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    Taiwan's vice president-elect makes Czech visit after US trip

    Taiwan's vice president-elect and former de facto ambassador to Washington, Hsiao Bi-khim, is on a visit to the Czech Republic following a low-key trip to the United States, the foreign ministry said on Tuesday. Hsiao, who takes office with president-elect Lai Ching-te in May, is detested by China which calls her a "diehard Taiwan independence separatist" and has placed sanctions on her. China claims democratically-governed Taiwan as its own territory, a view the government in Taipei strongly

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  • PoliticsAFP

    Trump unable to post $464mn bond in New York civil case: lawyers

    Donald Trump faced having assets seized in a humiliating blow to his carefully cultivated image as a self-made tycoon as his lawyers acknowledged Monday he doesn't have the cash to appeal a $464 million fine for fraudulently inflating his wealth."Defendants have faced what have proven to be insurmountable difficulties in obtaining an appeal bond for the full $464 million," Trump Organization general counsel Alan Garten said in a filing to the court.

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    N. Korea's Kim oversees 'super-large' rocket launcher drills

    North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw firing drills involving "newly-equipped super-large" multiple rocket launchers, state media said Tuesday, a day after Seoul said Pyongyang had fired several short-range ballistic missiles.The super-large multiple rocket launcher, referred to as KN-25 by the Seoul-Washington military, is a short-range ballistic missile, according to South Korea's Yonhap news agency.

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  • NewsStoryful

    Icicles Form Along the Shore of Lake Traverse

    Stunning icicles formed along the shore of Lake Traverse on Monday, March 18, as cold weather gripped Wheaton, Minnesota.Carol Bauer, who filmed this footage, told Storyful she came across some “pretty ice formations along the shores of Lake Traverse even though the ice is completely melted in the lake”.Icy weather was forecast for the region on Sunday, with the National Weather Service adding that warmer air and gusty winds would pass through on Monday. Credit: Carol Bauer via Storyful

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  • NewsThe Guardian

    ‘Fancy cars and flashy yachts’: criminals living the high life targeted by Victoria’s unexplained wealth laws

    Police minister says those who ‘swan around with ill-gotten gains’ will be pursued in reforms that flip onus of proof

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  • NewsSky News

    Roads at 'breaking point' as pothole repairs hit eight-year high, report claims

    Roads in England and Wales are at "breaking point" with pothole repairs at an eight-year high, according to a new report. The annual Alarm survey by the Asphalt Industry Alliance (AIA) found that local authorities expect to fix two million potholes in the current financial year.

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    Handmade silhouette statues pay tribute to British servicemen killed on D-Day

    Almost 1,500 silhouette statues, handcrafted by a team of volunteers from Oxford, will stand in the fields of Normandy to pay tribute to the British servicemen who were killed 80 years ago on D-Day. The For Your Tomorrow project has been four years in the making for the Standing with Giants creative team, led by artist Dan Barton.

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