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Today's news: WHO announces temporary ‘humanitarian pauses’ for polio vaccinations in Gaza; The Philippines will spend $33 billion to modernise defence; The Constitutional Court in Seoul declared the country's climate targets unconstitutional as too soft; Schools closed in Karachi due to a depression in the Arabian Sea that could turn into a cyclonic storm.

Today's news: The World Food Programme (WFP) pauses travel in Gaza after a vehicle is targeted by Israeli soldiers, while the possibility of a temporary truce for vaccinations gains traction; At least 28 die in Gujarat due to monsoon rains, 30,000 people evacuated; Google wants to open a large data centre in Vietnam.

Today's news: Israel launches massive overnight offensive in the Jenin area of the West Bank; New tensions between the Philippines and China in the South China Sea, Sabina Shoal disputed; Japan issues an emergency warning in anticipation of the powerful typhoon Shanshan; Kim Jong Un oversees the testing of a rocket launcher that can strike Seoul.

Today's news: Joe Biden and Modi discussed the conflict in Ukraine after the Indian Prime Minister's historic visit; Patriarchs and heads of the Churches of the Holy Land: ‘Interminable negotiations. A way to peace must be found'; Vietnamese authorities continue to crack down on social media users who criticise the government; Journalist found dead in Turkmenistan.

Today's news: an increase in mpox (monkeypox) virus infections in the Philippines; Hamas rejects ceasefire conditions set by Israel in Cairo; Kim Jong Un witnesses war tests while visiting the Academy of Defence Sciences, new kamikaze drones unveiled by Korea; At least 22 dead in Thailand from flooding and mudslides caused by monsoon rains.

Today's news: eight Taiwanese soldiers jailed for pro-China espionage; Hundreds of migrants from Asia stranded at São Paulo airport in Brazil; At least 15 dead and 4.5 million affected by floods in Bangladesh; It is less dangerous for airlines to fly over Afghanistan than the Middle East, security and screening concerns remain; Delegation from Laos to Moscow for International Buddhist Forum visits Orthodox Cathedral of Christ the Savior.

Today's news: Modi in Kiev to revive peaceful solution to conflict with Moscow. Indonesian court orders pharmaceutical companies to compensate families for victims of bad cough syrup. Oil revenues at lows in Saudi Arabia despite production cut to support price. In Moscow increasingly difficult for Central Asian migrants to enroll their children in school.

Today's news: In Indonesia new clash between Joko Widodo and the Constitutional Court over local elections; China responds to Europe's tariffs on electric cars by opening an investigation into dairy products; September census in India, results in 18 months; Russians protest poor quality Armenian cognac after crisis in relations with Yerevan.

Today's news: Pakistani Shiite pilgrim bus overturns in Iran, 28 dead; Total sentences of 4.4 million years in prison for Uyghurs in China; One year after Fukushima water release begins, South Korea discloses that no radioactivity hazards in its sea and fish; Ukrainian parliament bans activities of Orthodox Church linked to Moscow Patriarchate.

Today's news: Israeli army finds bodies of 6 more dead hostages in Gaza; their kibbutz: “Agreement now” Imprisoned Imrah Khan runs for chancellor at alma mater Oxford; Philippines agrees to temporary reception for Afghans still waiting for U.S. visas; Lukashenko deploys one-third of Belarusian troops to border with Ukraine, threatening attack.

Today's news: Blinken in Israel over cease-fire agreement, but Netanyahu and Hamas accuse each other. Protests in Kolkata over the rape and murder of a female doctor in a hospital. Pakistan denies plans to activate firewall to control internet. A case of mpox in the Philippines as well.

Today's news: U.S. reaffirms its support for Myanmar's democratic oppositioN Indian Election Commission announces local elections in Kashmir Frozen floods in NepaL; Filipina domestic workers take the highest salary in South Korea.