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Regional security environment may deteriorate despite U.S.-China defense meeting in Singapore, analysts say
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China's Defense Minister Dong Jun speaks during the Shangri-La Dialogue summit at the Shangri-La Hotel in Singapore, June 2, 2024. FILE - A Chinese coast guard ship, left, with a Chinese militia vessel, right, blocks Philippine coast guard ship, BRP Sindangan as it tried to head towards Second Thomas Shoal at the disputed South China Sea during rotation and resupply mission on Oct. 4, 2023.
China hardened its position on contentious security issues in the Indo-Pacific region at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore last weekend, as Chinese Defense Minister Dong Jun criticized some external forces for offering military support to Taiwan while accusing the Philippines of endangering stability in the South China Sea.
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People stand next to a police vehicle that was burned during a demonstrations against the Kenya's proposed finance bill in Nairobi, Kenya, June 26, 2024. Members of the first contingent of Kenyan police are seen after arriving in the Caribbean country as part of a peacekeeping mission, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, June 26, 2024.
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A woman leaves a shop through a broken window as clean up operations are underway following a deadly nationwide strike to protest against tax hikes and the Finance Bill 2024 in downtown Nairobi, on June 26, 2024. The Kenyan flag covers a body after demonstrators stormed the Kenyan parliament building during a protest in Nairobi against tax hikes, June 25, 2024.