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The United States will seek to take action against individuals or companies linked withChina's military that supported the flight of a Chinese spy balloon into the airspace of the United States last week, a senior State Department official said on Thursday. In other news,North Korea’s Kim Jong Un’s wife was spotted wearing a pendant in the shape of a ballistic missile ahead of a major military parade that is scheduled to take place in North Korea. Finally,South Africa on Thursday (February 9) declared a national "state of disaster" over the crippling power shortages in the country.
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Washington is confident that the manufacturer of the Chinese balloon shot down by the US forces last week, had a "direct relationship" with the People's Liberation Army (PLA).
White House spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre repeated that the United States would look at taking action against such entities.
North Korea: Kim Jong Un’s wife spotted wearing missile shaped pendant before major military parade
Ri Sol Ju was snapped wearing the pendant at a banquet to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Korean People's Army in Pyongyang, North Korea, according to the Associated Press.The silver pendant, in the shape of North Korea’s largest intercontinental ballistic missile, took the spotlight from other accessories Ri Sol Ju wore on Tuesday night (February 7).
South Africa declares national'state of disaster' to tackle power crisis
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said that the massive power outages posed an existetial threat to the economy and social fabric.
The electricity crunch has been years in the making, a product of delays in building new coal-fired power stations, corruption in coal-supply contracts, criminal sabotage and failures to ease up regulation to enable private providers to swiftly bring renewable energy on tap.
UK government defends possible talks with Xinjiang governor Erkin Tuniyaz amid outrage from MPs
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