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The tropical cyclone was expected to make landfall late Friday or early Saturday. Another typhoon was forecast to hit China’s east coast on Sunday.

Thaksin Shinawatra’s eight-year punishment was reduced to one year, days after his return from self-imposed exile. He remains one of the country’s most influential politicians.

The textbooks, which cover Russian history from 1945 to present, also reimagine the brutality of Joseph Stalin’s policies.

The tropical cyclone was expected to make landfall late Friday or early Saturday. Another typhoon was forecast to hit China’s east coast on Sunday.

The tropical cyclone was passing near Taiwan on Thursday and edging closer to Hong Kong and the Chinese mainland.

The tropical cyclone was passing near Taiwan on Wednesday and edging closer to Hong Kong and the Chinese mainland.

Gina Raimondo, the U.S. commerce secretary, and her Chinese counterparts agreed to continue economic talks, but such dialogues have a disheartening record.

Some U.S. officials had clung to the hope that the Taliban had moderated since they last controlled the country in the 1990s.

Also, a referendum divides Australia.

Ukraine’s sense of urgency in obtaining the fighter jet reflects concerns about the war against Russia, but also the political calendar in the West. But training pilots and support crew is a lengthy process.