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…

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…

The beginning of 2022 and the events that took place during this period of time significantly affected the Russian market as a whole. The tourism sector was no exception. Various nuances and challenges with visiting some countries, blocking the work of many foreign services in Russia, etc. – all these factors adversely affected the market.…