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• Indonesian and American troops conducted a two-week joint military exercise from 1 August 2022.
• Over 5000 soldiers from the US, Indonesia, Australia, Japan and Singapore participated in the joint combat exercises in Indonesia.

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• Indonesian and American troops conducted a two-week joint military exercise from 1 August 2022.
• Over 5000 soldiers from the US, Indonesia, Australia, Japan and Singapore participated in the joint combat exercises in Indonesia.

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United Kingdom (UK) became first ever country to authorize first ever COVID-19 vaccine for the Omicron Variant in August 2022.

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The cabinet of Japan approved a record high defence budget of 5.4 trillion yen ($47.2 billion) in April 2021.

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Paxlovid is an antiviral therapy that consists of two separate medications packaged together.

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After 20 years, the Taliban fully re-captured Afghanistan on 15 August 2021.

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On 9 August 2022, US President Joe Biden signed the United States Instruments of Ratification of the Accession Protocols to the North Atlantic Treaty for the Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden, which the U.S. Senate approved on August 3. 

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Russia launched satellite of Iran into space from Kazakhstan on 9 August 2022.

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Russia launched satellite of Iran into space from Kazakhstan on 9 August 2022.

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Russia launched satellite of Iran into space from Kazakhstan on 9 August 2022.