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...Pakistan, which blames the Afghan Taliban for supporting the cross-border militants, launched retaliatory air strikes on Afghanistan last week....
...Nancy Faeser, Germany’s interior minister, said: “This decision comes at a time that once again shows one thing: rightwing extremism is the greatest extremist threat to our democracy — and to people in our...
...China’s People’s Liberation Army this month conducted unprecedented week-long exercises to punish Taipei for hosting US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and has since continued daily air and sea manoeuvres close...
...The Chinese embassy in Washington said Wang told Sullivan that Taiwan independence “poses the biggest risk to cross-Strait peace and stability and the biggest challenge to China-US relations”....
...“China could, in a US-China crisis, for the first time threaten strikes against major US population centres without having to cross the nuclear threshold, which risks a massive US nuclear barrage in response...
...Afterwards, walk across the road to Pizzeria Mozza, Nancy Silverton’s joint....
...And yet, China’s unprecedented war games around Taiwan in response to then US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to the island in August 2022 deeply frightened him....
...Biden could also have stopped Nancy Pelosi, America’s outgoing Democratic speaker, from visiting Taiwan a year ago....
...“The two sides discussed key issues in the US-China bilateral relationship, global and regional security issues, Russia’s war against Ukraine, and cross-[Taiwan] Strait issues, among other topics.”...
...However, officials in Taipei and Washington still expected Beijing would respond with military manoeuvres following its response to then-House speaker Nancy Pelosi’s Taipei visit last August....
...After Snapchat added an AI chatbot called My AI, users were so cross that they posted multiple negative reviews on Apple’s App Store....
...“All sorts of exchanges have become incredibly fraught since 2016, and Covid put the nail in the coffin of cross-Strait understanding....
...But Feinstein’s absence cuts into their already narrow margins and sets the stage for several nail-biter votes, especially if moderate senators cross the political aisle, such as West Virginia’s Joe Manchin...
...Analysts cautioned against interpreting the lack of escalation as a sign that cross-Strait tensions were more broadly easing....
...The pushback from the White House against House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s plan to visit Taiwan has sparked anxiety in Taipei that the controversy will further compromise its security....
...The ’40s store, with its tough-looking granite and limestone façade and vast atrium ground floor, was originally designed by Cross & Cross architects in a “conservative modern” style that spoke of America...
...Presidential “gaffes” vowing to defend Taiwan antagonised Beijing, and House speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taipei sparked a cross-Strait crisis....
...China has escalated a campaign of threats and war-games to try to dissuade Nancy Pelosi from visiting Taiwan in the coming days....
...When Nancy Pelosi, then US House Speaker, visited Taipei last summer, Beijing used unprecedented military manoeuvres around the island to make sure that the message got across....
...Some US observers describe Beijing’s two large-scale exercises around Taiwan last August and this April as rehearsals for a blockade of Taiwan, a move that would cross the threshold of war....
...Edward Luce has expressed concern that Nancy Pelosi’s planned trip to Taipei is part of “growing American support for Taiwan independence” (FT Swamp Notes, FT.com, July 22). He need not worry....
...The revelations around Paul Pelosi’s trades galvanised cross-party moves to crack down on securities trading by members of Congress....
...Even if cross-Strait travel reopens, the prospects are dim....
...The most serious cross-Strait crisis in almost 60 years has prompted one of Taiwan’s richest men to donate millions of dollars to its security....
...Further cross-Strait fallout could be devastating for Taiwan’s economy, with 40 per cent of its exports going to China and Hong Kong, according to figures from Capital Economics....
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