Chinese aircraft carrier, jets holding drills in the Pacific, says Taiwan

China has launched drills in the western Pacific involving its Shandong aircraft carrier and dozens of warplanes, according to Taiwan’s defence ministry, in exercises analysts described as Beijing’s “largest” such manoeuvres in the region. The report came on Wednesday as Beijing, which views self-ruled Taiwan as its own territory, steps up military and political pressure…

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American Journalist Evan Gershkovich Remains in Jail on Spying Charges, Says Russian Judge

On Tuesday, a Moscow City Court judge denied the appeal of American journalist Evan Gershkovich, who was detained in Russia on spying charges. The Wall Street Journal’s Russia correspondent has been accused by Russia’s Federal Security Service of spying on behalf of the U.S. government. This marks the first time since the Cold War that…

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