Foreign policy
Beijing’s new trade restrictions on Taiwan after Pelosi’s visit are a drop in the ocean
Beijing’s new trade blocks against Taiwan affect about 0.04% of their two-way trade, making them more political than economic. Beijing took action against Taiwan following U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to the island earlier this month despite warnings from Beijing. That included suspensions of imports of Taiwanese citrus, frozen fish, sweets and biscuits and […]
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Zelenskyy vows to liberate Crimea; Ukraine fears Russian damage to major nuclear plant
Zelenskyy vows to liberate Russian-annexed Crimea People rest on a beach as smoke and flames rise after explosions at a Russian military airbase, in Novofedorivka, Crimea August 9, 2022. Stringer | Reuters Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy vowed in his nightly address that Ukraine would liberate its southern peninsula of Crimea, which was annexed by Russia […]
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Mike Pence says FBI search of Trump’s home raises ‘deep concern,’ urges Garland to explain
Former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence speaks during the Young America’s Foundation Student Conference on July 26, 2022 in Washington, DC. Pence outlined a conservative agenda and took questions about Taiwan and his relationship with former President Donald Trump. Nathan Howard | Getty Images Former Vice President Mike Pence expressed “deep concern” Tuesday about the […]
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Russia launches Iranian satellite into space; more ships carrying produce depart Ukraine
Russia is stripping airplanes for parts amid sanctions-induced shortage Aeroflot Russian Airlines and Rossiya Airlines jet aircrafts at Moscow-Sheremetyevo International Airport. Leonid Faerberg | Lightrocket | Getty Images Russia has started stripping jetliners of spare parts they can no longer obtain from overseas due to Western sanctions, Reuters reported, citing several anonymous sources. The majority […]
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Trump complained U.S. generals lacked the loyalty German generals showed Hitler, book says
Colonel General Kurt Zeitzler talking to Adolf Hitler, prior to the revolt of Hitler’s generals, circa 1944. Keystone | Hulton Archive | Getty Images Former President Donald Trump complained to then-White House Chief of Staff John Kelly that American generals were not as loyal to him as he believed German generals had been to Nazi […]
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Biden says he’s ‘not worried’ about China’s increased aggression toward Taiwan following Pelosi’s visit
U.S. President Joe Biden talks to reporters while boarding Air Force One on travel to Eastern Kentucky to visit families affected by devastation from recent flooding, as he departs from Delaware Air National Guard Base in New Castle, Delaware, U.S., August 8, 2022. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden said Monday that […]
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Biden will keep aircraft carrier group in the South China Sea but postpone missile test
The USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76) aircraft carrier is seen during a port visit in Hong Kong on October 2, 2017. Anthony Wallace | AFP | Getty Images WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden will keep an American naval aircraft carrier strike group in the South China Sea longer than originally planned in response to Chinese missile […]
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Russian ‘strike force’ builds around Zelenskyy’s hometown; fears grow for ‘out of control’ nuclear power plant
Russian ‘strike force’ building to target Zelenskyy’s hometown of Kryvyi Rih Kryvyi Rih, the hometown of Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, is looking increasingly vulnerable with Ukraine saying Russia is building a military “strike force” to target the industrial city in central-southern Ukraine. Early Thursday, Ukraine’s southern military command saying the situation in its operational area […]
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Nuclear power is on the brink of a $1 trillion resurgence, but one accident anywhere could stop that momentum
21 July 2022, Bavaria, Essenbach: Water vapor rises behind sunflowers from the cooling system of the nuclear power plant (NPP) Isar 2. Picture Alliance | Picture Alliance | Getty Images Nuclear energy is at an inflection point. Early exuberance about its potential was undercut by a series of devastating and dangerous accidents: Three Mile Island […]
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Pelosi’s trip to Taiwan is like ‘pouring salt in an open wound for China’, Stephen Roach says
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s trip to Taiwan ramps up U.S.-China tensions and risks pushing the countries further apart, according to one economist. On Wednesday, the top U.S. lawmaker met Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen in a highly controversial visit that has angered Beijing. “We’re on a trajectory of escalating conflict and this will certainly make matters […]
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