TOKYO, May 22 (Xinhua) -- U.S. PresidentJoe Biden arrived in Japan on Sunday, as about 750 protesters took to the streets here against the planned U.S.-Japan summit and the summit of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (the Quad) ...Japanese public opinion, however, seemingly does not favor the IPEF too much ... Enditem .
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KYIV. Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned on Saturday (Sunday in Manila) that only a diplomatic breakthrough rather than an outright military victory could end Russia's war on his country, as Moscow cut gas supplies to Finland... Speaking on Ukrainian television on Saturday, Zelenskyy said ... Under what format, I don't know," he added ... ....
KABUL. Female presenters on Afghanistan's leading television channels went on air on Saturday without covering their faces, defying a Taliban order that they conceal their appearance to comply with the group's austere brand of Islam...Previously, they had only been required to wear a headscarf ... ....
Lying is effectively a standard practice for diplomats in “real world,” Michael McFaul says ... The veteran diplomat made the revelation in a public policy forum, the semi-annual Munk Debates, earlier this month in Toronto ... McFaul interrupted the professor, suggesting that Washington has never actually been serious about such prospects ... .
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Former US PresidentGeorge W Bush suffered an unfortunate slip of the tongue last week when he condemned "the decision of one man to launch a wholly unjustified and brutal invasion of Iraq" before correcting himself to say “I mean, Ukraine” ... No such weapons were ever found ... The reverse was actually true ... It decided to wage war nonetheless ... .
The number of outpatient and emergency services at tertiary and secondary medical institutions in Shanghai in May has bounced back to 40 percent of the same time period last year as the COVID-19 epidemic wave continues to wane in the city, a health official said on Sunday ...