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China claims democratically governed Taiwan as its own territory, a position President Lai Ching-te and his administration reject.

The three garment makers together have exported at least $5 million in cotton goods to the US since Esquel was sanctioned. Details of the firms' US sales haven't been previously reported.

The incident comes as tensions have resurfaced between the allies-turned-foes after three months of relative calm, following a deadly attack on a police facility in northwestern Pakistan last week.

For decades, the Republic of China in Taipei also claimed to be the legitimate Chinese government, but in 1971 Beijing took over the China seat at the United Nations from Taipei.

In a first-round scenario, Lula leads with 40% of the vote, followed by Bolsonaro (36%), Augusto Cury (5%), Ronaldo Caiado (4%) and Renan Santos (3%).

Swedish and Finnish fighter jets were scrambled to intercept and identify Russian military aircraft in international airspace over the Gulf of Finland on Thursday, the Finnish Air Force.

The Grammy-winning rapper had been due to perform at eight additional Sheeran shows when he was removed last month from the tour following remarks at a show in New Jersey.

"It was like the whole building, the whole block blew off. That's how strong it was," said local resident Andreas Martzaklis.

At the General Assembly, Netanyahu defended Israel's actions in the region, seeking to counter growing international isolation ahead of elections he could lose, as dozens of delegates walked out.

Macron also said a US ban on diesel exports, which the White House has denied is under consideration, would be "catastrophic," both globally and for the US economy.