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Pelosi’s widely watched flight to Taipei took a circuitous route. Here’s why.
Nancy Pelosi’s plane departing Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, for Taipei on Tuesday evening was one of the most closely tracked flights…
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Taiwan and Ukraine: Two crises, 5,000 miles apart, are linked in complex ways.
Hours before Russia began its invasion of Ukraine in late February, the Chinese Foreign Ministry issued a statement that was…
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Why So Many Cars Have Rats in Them Now
For eight years, Libby Denault had taken her Prius to the same auto body shop in Brooklyn for tuneups and…
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How New Yorkers Push the Limits
Good morning. It’s Wednesday. We’ll take a quick look at limits — speed limits and time limits — prompted by…
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Premier League Players Will No Longer Take a Knee Before Games
While Premier League soccer players will continue to take a knee to protest racism this season, they said Wednesday that…
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Pelosi cites ‘America’s determination to preserve democracy.’
After weeks of silence ahead of a high-stakes visit to Taiwan, Speaker Nancy Pelosi was anything but understated on Wednesday…
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Mexico’s Cruel Drought: ‘Here You Have to Chase the Water’
Mexico, or large parts of it, is running out of water. An extreme drought has seen taps run dry across…
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Allies respond with caution and criticism to Pelosi visit.
America’s allies in Asia reacted to Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan with a mixture of caution and criticism. In…
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Pelosi draws crowds as she moves through Taiwan’s capital.
TAIPEI, Taiwan — As Speaker Nancy Pelosi moved around Taiwan’s capital with her entourage on Wednesday, taking one meeting after…
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Newt Gingrich went to Taiwan as House speaker in 1997.
There is precedent for a House speaker visiting Taiwan and stirring up geopolitical tension: Newt Gingrich did just that in…