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Austria and Hungary fight nature to stop lake vanishing
Kitesurfers and windsurfers dot picturesque Lake Neusiedl on the Austrian-Hungarian border –- but the water is so low some get stuck in the mud. More than 100 salt marshes once dotted the region, but as groundwater levels have dropped dramatically, about 60 are now "irreversibly lost", said Johannes Ehrenfeldner, head of the Lake Neusiedl-Seewinkel National Park.
Ukrainian students seeking new lives in Taiwan see parallels in Russia, China
When Ukrainian student Anna Fursyk first moved into her Taiwanese university dormitory, the roar of passing military jets made her flinch, reminding her of the war she had fled. The students' scholarships were made possible by a donation pledge of around US$1.38 million to the university.
Kiribati quits key Pacific island bloc
Kiribati has quit the premier bloc of Pacific island nations, fracturing the group just as its leaders launch a summit to grapple with rising seas and China's security ambitions in the region. The Kiribati leader cited his country's national day celebrations on July 12 as another reason for not attending the summit.
Macau lockdown begins, Hong Kong mulls health code app
Macau casino shares plunged on Monday as the Chinese city embarked on a week-long lockdown to curb its worst coronavirus outbreak while neighbouring Hong Kong said it was mulling a mainland-style health code system. China uses mandatory health code apps to trace people's movements and coronavirus outbreaks.
China lockdown worries hit Asian equity, crude markets
Asian markets and oil prices mostly fell Monday with a fresh Covid flare-up in Shanghai fanning fears of another economically painful lockdown in China's biggest city.
US hails Abe as 'man of vision' as family prepares wake
Washington's top diplomat hailed assassinated former prime minister Shinzo Abe as a "man of vision" as he offered condolences Monday in Tokyo, where family will later hold a wake for the murdered politician.
Love letters and tax returns: Bolivia's sidewalk scribes prefer typewriters
Dressed in a suit, a feather in his hat, Rogelio Condori sits bent over a small table on a sidewalk in La Paz, tapping on a typewriter with his index fingers. Condori recently set up an office complete with internet and a computer, but he much prefers his "exciting" sidewalk perch.
More genocide victims to be buried on Srebrenica anniversary
Thousands of people are expected to attend Monday's commemorations of the 27th anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide, which most Serbs and their leaders still refuse to recognise in ethnically divided Bosnia. Political leaders of Serbs living in Bosnia today and in neighbouring Serbia refuse to accept that a genocide took place at Srebenica, preferring to call it a "major crime".
Return to Kyiv by night train
When the train slows to a halt just after the Polish border, Tatiana's smile lights up her moon-shaped face. No one seems to bother much about the long hours of waiting on the Polish side of the border and then again on the Ukrainian side.
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