WASHINGTON -- The United States plans to withdraw 11,900 military personnel from Germany, Secretary of Defense Mark Esper said Wednesday.

Among the troops that would be withdrawn, nearly half will be repositioned within NATO countries, while the rest will be returned to the United States with some beginning rotational deployment back to Europe, the Pentagon chief told a news briefing. (US-Germany-Troops Repositioning)

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ADDIS ABABA -- The African Union (AU) has highly commended China for the country's continued support and assistance to Africa's capacity building endeavors in disease control and prevention.

In a statement on Wednesday, the 55-member pan-African bloc said that it has signed with China a memorandum of understanding (MoU) at a virtual ceremony for the project of the Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) Headquarters Building (Phase I). (AU-China-Disease Control)

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NEW DELHI -- Five Rafale fighter jets landed in India on Wednesday from France, confirmed a Defense Ministry official.

While three of them are single-seaters, two are twin-seater aircraft. (India-Rafale-Landing)

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BEIJING -- China and Japan should push forward bilateral exchanges and cooperation in the next stage as well as in the post-pandemic era, Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Tuesday during a phone conversation with Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi.

Since the COVID-19 outbreak, Wang said, China and Japan have kept in touch and offered mutual support for anti-epidemic cooperation, demonstrating the traditional friendship between the two neighboring countries. (China-Japan-Relations) Enditem

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