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US Gives More Than $400 Million in New Yemen Aid, Bringing Total to $5.4 Billion

February 27, 2023
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The U.S. Department of State has pledged more than $444 million in additional humanitarian assistance to Yemen, bringing the total amount contributed by Yemen’s top donor to over $5.4 billion since conflict in the country began in 2014. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement on Feb. 27 that the donation illustrates “the…

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Blinken Calls on UN to Unite Behind Ukraine, Downplays China’s Peace Plan

February 24, 2023
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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged the international community to resist normalizing Russian President Vladimir Putin’s crimes in the ongoing war against Ukraine, while also downplaying Beijing’s proposal to end the conflict. Speaking at the United Nations Security Council on Friday—the anniversary of Russia’s invasion—Blinken stressed the need for member nations to uphold the…

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Top Chinese Diplomat Slams US Over Balloon Incident at Security Conference, May Elevate US-Taiwan Relations: Experts

February 23, 2023
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Wang Yi, the Chinese communist regime’s top diplomat, called the United States’s shooting down of a Chinese spy balloon “absurd and hysterical” at Munich Security Conference on Feb. 18 when he met with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken. The Chinese balloon breached U.S. airspace flying across the country at the end of January and…

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Beijing’s Response to US Shootdown of Chinese Spy Balloon May Elevate US-Taiwan Relations: Experts

February 23, 2023
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Wang Yi, the Chinese communist regime’s top diplomat, called the United States’s shooting down of a Chinese spy balloon “absurd and hysterical” at Munich Security Conference on Feb. 18 when he met with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken. The Chinese balloon breached U.S. airspace flying across the country at the end of January and…

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Blinken Says US Has Had Talks With Elon Musk About Starlink in Ukraine

February 20, 2023
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WASHINGTON—U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Saturday that the U.S. government has had conversations with Elon Musk about the use of Starlink satellite internet in Ukraine. SpaceX this month said it has taken steps to prevent Ukraine’s military from using the company’s Starlink service for controlling drones in the region during the country’s…

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Blinken Tours Turkey’s Earthquake Zone, Pledges $100 Million in Aid

February 19, 2023
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ISTANBUL—U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken took a helicopter tour Sunday of one of the provinces worst-affected by the Feb. 6 earthquake in southern Turkey and northern Syria and pledged a further $100 million in aid to help the region. “This is going to be a long-term effort,” Blinken said at Incirlik Air Base, a…

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China Considering ‘Lethal’ Aid for Russia: Blinken

February 19, 2023
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The Chinese regime could be considering providing lethal aid to Russia, according to U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, which, if confirmed, would represent an unprecedented escalation of China’s presence in the Russia-Ukraine war. “[F]or the most part, China has been engaged in providing rhetorical, political, diplomatic support to Russia. But we have information that…

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Blinken Meets With Top Chinese Diplomat in Munich Amid Balloon Fallout

February 18, 2023
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Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with top Chinese diplomat Wang Yi in Munich on Saturday amid hopes to warm bilateral ties in the wake of a Chinese surveillance balloon fallout. “The Secretary directly spoke to the unacceptable violation of U.S. sovereignty and international law by the PRC high-altitude surveillance balloon in U.S. territorial airspace,…

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US Condemns Chinese Spy Balloon Incursion in First in-Person Meeting

February 18, 2023
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Secretary of State Antony Blinken condemned Beijing’s act of sending a surveillance balloon over U.S. airspace in the first bilateral meeting he had with his Chinese counterpart. “Just met with the PRC’s top diplomat, Wang Yi,” Blinken wrote on Twitter after their meeting on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference. “I condemned the incursion…

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US Condemns Chinese Spy Balloon Incursion in 1st in-Person Meeting

February 18, 2023
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Secretary of State Antony Blinken, in the first bilateral meeting he has had with his Chinese counterpart, condemned Beijing’s act of sending a surveillance balloon over U.S. airspace. “Just met with the PRC’s top diplomat, Wang Yi,” Blinken wrote on Twitter after their meeting on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference. “I condemned the…

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