Monday August 8 2022 (07:00 GMT)

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Israel Gaza – Jerusalem / Gaza – Today, Israel and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad maintain their first day of calm after three days of a bloody escalation of violence, whose victims are still counted and which caused a new humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip.

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Taiwan crisis

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BEIJING – BEIJING – China today extended its military exercises around Taiwan, which is also preparing to test its defense capability this week with artillery exercises.

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Trade – Singapore. The extension of Chinese military exercises around Taiwan, which were supposed to end on Sunday but will continue on Monday, de facto surrounding the island, increases the risk of further disruptions in an already weakened global supply chain.

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Ukraine war

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SITUATION – MOSCOW/LEOPOLIS – Russian forces have increased pressure on Ukraine’s eastern and southern fronts, but the Kyiv government says it is in control of the situation, albeit at a high cost.

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Volunteers – Lviv (Ukraine) – Hundreds of volunteers work in the defense tower of Lviv’s Old City as they weave a camouflaged net that helps Ukrainian soldiers avoid detection by Russian forces’ drones. (History) by Rostislav Averchuk

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Africa United States – Johannesburg – US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken will present his country’s strategy in sub-Saharan Africa in Pretoria, South Africa, on a tour of the continent that will also take him this week to the African Democratic Republic. Congo and Rwanda.

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GOVERNMENT OF COLOMBIA – BOGOTA – The new President of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, will meet Monday in Bogota with the President of Chile, Gabriel Borek, with his ministers and present his first initiatives, including tax reform.

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Germany SCHRÖDER – BERLIN – The Social Democratic Party (SPD) in Hanover is assessing the lawsuits brought by 17 regional associations against the former chancellor and former head of the formation, Gerhard Schroeder, over his connections to Russian President Vladimir Putin, and previous positions in companies controlled by the Kremlin.

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Cuba – Havana Fire – A serious fire in some fuel depots in Matanzas (Western Cuba) is entering its third day out of control, with one person killed, 122 injured, 16 missing, and flames reaching a third tank of 50,000 cubic meters.

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Guatemala Press – Guatemala City – Guatemalan journalist Jose Ruben Zamora, a leading critic of the government, must appear before a Guatemalan City judge on Monday for his first statement after his July 29 arrest, just five days after strong corruption charges were published.

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Kenya Elections – Nairobi – Kenya ends preparations for a general election on Tuesday, one of the most contentious, with Vice President William Ruto and former Prime Minister Raila Odinga vying for the presidency.

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USA WHITE HOUSE – WASHINGTON – From the days of Bill Clinton to the solo inauguration of Joe Biden, photojournalist Christie Poe has compiled a portrait of five administrations in three decades of work, which she now summarizes in a book detailing what’s outside the plane. Written by Paula Escalada Medrano.

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Marijuana Thailand – BANGKOK – The new fever on the streets of Bangkok is the “marijuana fast”, which has exploded meteoricly in the city after the partial decriminalization of cannabis in Thailand two months ago. By Nayara Bachek

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Climate Crisis – Miami (USA) – More than 3.5 million people are at risk of losing their homes in Florida due to hurricanes and rising sea levels, a problem of the present rather than the future, which is already affecting sectors such as real estate and insurance. By Jorge I Perez

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Japanese Atomic Bomb – Nagasaki (Japan) – The Japanese city of Nagasaki was the second city to be bombed with nuclear weapons on August 9, 1945 and remembers this tragic history with the interest and desire of the survivors of the war in Ukraine to be. The last to suffer this fate. By Edorne Murillo (photo) (video)

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