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The Kinmen Defense Command said the drone entered restricted airspace over Shiyu Island shortly after noon. Flares and warning shots were fired, but the drone maintained its position and was shot down, it said in a statement. It described the drone as “civil use” but did not say whether it had been recovered or what weapon was used to bring it down. The day before, Taiwan said it had warned of drones hovering over three of the islands it claims off the coast of the Chinese port city of Xiamen....

Famous for its white-sand beaches and nightlife, Thailand is hoping to tap into “unrestricted demand” from India’s multibillion-dollar wedding industry, Tourism Authority of Thailand Deputy Governor Siripakorn Cheawsamoot told Reuters in an interview this the week. “Data from the last two years showed that many Indian couples got married but could not find honeymoon locations… or avoided getting married because they wanted to have a reception abroad, including in Thailand,” he said on Tuesday....

Comment Human-caused climate change has caused massive ice loss in Greenland that could not be stopped even if the world stopped emitting greenhouse gases today, according to a new study published Monday. The findings in Nature Climate Change say it is now inevitable that 3.3 percent of the Greenland ice sheet will melt—equal to 110 trillion cubic meters. tons of ice, the researchers said. This will cause nearly a foot of global sea level rise....

The chairman of Russian oil and gas giant Lukoil — who spoke out against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine — died after falling from a hospital window, state news agencies RIA Novosti and TASS reported Thursday. Ravil Maganov died at the Central Clinical Hospital west of Moscow, according to reports, citing hospital and law enforcement sources. “The incident happened around 07:00 am. Moscow time at the Central Clinical Hospital… The man fell from the window of the sixth floor and died as a result of his injuries,” a source told TASS....

The agency reported on tests conducted on dozens of products purchased at popular stores with Canadian dollars. One in four of the products tested tested positive for substances managed under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act. Many of the findings were within permissible limits, but the report says those limits are not strong enough. The outer ring in a set of stereo headphones was found to have 24 times the legal limit for lead and five times the legal limit for cadmium....

Sign up now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comSign up LONDON, Sept 2 (Reuters) – Donald Trump is considering a run for U.S. president in 2024, his son-in-law and former aide said on Friday. “I know he’s obviously thinking about it, he hates to see what’s going on in the country,” Jared Kushner told Sky News. Asked when Trump might make a decision, Kushner said: “No one can speak for him....

L’ancien président et ceux qui souscrivent à son idéologie “Make America Great Again” ne respectent pas la Constitution. Ils ne croient pas à l’État de droit. Ils ne reconnaissent pas la volonté du peuple, a souligné le président démocrate, dans ce rare discours de la première heure. Derrière, tout illuminé dans le ciel nocturne, se trouve Independence Hall, le bâtiment en briques rouges où la déclaration d’indépendance et la constitution américaine ont été adoptées....

Speaking in front of Independence Hall in Philadelphia, where the declaration of independence and the US constitution were debated, Biden warned that “equality and democracy are under attack” by the former president and his supporters. Trump is expected to run for the White House again in 2024. Jared Kushner, his son-in-law and former aide, told Sky News: “I know he’s obviously thinking about it, he hates to see what’s going on in the country....

• Lire aussi : États-Unis : la fin du droit à l’avortement, une menace pour les minorités selon les experts de l’ONU • Lisez aussi: L’enquête géorgienne sur les élections de 2020 pourrait être fatale à Trump • Lire aussi : Zuckerberg, Biden et le FBI Cela vient après que l’un des documents recherchés par le FBI se soit nommé “Président de la France”. Une porte-parole de la Maison Blanche qui a servi pendant le mandat de Donald Trump a déclaré dans un livre que Trump avait déclaré en privé que Macron était “le mal”....

The U.S. believes the long-expected Ukrainian counteroffensive will involve a combination of air and ground operations. Ukraine reported on Monday morning that the actions were ongoing. “Yes, (Ukrainian forces) have started offensive operations in various directions on the Southern front to liberate the occupied territories,” Natalya Khomeniuk, spokeswoman for Ukraine’s Southern Operational Command, told CNN, adding: “All the details will be available. then the business is complete.” The plans come as Russia’s war in Ukraine has passed its six-month mark, with US estimates showing Russia has been able to deploy fewer front-line units than first estimated, according to a senior US official ....

Il a enfreint la loi du silence et a quitté la Russie. Pavel Filatiev, un militaire qui a combattu pendant deux mois en Ukraine avant de dénoncer l’attaque au Kremlin dans un article majeur publié en ligne, a demandé l’asile politique en France. ARRIVÉ LE DIMANCHE À ROISSY Le militaire de 34 ans est arrivé dimanche à Roissy via la Tunisie et a rencontré lundi des agents de l’Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides (Ofpra)....

CNN was one of two Western media organizations invited to attend the training. “There is no stronger alliance in the world than the US-ROK (Republic of Korea) alliance,” Col. Brandon Anderson of the US Army’s 2nd Infantry Division and deputy commander of the RUCD, United States Republic of Korea, told CNN. “The bigger the threat, the bigger the alliance, or the bigger the threat, the bigger the alliance,” Anderson said, before US and South Korean tanks and artillery blasted targets simulating enemy troops, armor and positions in the Rodriguez Live Fire Complex....

Frau F. ist Mutter von vier Kindern. Bisher erhielt er im Rahmen der Sozialhilfe das sogenannte Alleinerziehendengeld. Da ihr ältester Sohn, der noch im selben Haushalt lebt, inzwischen erwachsen ist, wurde ihr diese Zulage nun gestrichen. Und nicht nur für ihren ältesten Sohn, sondern für ALLE Kinder. Denn nach geltendem Sozialhilfegesetz verlor sie ihren Status als Alleinerziehende. Wiener bekommt statt 500 nur 39 Euro Bonusgeld “Ich verstehe nicht warum” Diesen Zuschuss, der für ihre drei minderjährigen Kinder bei rund 260 Euro monatlich liegt, vermisst Frau F....

Operette! So klingt es immer, wenn für die Wiener Volksoper ein neuer Leiter gesucht wird. Oder Schulleiter. Mit jeder Neubesetzung der Position ging bislang ein Engagement für die Wiederbelebung dieses Wiener Genres einher. Die neue Intendantin der Volksoper, Lotte de Beer, eröffnet ihre Spielzeit mit einem Werk des Wiener Komponisten Carl Millöcker – oder fast. Was ist mit der Tradition „Erste Heimat der Operette“? Wissen wir noch, wer Millöcker war?...

Sign up now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comSign up VATICAN CITY, Sept 1 (Reuters) – The world’s smallest army, in the world’s smallest state, is growing and looking for some good men. The Swiss Guard, the elite and colorfully dressed force whose primary mission is to protect the Pope and the 108-acre Vatican City, currently has 110 members. Ahead of the Holy Year of 2025, when millions of pilgrims are expected to visit the Vatican, the force will increase by 25 members to 135 members, an increase of almost 23%....

Was ist Stigmatisierung und Diskriminierung? In Bezug auf HIV sprechen wir von Stigmatisierung, wenn Menschen nur wegen einer HIV-Infektion in eine negative Schublade gesteckt und verurteilt werden. Der Begriff Diskriminierung ist etwas spezifischer und beschreibt die persönliche Diskriminierung von Menschen aufgrund einer HIV-Infektion. Woher kommt diese generell negative Einschätzung von Menschen mit HIV? Der Grund liegt oft darin, dass ein Großteil der Gesellschaft noch die überholten Bilder aus den 1980er Jahren im Kopf hat: HIV-positive Homosexuelle, die an AIDS erkrankten, damals nicht richtig behandelt werden konnten und starben....

September brings home brand new releases, classics, quirky cult gems and more to add to your Halloween watch lists. Here are ten notable horror titles available to stream in September 2022 on some of the most popular streaming services, along with when/when you can watch them. The Ring Two (Extended Version) – September 1 (HBO Max) The Goodnight Mommy remake starring Naomi Watts will be released on Prime Video on September 16....

Two will run as independents, while the remaining four are expected to run as two candidates under a proposed co-op model. Multiple sources told CBC News that both Sarah Gabrielle Baron and Simon Gnocchini-Messier have been told by the party that they can run for the leadership. And two nominations – one made up of former Greens leader Elizabeth May and Jonathan Pendno, the other Anna Keenan and Chad Walcott – have been approved to run for the peerage....

“Temperatures could exceed 110 degrees Celsius in parts of the South West, where an extreme heat warning is in place,” the Weather Prediction Center wrote. The most difficult areas will be in the south-west, where the heat will be the most intense. “A few records may be broken, but record high temperatures are very high for this time of year,” the NWS office in Los Angeles said. “Record-breaking or not, this prolonged heat wave will be very dangerous....

The editorial for Florida’s “don’t say gay” law. it was part of a full edition of the student paper devoted to LGBTQ stories and issues. Days after the issue hit newsstands in May, administrators at Northwest Public Schools in Grand Island, Neb., pulled the plug on their journalism program and shut down the companion paper, calling it an “administrative decision.” “You can tell there were definitely some other motivations there,” Pennell, who has since graduated, told As It Happens guest Katie Simpson....