US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with China’s top diplomat Wang Yi on Saturday, in the first face-to-face between senior US and Chinese officials since the US military shot down a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon earlier this month. State Department spokesperson Ned Price said In a meeting on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference, Blinken directly spoke to the unacceptable violation of US sovereignty and international law and said incidents like the surveillance balloon, which hovered over US airspace for days before the US shot it down off the coast of South Carolina, must never occur again.
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Israel considers counterattacking Iran
Israel is considering the possibility of retaliating against drone and missile attacks from Iran. However, this attack will be determined at the right time.
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13 dies in a fire at the center of Almaty, Kazakhstan’s largest city
A fire in a hostel in the center of Almaty, Kazakhstan’s largest city, has killed 13 people. Almaty Mayor Erbolat Dosaev said that among the dead were several foreigners.
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Ethical Wildlife Photography Conservation encouraged in Kazakhstan to protect bird population habitats
Bird enthusiasts in Astana, Kazakhstan have been setting ecological trends, advocating for ethical observation practices and environmental responsibility, and fostering camaraderie through shared sightings and insights. Ruslan Urazaliev, researcher and photographer, Kulyanda Tulebaeva, birdwatcher and photographer, and Vera Voronova, the executive director of the Association for Biodiversity Conservation of Kazakhstan (ASBK), shared their experiences supporting the city’s avian residents.
