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Taiwan unveiled a proposed 12.9% year-on-year increase in its defense budget for 2023 to T$415.1 billion ($13.72 billion) on Thursday amid tensions with China, which has sharply increased military activities near the democratically governed island. China, which claims Taiwan as its territory despite the strong objections of the government in …

Tropical storm Maon caused three deaths in the Philippines, its disaster agency reported on Thursday, with the storm currently headed towards southeastern China. Two people were confirmed dead, both hit by a fallen tree in mountainous northern provinces of Kalinga and Cagayan, while one drowning in eastern Camarines Sur province …

Storm Maon, with a maximum wind speed of 117 kph, is 450 km away from Mong Cai that borders China and would bring heavy rains to northern Vietnam from Thursday afternoon. At 7 a.m. Thursday, the storm was about 100 km away from China’s Leizhou Peninsula, according to the National …