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Author: Reuters

China launched unprecedented live-fire military drills in six areas that ring Taiwan on Thursday, a day after a visit by U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi to the self-ruled island that Beijing regards as its sovereign territory.

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Author: Reuters

China deployed scores of planes and fired live missiles near Taiwan on Thursday (local time) in its biggest drills in the Taiwan Strait, a day after US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi made a solidarity trip to the self-ruled island.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2022/08/furious-china-fires-missiles-near-taiwan-in-drills-after-us-house-of-representatives-speaker-nancy-pelosi-visit.html
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Author: Russell Palmer

National and Labour are toeing the one-China line, but ACT leader David Seymour says he would be happy to visit Taiwan if invited.

Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/472160/taiwan-visits-not-up-to-the-ccp-to-decide-seymour
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Author: Reuters

Ukraine said on Wednesday (local time) that Russia had started creating a military strike force aimed at President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's hometown of Kryvyi Rih and warned that Moscow could be preparing new offensive operations in southern Ukraine.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2022/08/ukraine-invasion-fighting-in-donbas-just-hell-russia-creating-strike-force-aimed-at-president-volodymyr-zelenskiy-s-hometown-kyiv-says.html
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Author: Reuters

US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi left Taiwan on Wednesday (local time) after pledging solidarity and hailing its democracy, leaving a trail of Chinese anger over her brief visit to the self-ruled island that Beijing claims as its own.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2022/08/us-house-speaker-nancy-pelosi-offers-praise-support-for-taiwan-during-visit-that-angered-china.html
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Author: Associated Press

The United Nations chief warned on Tuesday that “humanity is just one misunderstanding, one miscalculation away from nuclear annihilation,” citing the war in Ukraine, nuclear threats in Asia and the Middle East and many other factors.

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Author: Associated Press

US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi arrived in Taiwan on Wednesday (NZT), becoming the highest-ranking American official in 25 years to visit the self-ruled island claimed by China, which quickly announced that it would conduct military manoeuvres in retaliation for her presence.

Article: https://www.1news.co.nz/2022/08/03/us-house-speaker-pelosi-arrives-in-taiwan-defying-beijing/
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