Moscow is raking in more revenue than ever with the help of new buyers, new traders and the world’s seemingly insatiable demand for crude
Russia Confounds the West by Recapturing Its Oil Riches
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US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has warned that a failure to place a price cap on Russian oil would hurt the global economy.
Yellen discusses Russia oil price cap as Chancellor Nadhim Zahawi visits US
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Nancy Pelosi criticised for including son in Taiwan delegation
Borqs’ filings with the US Securities and Exchange Commission from June 2021 show that Paul Jnr. acquired 700,000 shares of Broqs Technologies as part of an “employee benefit plan”. But his name does not appear among the company’s 10 major shareholders in an SEC filing submitted on May 2, 2022.
The U.S. government on Monday strongly discouraged former NBA player Dennis Rodman from traveling to Russia to help secure the release of detained WNBA star Brittney Griner — a trip that Rodman himself now maintains isn’t in the offing.
US discourages Dennis Rodman from going to Russia to help Brittney Griner; he now says he’s not going
H/T: Emil Cosman
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Dennis Rodman Planning Trip to Russia to Seek Brittney Griner Release: ‘I Know Putin Too Well’
Like all nations, Australia has a right to a military presence in the South China Sea. But how and why it exercises that right have become key policy questions.
Why is Australia risking conflict with China?
US congressional delegation arrives in Taiwan
As Markey’s delegation arrived in Taipei, Chinese fighter jets, bombers and airborne early warning aircraft departed for Thailand for joint exercises with the Royal Thai Air Force.
Meanwhile, the US is holding joint exercises in Indonesia with the Australian, Japanese, and Singaporean forces, while the Pentagon announced last week that the US Navy will conduct “air and maritime transits” through the Taiwan Strait in the coming weeks, while the USS Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group will remain stationed in the region.
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Several US lawmakers made a visit to the island of Taiwan via US military aircraft on Sunday. This is new provocation. On the same day, it’s revealed by the Taiwan side that China’s PLA sent 22 military aircraft and six warships for combat readiness security patrols in the Taiwan Straits and some of them crossed the so-called median line, which the mainland doesn’t recognize.
Nancy Pelosi Taiwan Visit Could Get Us All Killed
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Pelosi expected to visit Taiwan, Taiwanese and US officials say
Officials also believe the Chinese leadership doesn’t completely grasp the political dynamics in the United States*, leading to a misunderstanding over the significance of Pelosi’s potential visit. The officials say China may be confusing Pelosi’s visit with an official administration visit, since she and Biden are both Democrats. Administration officials are concerned that China doesn’t separate Pelosi from Biden much, if at all.
Pelosi is in the presidential line of succession, thus the administration takes extra care of her security when she travels overseas, the White House said on Tuesday, according to CNN.
They’re well aware that Pelosi is the second in line of Presidential succession!
Japanese Lawmakers Make Rare Taiwan Visit to Discuss Potential Conflict
Japan is essential to the US’s plans to boost alliances in the region to encircle China, and Washington is encouraging Tokyo to expand its military. Analysts told The South China Morning Post that a conflict sparked by US intervention in Taiwan could leave Japan and other US allies in the region badly exposed, and in the middle of a situation they have not properly planned for.
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Three days ago a mandarin speaker posted an interesting thread about the use of Chinese language phrases to express a threat.
How China Warns Of Pelosi’s Taiwan Trip
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“Don’t say we didn’t warn you!” – a phrase that was used by the People’s Daily in 1962 before China was forced to fight the border war with India and ahead of the 1979 China-Vietnam War, was frequently mentioned during a forum held Friday by a high-level Chinese think tank, as analysts warned that open military options and comprehensive countermeasures ranging from the economy to diplomacy from China await if US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi gambles with a visit to the Taiwan island during her Asia tour.
Don’t say we didn’t warn you – Symposium of China’s top think tank sends classic, pre-war warning to provocative Pelosi
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