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Chinese Communist Party officials appear to be distancing themselves from detained gambling tycoon She Zhijiang, whose casinos have been linked with massive human trafficking and online scam operations in the region, and who faces imminent repatriation to China after being arrested by Thai police in August 2022.

The mood was cautiously buoyant in both the U.S. and China - as well as Taiwan - that U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken's trip to China was the right move in "stabilizing" relations between the two superpowers that have grown increasingly precarious in recent months.

The number of serious COVID-19 infections in Taiwan remained high but stable for a second consecutive week, and is expected to remain at that level until the end of June, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) said Tuesday.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has held a productive conversation with the African delegation, the sides noted the importance of supplies of Russian grain to the poorest countries in Africa, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday.

Top Russian Diplomat Sergey Lavrov spoke to journalists after a CSTO foreign ministers' meeting in Minsk in Belarus, which is holding the rotating presidency of the bloc. The regional security organization comprises six former Soviet republics — Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Tajikistan.

Venezuela, with the introduction of Russia's Mir bank cards in the country, is participating in the creation of a financial system of the new world, President Nicolas Maduro said.

Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has warned of US-led efforts to wage a destabilization movement in the country ahead of its 2024 presidential poll as part of its persisting "vicious practices" of meddling in the domestic affairs of other nations.

An investigation by a group of journalists led by IStories and the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) has revealed details on how Russian President Vladimir Putin's inner circle has scrambled to hide assets amid waves of international sanctions imposed on Russia since it illegally annexed Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula and its subsequent full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

Pacific Fleet units finished tasks during tactical drills in the off-shore maritime zone.

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The Taiwan government on Tuesday expressed gratitude for United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken's reiteration of Washington's support for cross-Strait peace, and its security commitment toward Taipei, during a recent China trip where he met with Chinese leader Xi Jinping (習近平) in an attempt to ease Sino-U.S. tensions.

A total of four Chinese military anti-submarine helicopters were detected in Taiwan's Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) over the past three days, the Ministry of National Defense (MND) said Tuesday.

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In Orekhov area, the enemy lost dozens of foreign-made hardware and hundreds of Ukrainian servicemen, attempting to launch an offensive on Russian positions.

The Ukrainian armed forces are planning to strike at the territory of Russia, including Crimea, with HIMARS and Storm Shadow cruise missiles, Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu said on Tuesday.

Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang and his German counterpart, Annalena Baerbock, agreed to maintain contacts on the Ukrainian crisis during a phone call, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said.

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