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From left, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov, Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Ma Zhaoxu and Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi, meet with reporters after their meeting at Diaoyutai State Guest House on March 14, 2025 in Beijing, China. (Lintao Zhang/Pool Photo via AP)

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China, Russia and Iran call for end to US sanctions on Iran and the restart of nuclear talks
By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN - Associated Press
Fri,03/14/25-2:17AM , 76 Reads
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Representatives of China, Russia and Iran called Friday for an end to U.S. sanctions on Iran over its rapidly advancing nuclear program and a restart to multinational talks on the issue.
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People walk past a sculpture of the Chinese Communist Party flag at the Museum of the Communist Party of China, in Beijing on Jan. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

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China's population falls for a third straight year, posing challenges for its government and economy
By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN - Associated Press
Thu,01/16/25-8:41PM , 107 Reads
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China's population fell last year for the third straight year, its government said Friday, pointing to further demographic challenges for the world's second most populous nation, which is now facing both an aging population and an emerging shortage of working age people.
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Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te waves during National Day celebrations in front of the Presidential Building in Taipei, Taiwan, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)

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Taiwan celebrates its National Day holiday against a background of Chinese threats
By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN - Associated Press
Wed,10/09/24-9:38PM , 69 Reads
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan celebrated its National Day holiday Thursday against the background of threats from China, which claims the self-governing island republic as its own territory.

Thursday’s commemorations included military displays, but no heavy military equipment such as those seen in years past.
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Taiwan has closed offices, schools and tourist sites across the island ahead of a powerful typhoon due to make landfall later Wednesday. Typhoon Gaemi already worsened seasonal rains in the Philippines, where at least 12 people have died. The typhoon had winds of 100 mph Wednesday morning and heavy rain was falling in much of Taiwan. Gaemi did not make landfall in the Philippines but enhanced its seasonal monsoon rains. At least a dozen landslides and floods over five days have displaced 600,000 people in the Philippines. (AP video shot by: Johnson Lai and Joeal Calupitan)

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A typhoon kills 3 as it nears Taiwan. It killed 13 in the Philippines, where people plead for rescue
By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN - Associated Press
Tue,07/23/24-9:21PM , 109 Reads
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A typhoon killed three people in Taiwan as it approached the island on Wednesday, while people trapped by rising floodwaters in the Philippines called for help in the Southeast Asian nation where at least 13 died.
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