Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan could cause US-China relations to “fall off a cliff,” per Global Times If House Speaker Nancy Pelosi goes through with her Taiwan visit in August, China will consider it a “strategic level provocation” that would push relations with the US “off a cliff,” the newspaper Global Times said in a series…

Washington lagging behind on UN dues creates a “challenge” exploited by China, envoy says The US being billions of dollars behind on its UN commitments is hurting Washington’s ability to influence the world organization, Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Wednesday. While the American delegation has resisted attempts at shaming over…

Kiev will receive four additional advanced rocket systems in the next military aid package, Pentagon chief says  Ukraine will receive four more high mobility artillery rocket systems (HIMARS) from Washington as part of the next security assistance package, US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin announced on Wednesday.