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U.K. to Pledge $3 Billion More in Military Aid to Ukraine
[ad_1] Prime Minister Rishi Sunak of Britain will announce in a visit to Kyiv on Friday that his country will send more than $3 billion in military assistance to Ukraine in the next financial year, his country’s largest annual commitment since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion. The new package, revealed in a statement, is part of an effort to…
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Taiwan Election: Why It Matters, and What It Could Mean for U.S. and China
[ad_1] Taiwan will choose a new president on Saturday, bringing new leadership to volatile relations with an increasingly belligerent Beijing. The outcome could raise or lower the risks of a crisis, giving China a potential transition point to revive engagement, or to increase the military threats that could ultimately draw the United States into a war. China’s leader, Xi Jinping,…
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Taiwan Party, Reviled by China, Faces Test of its Staying Power
[ad_1] Nearly four decades ago, a group of lawyers, intellectuals and activists assembled in a hotel ballroom in Taipei to found an illegal political party dedicated to ending authoritarian rule in Taiwan. No longer a scrappy upstart, the Democratic Progressive Party, born in that ballroom, is now seeking an unprecedented third consecutive term. It needs to persuade voters that after…
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U.S. and Allies Hit Yemen With Airstrikes
[ad_1] Videos verified by The Times show several explosions in the vicinity of Hodeidah International Airport. [ad_2] Source link
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Friday Briefing – The New York Times
[ad_1] What’s at stake in Taiwan’s election Voters in Taiwan will elect a new president and legislature tomorrow, a much-watched process that could affect the island’s relations with China and the U.S. China claims Taiwan as part of its territory and has demanded unification, which the island democracy has rejected. The tensions over Taiwan are one of the most divisive…
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U.S. and Allies Hit Yemen With Airstrikes
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‘Nowhere Is Safe in Gaza’: South Africa Accuses Israel of Genocide
[ad_1] new video loaded: ‘Nowhere Is Safe in Gaza’: South Africa Accuses Israel of Genocide transcript Back transcript ‘Nowhere Is Safe in Gaza’: South Africa Accuses Israel of Genocide South Africa began laying out its case that Israel is acting with “genocidal intent” in Gaza to the International Court of Justice in The Hague. “Israel has a genocidal intent against…
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Blinken Talks a Grand Vision for Mideast Peace but Hits a Wall in Israel
[ad_1] As Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken stood on the tarmac of an airport in Cairo on Thursday before flying back to the United States, he expressed confidence in the support he said he had gotten from leaders across the Middle East for a vision of postwar Gaza, eventually including a Palestinian state alongside Israel. “None of this will…
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Who Are the Houthis and Why Is the U.S. Attacking Them?
[ad_1] Since mid-November, the Houthis, a Yemeni rebel group allied with Hamas and backed by Iran, have launched dozens of attacks on ships sailing through the Red Sea and the Suez Canal, a crucial shipping route through which 12 percent of world trade passes. Early Friday morning, the United States and a handful of allies, including Britain, struck back, carrying…
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U.S. Missiles Strike Targets in Yemen Linked to Houthis
[ad_1] The United States and a handful of its allies on Thursday carried out military strikes against more than a dozen targets in Yemen controlled by the Iranian-backed Houthi militia, U.S. officials said, in an expansion of the war in the Middle East that the Biden administration had sought to avoid for three months. The American-led air and naval strikes…
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