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Seven people were killed, including a six-year-old child, and more than 100 wounded by a Russian missile strike on Cherneiv, a city in northern Ukraine.

Volodymyr Zelensky, Ukraine's president, said the missile had hit a theater and a university in the center of the city.

A UN official condemned the, quote, heinous attack.

Cherneiv had been largely peaceful since the early months of Russia's invasion last year.

China conducted military exercises in the seas and skies around Taiwan, as a, quote, stern warning to, quote, separatists and foreign forces.

Taiwan's defense ministry condemned what it called the, quote, irrational, provocative moves.

China's drills around the island, which it maintains as part of its territory, are widely seen as a response to a visit by Taiwan's vice president to America last week.

Abdel Fata LCC, the president of Egypt, pardoned several political prisoners.

Among them was Ahmed Duma, a liberal activist prominent in the Arab Spring uprising of 2011 that toppled Hosni Mubarak.

Mr. Duma was serving a 15-year term imposed in 2019 and reduced from an earlier life sentence for anti-government activity.

Egypt, where Mr. CC took power in a coup 10 years ago, is estimated to have around 65,000 political prisoners.

At a summit hosted by President Joe Biden at Camp David, America, Japan, and South Korea agreed to step up military cooperation.

The three countries will hold joint military exercises and improve intelligence sharing.

In a joint statement, the country's condemned China's, quote, unlawful maritime claims in the South China Sea.

A Chinese official said the Indo-Pacific region should not be, quote, turned into a wrestling ground for geopolitical competition.

Representatives of the economic community of West African states visited Niger for talks with officers who forced Muhammad Buzum, the president, from power in a coup last month.

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