United States

Monday, August 8th 2022 - 10:15 UTC
Pelosi’s ‘solidarity’ trip poorly timed and the US “strategic ambiguity”

By Gwynne Dyer – Nancy Pelosi’s brief visit to Taiwan this week caused great — if somewhat confected — anger in Beijing, but the Chinese Communist regime was not her main target. The Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives has long supported Taiwan, and she will be aware that both the government and the people are in need of reassurance at the moment.
Saturday, August 6th 2022 - 12:10 UTC
China announces sanctions against the US and Pelosi

China Friday imposed an entry ban on its territory against US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the entourage accompanying her earlier this week to Taiwan in defiance of Beijing's advice not to fuel tensions regarding what the Asian country considers to be a rogue province.
Friday, August 5th 2022 - 08:13 UTC
US Congressional team meets with Paraguayan Defense Minister

Lawmakers from the United States met Thursday in Asunción with Paraguay's Defense Minister Bernardino Soto Estigarribia to discuss matters of mutual interest, one day ahead of their encounter with President Mario Abdo Benítez at the López Palace.
Friday, August 5th 2022 - 07:48 UTC
Monkeypox declared a health emergency in the US

The United States Government Thursday declared monkeypox a health emergency amid an increasing number of infections nationwide. The decision allows the agencies concerned to have access to emergency funds and manage vaccines and treatments for the malady, which has not yet been linked to any death in the country.
Thursday, August 4th 2022 - 09:58 UTC
Pelosi's visit: G7 and EU call on China not to use force in the Taiwan dispute

The announced threatening actions by the People's Republic of China, particularly live fire exercises and economic coercion risk unnecessary escalation in the Taiwan Strait,” points out a joint statement released on Wednesday by the foreign ministers of G7 countries and the High Representative of the EU.
Thursday, August 4th 2022 - 09:53 UTC
Pelosi leaves Taiwan after less than 24 hours on the island

House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi Wednesday left Taipei after promising that “the United States will not abandon Taiwan,” thus concluding an official trip that had upped tensions between Washington and Beijing and due to which military preparations on both sides had escalated.
Wednesday, August 3rd 2022 - 08:59 UTC
Beijing summons US ambassador over Pelosi's Taiwan bravado

The Government of Beijing Tuesday summoned US Ambassador Nicholas Burns after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi landed in Taiwan despite China's advice against it.
Wednesday, August 3rd 2022 - 08:47 UTC
US Navy building up on its Pacific armada around Taiwan

The United States Government of President Joseph Biden is taking additional military precautions in case China decides to retaliate after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi went ahead with her plans to visit Taiwan.
Tuesday, August 2nd 2022 - 18:19 UTC
US drone strike kills Osama bin Laden's successor as Al-Qaeda chief

An Al-Qaeda leader who was believed to have been involved in the so-called 9/11 attacks has been killed in a drone attack by US forces. Upon announcing the outcome of the mission, President Joseph Biden said about Ayman al-Zawahiri, that “this terrorist leader is no more.”
Tuesday, August 2nd 2022 - 16:47 UTC
US House Speaker Pelosi lands in Taiwan despite China's threats

A United States Air Force aircraft carrying House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her entourage landed Tuesday evening in Taipei, despite China's threat that it would be regarded as an invasion of an island Beijing still regards as a province gone rogue after the 1949 civil war.