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Voters in Taiwan will choose their next president on January 13. Beijing claims Taiwan as its own territory. As election day approaches, China is rolling out economic policies that favor Taiwanese, in a bid to help its goal of integration.

Russia's military, in desperate need of personnel for its war in Ukraine, has been recruiting foreign mercenaries with promises of generous wages and a Russian passport. Many of these soldiers-for-hire make the long journey from Nepal, despite their government's efforts to stop them going.

Shifting to electric vehicles (EVs) is widely seen as a pivotal measure in the fight against climate change — but consumers in the United States appear to have other ideas. Increasingly, they are opting for hybrids, leaving EV sales stagnating and prompting automakers to rethink strategy.

Child protection expert Paola Bellucci knows that a message with music and animation can reach youngsters' hearts. Her cartoon, "Don't Mess With Me" (English translation), is designed to teach children how to identify a threat of sexual assault or harassment — and protect themselves from a potential assailant.

In Myanmar, resistance fighters are loosening the junta’s grip on the country, and some believe a historic tipping point is near. The catalyst was Operation 1027 -- coordinated attacks on October 27 last year by three ethnic armed groups. Since then, other resistance forces have joined the movement.

The US Army — widely considered to be the world's most powerful ground force — has embarked on its biggest realignment in decades to counter China's growing presence in Asia.

An NHK team went to Hawaii — the front line of the US Army's realignment — last November to report on the situation firsthand.

For the past three decades, photographer Matsumoto Norio has carefully chronicled breathtaking scenes from the vast wilderness of Alaska. But now he is focusing his lens on a different aspect of the US state: The impact of rapid warming on the landscape and the life it supports.

An American international student in Hiroshima has been standing outside the Atomic Bomb Dome, a symbol of peace, calling for a ceasefire in Gaza.

Reports from China that the number of Taiwanese students going to universities there has topped 10,000 are raising concerns about influence. Hundreds of institutions are offering places to young Taiwanese whose education may be shaped by Beijing's political stance on unification.

As the Russia-Ukraine conflict nears the two-year mark, with international support faltering, leaders in Kyiv are orchestrating a strategic shift, ramping up domestic arms production and turning more to drone warfare.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said he wants to manufacture at least one million FPV drones by the end of the year, which means training drone pilots is now a priority. And it's a strategy that relies increasingly on civilians.