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Let’s pray Pelosi’s Taiwan trip doesn’t start the next big war

Nancy Pelosi is as tough as old boots. She is 82, she has served two stints as Speaker of the House of Representatives and is third in line to the US presidency. Never let it be said that if she does end up kicking off World War Three in the…

Evening Standard

EXPLAINER: Why is China staging drills around Taiwan?

China is staging live-fire military drills in six zones surrounding Taiwan in response to a visit by U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to the island Beijing claims as its own territory

The Independent UK

Why Nancy Pelosi’s Taiwan visit is making China angry

US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi flew into Taiwan on an Air Force passenger jet Tuesday, becoming the highest-ranking American official in 25 years to visit the self-ruled island claimed by China

The Independent UK

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China launches massive military manoeuvres around Taiwan as Pelosi flies out

China's largest-ever military exercises encircling Taiwan kicked off Thursday, in a show of force in vital international shipping lanes. The performance follows a visit to the island by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

Radio France Internationale

China Begins Major Taiwan Military Drills

China's largest-ever military exercises encircling Taiwan kicked off Thursday, in a show of force straddling vital international shipping lanes after a visit to the island by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Pelosi left Taiwan Wednesday after a trip that defied a series of stark threats from Beijing, which views the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Thursday briefing: Chinese live-fire drills underway after Nancy Pelosi’s trip to Taiwan

In today’s newsletter: As Beijing’s response begins, was the US House speaker’s visit a diplomatic misstep or vital show of solidarity?

The Guardian - UK

Zelenskyy urges China’s Xi to help end Russia’s war in Ukraine

Ukraine president calls for talks with Xi, says he has been asking for a conversation since the Russian invasion began.

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Russia-Ukraine war: Kyiv calls Amnesty report that says Ukrainian forces are putting civilians at risk a ‘perversion’ – as it happened

Kyiv hits back after charity says Russia’s attacks ‘unjustifiable’ but Ukraine’s tactics are endangering civilians. This live blog is closed

The Guardian - UK

Turkey says three grain ships to leave Ukraine on Friday

Plans are in place for three more grain ships to leave Ukraine on Friday, Turkey said, following the departure of the Sierra Leone-registered Razoni on Monday. France has welcomed 100,000 Ukrainian refugees since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine began more than five months ago, authorities said Thursday. Read about the day's…

France 24

China-Taiwan tensions: how worried should we be about military conflict?

China plans to escalate its military exercises near Taiwan, prompting fears of a fresh crisis in the region

The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war: what we know on day 162 of the invasion

UN to conduct fact-finding mission into deaths of Ukrainian PoWs; US Senate ratifies Sweden and Finland’s accession to Nato

The Guardian - AU

Zelenskiy seeking 'direct talks' with China's Xi to help end Ukraine war- SCMP

Ukraine is seeking an opportunity to speak "directly" with Chinese leader Xi Jinping to help end its war with Russia, President Volodymyr Zelensky said, the South China Morning Post reported on Thursday.

Reuters

Taiwanese people take Beijing's fury over Nancy Pelosi's visit in their stride

While the world holds its breath to see how China responds to Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan, residents on the island are used to China's sabre-rattling and are largely relaxed.

ABC News

Beijing must speak out against Russian invasion, says Zelensky

Ukrainian president’s comment comes as first grain ship from Odesa reaches Turkey

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Daily Mirror

War-hungry China to be 'forced into military action' against US over Taiwan 'red line'

Maritime warfare expert Sidharth Kaushal says China wouldn't invade Taiwan "on a whim" but lawmakers in Beijing will feel they've been backed into a corner by Nancy Pelosi's visit

The Conversation

Pelosi's visit to Taiwan raises temperatures, but it's in everyone's interest to cool them down again

US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi’s provocative visit to Taiwan has been ill-timed from the perspective of China’s leader Xi Jinping.

The Times of India

Here are all the ways China’s hitting back against Nancy Pelosi’s Taiwan trip

BEIJING: China hit back at US House speaker Nancy Pelosi’s landmark touchdown in Taiwan late Tuesday with an unprecedented range of actions against the self-ruled island it considers its own.

The Independent UK

EXPLAINER: Why Pelosi went to Taiwan, and why China's angry

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi flew into Taiwan on an Air Force passenger jet Tuesday, becoming the highest-ranking American official in 25 years to visit the self-ruled island claimed by China

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What 3 past Taiwan Strait crises can teach us about U.S.-China tensions today

Both the U.S. and China stepped up military activity in the region ahead of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's Taiwan visit. Here's what is different now from crises in the Taiwan Strait decades ago.

Los Angeles Times

Pelosi arrives in Taiwan, increasing tensions between the US and China

TAIPEI, Taiwan — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi arrived in Taiwan on Tuesday for an unannounced but widely anticipated and controversial visit sure to deepen U.S.-China tensions and fears of military conflict between the two superpowers.

The Hindu

An avoidable crisis: on the Nancy Pelosi Taiwan visit

China and the U.S. don’t want a conflict, but their actions are not serving their cause

The Guardian - US

Nancy Pelosi’s Taiwan trip puts US analysts and Democrats on edge

Experts and officials raise concern over timing of trip even as Republicans hail House speaker

The Independent UK

Why is Nancy Pelosi’s trip to Taiwan so contentious?

Taiwan is at the centre of a geopolitical struggle between Beijing and Washington

Los Angeles Times

Pelosi arrives in Taiwan, increasing tensions between the US and China

Reuters

Taiwan visit caps Nancy Pelosi's long history of confronting Beijing

More than 30 years ago, U.S. Representative Nancy Pelosi angered China's government by showing up in Tiananmen Square and unfurling a banner honoring dissidents killed in the 1989 protests.

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