Daily Archives: August 4, 2022

China launches military exercises around Taiwan after Pelosi visit

China began large-scale military exercises on Thursday intended to punish Taiwan for hosting U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, raising cross-strait tensions to their highest level in decades. Chinese state broadcaster CCTV said Thursday that military maneuvers had begun in the Taiwan Strait, with the Eastern Theater Command of the People’s …

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COVID-19: 956 new cases and one mortality in Iraq today

Iraq logged 956 COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Health said today, Thursday. The daily epidemiological report on COVID-19 stated that three deaths were registered today. On the other hand, 2279 patients had achieved full recovery. The cumulative count of COVID-19 patients since the emergence of …

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China starts live-fire exercises around Taiwan in response to Pelosi visit

China has begun large-scale military sea and air exercises around Chinese Taipei in response to US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to the island and amid soaring tensions between Washington and Beijing over the highly-controversial trip. The unprecedented military exercises kicked off on Thursday a day after Pelosi left Taipei, featuring J-20 stealth …

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Al-Amiri receives Blackshart and discusses the latest developments in the political situation

Today, Thursday, the Secretary-General of the Badr Organization, Hadi al-Amiri, discussed three important files with the United Nations envoy, Jeanine Plasschaert, in his office in Baghdad today. A statement by his media office, received by Al-Ghadeer, stated that “the Secretary-General of the Badr Organization Hadi Al-Amiri received the representative of …

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