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The crisis is linked to the high price of medicines, a shrinking national budget and cuts in US aid.

Botswana has declared a public health emergency, with President Duma Boko saying the national medical supply chain collapsed due to depleted government coffers and steep cuts in aid from the United States.

The announcement came on Monday after the Ministry of Health and Wellness warned earlier this month that the system was “severely strained” with $75m owed to private health facilities and…

Tokyo urges Beijing to resume negotiations on the implementation of 2008 agreement on exploiting natural resources.

Japan has lodged a protest accusing China of carrying out the “unilateral development” of gas fields in disputed waters in the East China Sea.

In a statement late on Monday, Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said it had detected the construction of “a new structure” in waters west of the median line between the countries.

“It is extremely regrettable that China is…

United States President Donald Trump has announced new measures that tightened his grip on security in Washington, DC, a day after National Guard troops began carrying weapons in the US capital.

Earlier this month, Trump ordered the deployment of the National Guard, who now number more than 2,200, as part of what he has billed as a crackdown on allegedly out-of-control crime in the city.

On Monday, Trump ordered Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to set up a specialised unit within Washington’s…