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Russian President Vladimir Putin and China's President Xi Jinping make a toast during a reception following their talks at the Kremlin in Moscow on March 21. Taiwan today condemned a joint-statement by Russia and China in which the two superpowers pledged to strengthen their strategic partnership as a signal China was dancing to Russia's tune. - AFP

A jeepney full of passengers is seen during a nationwide transport strike against the proposed jeepney phaseout in Quezon City, the Philippines, March 6. Various public utility jeepney transport groups kicked off a week-long nationwide transport strike. The US Geological Survey reported today that a magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck Southern Philippines. - AFP

Leader Kim Jong Un ordered the "sudden launching drill" at 8 am Saturday (2300 GMT) and a Hwasong-15 missile -- a weapon first tested by the North in 2017 -- was fired from Pyongyang airport that afternoon, the official KCNA reported. - AFP pic

An earthquake measuring 7.5 on the Richter scale shook the eastern Maluku region in Indonesia.

US President Joe Biden - Jill Toyoshiba/The Kansas City Star/dpa

South Korea successfully conducted the test of a space launch vehicle as part of its drive to strengthen space-based reconnaissance and surveillance capabilities.

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RMAF says they will cobduct flypast and air segment rehearsals

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US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's trip last week became the highest-ranking US official to visit Taiwan in decades despite stark threats from China, which tries to keep Taipei isolated on the world stage.