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President Biden said that the U.S. is committed to defend Taiwan in case of an attack by mainland China. China claims the island as its own, and has threatened to invade if it declares independence.

Human rights groups say a boat trafficking over 90 Muslim minority Rohingya from Myanmar has broken down. They have little food & water and nobody wants them.

A White House official said Biden's comments did not reflect a policy shift, even though the U.S. traditionally has avoided making such an explicit security guarantee to Taiwan.

The isolated East Asian country has only stated how many people have fevers daily, and has only identified a few of the cases as COVID-19 since admitting to an outbreak of the omicron variant.

President Biden wants to counter the economic might of China. He visited a semiconductor plant outside Seoul to kick off a trip aimed at his top foreign policy priority.

Pyongyang has conducted 16 missile test launches this year. Seoul and Washington are on alert for a possible new test launch, timed to coincide with President Biden's visit starting Friday.

While concerts have been back in South Korea since the beginning of the year, cheering was prohibited. With COVID restrictions lifting, fans are finally allowed to cheer again.

Amid criticism of the government's recent handling of the pandemic, the country is seeing more cases than at any time in the past nine months.

Monday, Oct. 25, 2021 at 7:30 p.m.Anthony Burr, clarinet, Charles Curtis, violoncello, Jeff Thayer, violin, and Reiko Uchida, piano will perform works of Mozart, Brahms, and Beethoven in an online concert.The concert is free to view on the UC San Diego Department of Music's website at music.ucsd.edu/live.Program:Wolfgang Amadeus MozartSonata for Violin and Piano in G major, K. 379 (1781)Johannes BrahmsTrio for Clarinet, Cello and Piano in a minor, Opus 114 (1891)Ludwig van BeethovenTrio for Violin, Cello and Piano in B-flat major, Opus 97 "Archduke" (1811)Ticketing Information: Free eventPresenting organization: UC San Diego Department of MusicEmail: mus-publicity@cloud.ucsd.eduPhone: (858) 534-3448Website: http://music.ucsd.eduArtist Information:Artist name: Camera LucidaArtist Website: https://music-cms.ucsd.edu/ensembles/camera-lucida/index.html

North Korea has confirmed 15 more deaths and high numbers of fevers as it mobilizes more than a million health and other workers to try to suppress the country's first COVID-19 outbreak.