.
Kurz said in a statement on Saturday that he would resign to prevent chaos and ensure stability but he denied the allegations.
He says that he recommends Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg for the next chancellor, noting that he will remain as a leader of his center-right People's Party.
Kurz took office in 2017 at the age of 31 and resigned in 2019 with the motion of no-confidence over a scandal involving his coalition partner.
In the ensuing election his party won more seats in the parliament, which put him back in office in 2020.
Key words : protest italia
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People have taken to the streets in the Italian capital of Rome to protest the government's new coronavirus vaccine mandate for all workers.
The protests on Saturday came before the rules come into force on Friday. Local media say more than 10,000 people took part.
Last month, the Italian government decided to make it mandatory for all workers to carry COVID-19 health certificates. The move is a bid to accelerate inoculations and prevent the spread of infections.
The certificates show that a person has been vaccinated, or has tested negative for the virus. People who do not comply could be suspended from work, and even risk fines.
Police used water cannon to disperse protesters as some of them filled a square and shouted "freedom," while some others sat down in a street to express protest.
Some tried to force their way into a union office, saying labor unions support the mandate.
Prime Minister Mario Draghi denounced the violence, saying that "the right to demonstrate to support one's ideas can never degenerate into acts of aggression and intimidation."
About 80 percent of people in the country eligible for COVID-19 shots have been fully vaccinated, and the number of new weekly cases has declined to less than one-tenth the level of the peak in November last year.
But officials say they will continue to work to encourage vaccinations.
Key words : US court texas abortion
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A US appeals court has temporarily reinstated a highly restrictive abortion law in the state of Texas two days after it was suspended by a federal judge.
The law, which took effect in Texas last month, prohibits abortion once cardiac activity is detected in a fetus, about six weeks into a pregnancy.
President Joe Biden's administration sued Texas over the law, arguing it was unconstitutional. In response, the federal district court judge issued an injunction on Wednesday.
However, the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit struck down the lower federal court ruling on Friday and temporarily suspended the judge's order blocking the abortion ban.
US media report that following the issuance of the injunction, some Texas clinics resumed abortions. But they now have to cancel appointments from patients as the ban on most abortions is back.
The law is considered the strictest in the nation. It gives private citizens the right to sue doctors who perform an abortion past the six-week point, and anyone else who helps a woman obtain an abortion, including those who give a woman a ride to a clinic.
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