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...Peter Mattis, a former CIA counter-intelligence analyst, said it also illustrated a feature of Chinese intelligence: how the MSS gives autonomy to its regional branches....
...Though still headed by Guo, 67, Xi protégé Chen Yixin has been the CPLC’s general secretary and de facto head of operations since 2018....
...Green hydrogen — derived from renewable energy sources — has also been put forward as an alternative for heating and de-oxidising industrial processes that require high temperatures....
...“I don’t know why she appointed him as her chef de cabinet,” said one parliament official....
...The gathering of heavy hitters at the converted museum now dubbed the “Amazon embassy” included Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner, Federal Reserve chairman Jay Powell and former defence secretary Jim Mattis...
...Bill de Blasio, the New York mayor, said he would cut the police budget and spend more on social services....
...the president wants to take strong action,” said Guy Snodgrass, a former chief speech writer to Mr Mattis....
...Last week, the US military was lauding progress made in its efforts to de-escalate tensions between Turkey and Kurdish militants along Syria’s north-eastern border....
...Turkey has made it clear that it wants to launch an assault into the de facto autonomous region of north-east Syria that is controlled by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), who were trained and equipped...
...Mattis played a pretty central role to foreign policy in the Trump administration. You know, he was known colloquially as Mad Dog Mattis. But actually he never called himself that....
...Ms Haspel was absent when Mr Pompeo and Mr Mattis spoke with senators last week....
...Mr Shanahan had been serving as acting defence secretary since Jim Mattis resigned in December in protest over Mr Trump’s policies....
...Mr Pompeo and Mr Mattis on Thursday delivered a briefing to the House, where the bill will now be considered....
...after Jamal Khashoggi was killed in the kingdom’s consulate in Istanbul last month. the veteran journalist’s death has put a spotlight on the policies of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the country’s de...
...“North Korea will receive relief only when it demonstrates verifiable and irreversible steps to de-nuclearisation.”...
...At the time, Mr Mattis defended US support for the coalition....
...Even before taking office as the new US senator from Utah this week, Mitt Romney, the former private-equity executive and 2012 Republican nominee for president, has launched a very public attack on the de...
...US media have reported that the CIA had concluded that responsibility for the killing lay with Prince Mohammed, Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler....
...Next, it emerged that annual security talks headed by Jim Mattis, US secretary of defence, were off....
...The controversy over the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi has put a spotlight on Saudi Arabia’s leadership, including Mohammed bin Salman, the kingdom’s crown prince and de facto ruler....
...The talks were envisioned by the EU as the best way to de-escalate a spat over car tariffs that Berlin and others were afraid could lead to an all-out trade war....
...Speaking at the same security conference in Bahrain, Jim Mattis, the US defence secretary said the Khashoggi killing was a threat to security....
...Under Abu Dhabi’s influence, the UAE has become militarily extrovert, not just in the Saudi-led war in Yemen but through its network of Red Sea bases — prompting US defence secretary Jim Mattis to call it...
...The experts report said the “de facto blockades have had widespread and devastating effects on the civilian population”....
...Little by little, China has taken de facto control over much of the South China Sea. It has constructed artificial islands then stationed military equipment on them....
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