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Taiwan - Taiwanese soldiers have fired live ammunition at a Chinese drone that had intruded over one of Taiwan's outer islands for the first time, on Tuesday, August 30th. Taiwan had warned on Sunday, August 28th that it would shoot down Chinese drones that did not heed their warnings. Taiwan had warned on August 28th (Sunday) that it would shoot down Chinese drones that did not heed their warnings. The Army's Kinmen Defense Command (KDC) stated on Tuesday that at 4:23 pm, three groups of three "civilian" drones had been detected flying above Dadan Island, Erdan Island, and Shi Islet...

BRICS - The president of the BRICS International Forum, Purnima Anand told reporters on Thursday that both Russia and India no longer need the U.S. dollar, as they have "turned to national currencies to conduct mutual settlements," according to Russian state news RT. The BRICS president stated, "We have implemented the mechanism of mutual settlements in rubles and rupees, and there is no need for our countries to use the dollar in mutual settlements. And today a similar mechanism of mutual settlements in rubles and yuan is being developed by China,"...