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The United States denounces Russia's veto that ended a UN panel monitoring sanctions on North Korea, accusing Moscow of seeking to hide its growing military cooperation. "Russia's actions today have cynically undermined international peace and security, all to advance the corrupt bargain that Moscow has struck with the DPRK," State Department spokesman Matthew Miller says, referring to the North by its official name, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. SOUNDBITE
TSMC'S new chip plant in Japan will help to boost the resiliency of global chip supplies, the semiconductor giant's founder Morris Chang said Saturday. The factory "will, I believe, improve the resiliency of chip supply for Japan and for the world," the 92-year-old said at the opening ceremony, in a rare public appearance. SOUNDBITE
Images released by the Peruvian Service of State Protected Natural Areas (Sernanp) show humpback whales swimming in the Peruvian sea from the south to the warmer waters of the country's northern breeding grounds, as they do every year between June and October. IMAGES
Redoubling support for war-stricken Ukraine is the "single best" way to aid the global economy, US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says on the sidelines of a G20 finance minister summit in India. SOUNDBITE
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The United States hails the EU-British deal to regulate trade rules for Northern Ireland as a chance to "improve the prosperity" across the region, John Kirby, National Security Council spokesman, tells reporters. The deal will "open up all kinds of avenues for trade that were somewhat at risk," Kirby adds. SOUNDBITE