LAST UPDATE: 08:30 China’s armed forces today launched large-scale drills in areas around Taiwan, state broadcaster CCTV reported. These are the largest Chinese air and naval exercises ever staged around the island, which has its own government but which Beijing considers a breakaway province, destined to be reunited with the mainland, by force if necessary. […]
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Taiwan: China’s military high schools began with live fire – Launched 11 ballistic missiles
LAST UPDATE: 12:59 p.m China’s armed forces today launched large-scale drills in areas around Taiwan, state broadcaster CCTV reported. During this period, “ships and aircraft” will not be allowed to enter the live-fire drills, he added. These are the largest Chinese air and naval exercises ever staged around the island, which has its own government […]
Taiwan: China’s military high schools began with live fire – 22 aircraft entered its airspace
LAST UPDATE: 5:30 p.m China’s armed forces today launched large-scale drills in areas around Taiwan, state broadcaster CCTV reported. During this period, “ships and aircraft” will not be allowed to enter the live-fire drills, he added. “Middle schools are starting,” CCTV reported via Weibo, the Chinese equivalent of Twitter. The drills are being held in […]
Taiwan: China’s military high schools live fire – 22 aircraft entered its airspace
LAST UPDATE: 5:30 p.m China’s armed forces today launched large-scale drills in areas around Taiwan, state broadcaster CCTV reported. During this period, “ships and aircraft” will not be allowed to enter the live-fire drills, he added. “Middle schools are starting,” CCTV reported via Weibo, the Chinese equivalent of Twitter. The drills are being held in […]
USA: Senate approves Sweden and Finland joining NATO
More than two-thirds of the members of the US Senate on Wednesday approved the admission of Finland and Sweden to NATO, the most significant expansion of the 30-member military alliance since the 1990s, a development that follows the historic decision by the governments of the two countries to leave their neutrality due to Russia’s military […]
Berlin: Reservations about the circumstances of Al-Zawahri’s extermination
The German government appeared cautious in relation to the assassination of the leader of al-Qaeda by the US using a drone, pointing out at the same time that it does not have its own information about the specific circumstances of the strike. The State Department spokesman stressed that military force should be a last resort, […]
Oil: Unexpected increase in US inventories ‘crashes’ prices despite OPEC
U.S. oil and gasoline inventories showed an unexpected rise last week, which appeared to directly offset pressures on crude prices after OPEC+ decided to subtly increase output. In particular, as the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) informed, the country’s crude oil inventories increased by 4.5 million barrels in the week to July 29, when analysts […]
US: Better-than-expected factory orders data in June
Factory orders in the US were higher than economists’ estimates in June, according to the data announced by the US government. In particular, factory orders rose 2% in June, well above analysts’ forecasts in a MarketWatch poll for a 1.2% rise. Orders for durable goods lasting at least three years rose 2 percent in June, […]
At the US-Iran negotiation table for Tehran’s nuclear weapons
Iran’s most senior negotiator on Tehran’s nuclear program and a senior US envoy will travel to Vienna this week for talks on reviving the 2015 nuclear deal, officials from the two governments said today, reviving a process that had discontinued in June. Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanani said Tehran was ready to reach an […]
US: Services ISM unexpectedly rises to 56.7 in July
Unexpected uptick in the services sector ISM in July. The dollar rises after the ISM report throughout the market. The S&P Global Services PMI was revised higher. Service sector data for July was better than expected, especially the ISM data, which boosted the dollar in the market. The ISM service index it went from 55.3 […]
