These include live-fire exercises, as Taipei says it’s ready for conflict, but doesn’t seek it 

99% of investors receive no returns after paying deposit to buy unbuilt villa, hotel rooms

Senate votes 95-1 in favour, as Washington becomes 23rd of bloc’s 30 members to do so

Boy’s life-preserving treatment at Royal London Hospital was due to end 11am, yesterday, report says

23-year-old victim in critical condition

Ranil Wickremesinghe urges all parties in Parliament to join his initiative for ‘unity government’

Regulators ask for channel to be blocked for portraying leaders, people as supremacists

Weather office reports no ash plume, but possible pollution due to gas release

Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov meets top generals prior to Asean conference

Protests ensue as government pushes plans to cut nitrogen emissions affecting industry

Hold-up might benefit Rishi Sunak, as ballots due out this week set to arrive latest Aug 11

Beijing clamps down on fruit, fish imports, halts shipments of sand to island

Bloc frustrated by junta’s lack of progress on ‘five-point consensus’ aimed at bringing peace