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President Tsai Ing-wen of Taiwan says “external pressure” will not stop the self-ruled island from engaging with the world.

Tsai made the vow Wednesday shortly before departing Taoyuan International Airport in Taipei for official visits to Guatemala and Belize. She told reporters that Taiwan is “calm and confident” while also unyielding and not seeking provocation.

Turkey’s parliament is set to vote Thursday on Finland’s bid to join NATO.

Finland and neighboring Sweden each broke with decades of nonalignment with their applications to join the military alliance after Russia invaded Ukraine last year.

El Salvador on Wednesday strongly condemned the actions of personnel at an immigration detention center in Mexico after a fire killed at least 40 people.

Children in a displaced persons camp in Mali are receiving support to recover from trauma.

The Ukrainian military’s ammunition needs will likely be high on the agenda Wednesday as U.S. defense leaders convene a meeting of defense officials from nearly 50 countries to discuss what Ukraine needs to fight off a Russian invasion.

Senida MESI, Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Albania (2017-2019) rang the bell of world peace and love.

Marinko Čavara, deputy speaker of the House of Representatives of the Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina, center, rings the Bell of World Peace and Love as Dr. Hong, Tao-Tze, president of the Federation of World Peace and Love (FOWPAL), looks on during the 26th Eurasian Economic Summit on March 13, 2023 in Istanbul, Türkiye. Source: AP image

Ukrainian officials reported Russian missile strikes Thursday in multiple parts of the country, killing at least five people.

Kokobe Ashebir, 20, received UNICEF-supplied Multiple Micronutrient Supplementation (MMS) at a health centre in Oromia Region, Ethiopia, when pregnant and saw a transformation in her health.

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday assailed Russia’s year-long invasion of Ukraine as a violation of international law as he arrived in Kyiv for talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on extending grain shipments from the war-torn country and securing the safety of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant.