Friday, 5 August 2022 — The Chronicles of Haiphong
This article was originally published in CGTN on August 5th, 2022
The special aircraft carrying the U.S. House of Representatives speaker Nancy Pelosi seen departing at the Royal Malaysian Air Force base in Malaysia, August 2, 2022. /CFP
On August 2, U.S. Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi led a Congressional delegation to Taiwan despite numerous warnings from China’s Foreign Ministry and the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) to reconsider. Pelosi’s military aircraft snuck into Taiwan late in the evening.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (L) met Chairman of State Administrative Council & Prime Minister of Myanmar’s Provisional Government, Min Aung Hlaing, Naypyidaw, August 3, 2022
An empty hall on the Palestinian side of Erez checkpoint between Gaza and Israel on 4 August. Ashraf Amra APA images
U.S. provocations against China have moved into high gear. Even as the war in Ukraine, instigated by Washington, unfolds with disastrous consequences for European economies and vibrates through the world economy, a more ominous confrontation is planned.
Anoli Perera (Sri Lanka), Dream 1, 2017
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President Biden announcing the targeted killing of Ayman al-Zawahiri
