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  • Real crisis is to start after Pelosi’s Taiwan visit – WaPo

    RT - Aug 3rd 2022 8:38am EDT

    The impact of the US House speaker’s trip to the island may play out “for years”, a Washington Post columnist predicts The broader impact of US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan will play out “for weeks, months and years” after she returns from her trip, a Washington Post columnist has argued. Citing sources […]

  • Chinese firm responds to Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan – Bloomberg

    RT - Aug 3rd 2022 8:03am EDT

    Battery maker CATL reportedly puts US factory plans on hold China’s CATL, the world’s largest battery maker, will delay a decision on building a multibillion-dollar factory in the US, due to the controversial visit by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday. Contemporary Amperex Technology Co (CATL) was expected to announce its […]

  • EU country threatens huge fines for violating energy rules – El Mundo

    RT - Aug 3rd 2022 7:25am EDT

    Spain’s new draconian measures have left businesses bewildered, the newspaper reports The Spanish government will reportedly issue huge fines for non-compliance with energy restrictions prompted by the ongoing energy crisis in Europe. The penalties will range from up to €60,000 for minor offences, to a maximum of €600,000 for serious violations, Spanish newspaper El Mundo […]

  • Americans issued safety warning

    RT - Aug 3rd 2022 6:42am EDT

    The State Department has urged caution among US citizens worldwide after Washington killed al Qaeda leader Americans abroad could potentially face increased violence after a US drone strike in Afghanistan killed al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri, the State Department warned on Tuesday. In a Worldwide Caution communique, the State Department said that “current information suggests […]

  • US and Taiwan branded ‘destroyers of peace’

    RT - Aug 3rd 2022 6:33am EDT

    Taipei’s plans to gain independence through American help are doomed to fail, China warns The leadership in Taipei and the US are responsible for creating conflict between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait, Ma Xiaoguang, spokesperson for the Taiwan affairs office of China’s State Council, has insisted. Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen and the Democratic […]

  • US House Speaker Pelosi departs from Taiwan

    RT - Aug 3rd 2022 6:02am EDT

    China says Washington will “pay the price” for the official’s visit to the self-governed island, in defiance of Beijing’s warnings US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has concluded her controversial visit to Taiwan, with a plane carrying America’s third highest-ranking official taking off from Songshan Airport in Taipei on Wednesday. Pelosi arrived on the self-governed island […]

  • Australia responds to Asia-Pacific tensions with rare move

    RT - Aug 3rd 2022 5:18am EDT

    Canberra will conduct the first major review of country’s military preparedness in years Australia announced on Wednesday it will conduct a Defense Strategic Review of the Armed Forces for the first time in a decade. It comes amid heightened Asia-Pacific tensions over US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to the self-governed island of Taiwan, despite […]

  • German ex-chancellor offers solution to EU’s energy crisis

    RT - Aug 3rd 2022 5:15am EDT

    Gerhard Schroeder called for the launch of Russia’s Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline Former German chancellor Gerhard Schroeder has offered “the simplest solution” to Europe’s current energy crisis – to switch on the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline. Nord Stream 2 “is ready,” the former chancellor told German magazine Stern in an interview published on […]

  • China slaps trade restrictions on Taiwan

    RT - Aug 3rd 2022 4:41am EDT

    Imports of Taiwanese citrus and fish have been targeted over Nancy Pelosi’s trip to the island China has suspended the import of a range of Taiwanese goods as tensions grow over a visit to the self-governed island by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. According to Chinese authorities, imports of Taiwanese citrus and some types of […]

  • Kindergarten attack leaves three dead, several injured

    RT - Aug 3rd 2022 4:23am EDT

    Chinese police have released an image of the alleged killer, AFP reports A stabbing attack at a private kindergarten in the southeast Chinese province of Jiangxi left three people dead and six others injured on Wednesday, local police reported. Law enforcement released an image of the suspect on social media, describing him as a “gangster” […]

  • China advises airlines to stay clear of Taiwan

    RT - Aug 3rd 2022 3:44am EDT

    A formal warning highlights six exclusion zones, where military exercises are to take place China’s air traffic authority has sent a notice to airlines operating in Asia, informing them of an upcoming military exercise around Taiwan. They were advised to stay out of six zones around the island, that the Chinese military earlier earmarked for […]

  • US should withdraw nuclear weapons from Europe, China says

    RT - Aug 3rd 2022 3:13am EDT

    There should be no double standards in global non-proliferation, Beijing insists The US should “withdraw all its nuclear weapons from Europe and refrain from deploying nuclear weapons in any other region,” the director general of the Chinese Foreign Ministry’s arms control department has said. So-called “nuclear sharing arrangements” between countries “increase the risks of nuclear […]

  • British politicians warned against visiting Taiwan

    RT - Aug 3rd 2022 2:56am EDT

    UK politicians will face “severe consequences” if they follow Nancy Pelosi’s example of “playing with fire,” China’s envoy warns British politicians should avoid following the US example by “playing with fire” when it comes to the Taiwan issue, the Chinese ambassador to London said during a press conference on Tuesday Zheng Zeguang said such actions […]

  • CrossTalk: West’s miscalculation

    RT - Aug 3rd 2022 2:16am EDT

    The so-called collective West is at war with Russia. Using Ukraine as a proxy, the West has made it clear it wants a Russia that is weaker and isolated on the world stage. To date these attempts have ended in failure. In fact, the opposite has happened: the West is weaker and isolated. CrossTalking with […]

  • European gas crisis going from ‘bad’ to ‘ugly’ – report

    RT - Aug 3rd 2022 2:09am EDT

    Winter stockpiles could run low, according to media, citing a warning from Bank of America The European energy crisis is getting worse, the Markets Insider news website reported on Monday, quoting a research note from Bank of America. “The European gas situation has quickly moved from our ‘bad’ to our ‘ugly’ scenario in the past […]

  • Taiwan accuses Beijing of air and sea blockade

    RT - Aug 3rd 2022 1:29am EDT

    China plans to conduct a series of military drills around the island Taiwan’s defense officials have accused Beijing of seeking to “invade” the island’s territorial waters and airspace, after China announced a series of “targeted military operations” in response to US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taipei. Military officials in Taipei claimed on Wednesday that several […]

  • Pelosi receives medal of honor

    RT - Aug 2nd 2022 11:56pm EDT

    Taiwanese leader praised the US House Speaker for her stalwart support of the island Amid fierce protests from Beijing, US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has reiterated Washington’s commitment, solidarity and determination to protect democracy in Taiwan, during a meeting with the island’s leader Tsai Ing-wen in Taipei on Wednesday. “The speaker’s courage and actions are […]

  • Pelosi addresses Taiwan parliament

    RT - Aug 2nd 2022 10:26pm EDT

    ‘We come in peace’, Pelosi told Taiwanese officials US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi held a meeting with the deputy speaker and members of Taiwan’s parliament in Taipei on Wednesday morning, amid fierce protests and promises of “resolute countermeasures” from Beijing. “We come in friendship to Taiwan, we come in peace to the region,” the third […]

  • Biden’s Covid symptoms return

    RT - Aug 2nd 2022 9:44pm EDT

    The US President is experiencing “a bit of a return of a loose cough,” his doctor said US President Joe Biden continues to battle a so-called rebound Covid-19 infection and will remain in strict isolation under daily monitoring, his physician Kevin O’Connor wrote in a letter on Tuesday. “The President continues to feel well, though […]

  • Beijing’s response to Pelosi’s Taiwan visit will likely show that revenge is a dish best served cold

    RT - Aug 2nd 2022 8:36pm EDT

    Here’s why Nancy Pelosi’s visit is such a big deal in Beijing – and how Chinese officials might respond US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi made an unannounced but heavily anticipated landing in Taiwan on Tuesday, plunging US-China relations to a new low. Despite warnings from other top Washington officials, Pelosi has now become the highest […]

  • China summons US ambassador

    RT - Aug 2nd 2022 6:38pm EDT

    Beijing says Washington ‘must pay the price’ for Nancy Pelosi’s ‘deliberately provocative’ visit to Taiwan Vice Foreign Minister Xie Feng has urgently summoned the US Ambassador to China Nicholas Burns on Tuesday night, to lodge “stern representations” over the House Speaker’s visit to Taiwan and warn Washington against going further down the “dangerous path” of […]

  • Serbia’s president expects ‘nothing’ from talks with Kosovo

    RT - Aug 2nd 2022 6:05pm EDT

    Still, Aleksandar Vucic has confirmed he will partake in the upcoming negotiations hosted by Brussels Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic expects “nothing” from the upcoming talks with Kosovo, which were announced after the fresh flare-up between Belgrade and the breakaway region. Speaking with the RTS TV channel on Tuesday, Vucic launched a personal attack against Kosovo […]

  • UN brokers extension of Yemen ceasefire

    RT - Aug 2nd 2022 4:51pm EDT

    The four-month truce has been extended through October, with the UN hoping for a peace deal With just hours left on the clock, the Houthis and the Saudi-backed government have agreed to extend the Yemen ceasefire – which has mostly held since April – by another two months. UN special envoy Hans Grundberg announced on […]

  • China begins military drills in response to Pelosi’s Taiwan visit – reports

    RT - Aug 2nd 2022 2:21pm EDT

    Beijing has vowed to “resolutely thwart” external interference from the US after Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan Beijing has begun conducting military drills off Taiwan after promising to launch a series of “targeted military operations” in response to US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to the self-ruled island, Chinese media reported. “The Eastern Zone of […]

  • Taiwan speaks of ‘rock solid’ ties with US

    RT - Aug 2nd 2022 2:07pm EDT

    Pelosi’s high-profile visit demonstrates Washington’s “rock-solid” support for Taiwan, the island’s foreign ministry said Taiwan “wholeheartedly” welcomed US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi after her plane touched down in Taipei on Tuesday, according to an official statement by Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. According to the foreign ministry, the high-level delegation highlights the “rock-solid” support the […]