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14.01.2026 17:32 German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said on Tuesday that the U.S. ambition to control Greenland would constitute "a real unprecedented situation in the history of NATO and of any defense alliance in the world."

14.01.2026 17:32 The text of the following statement was released by the Governments of the Republic of Armenia and the United States.

14.01.2026 17:32 African Union Commission Chairperson Mahmoud Ali Youssouf on Tuesday called for strengthening multilateral systems to address global challenges amid the U.S. decision to withdraw from various international institutions.

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14.01.2026 17:32 A total of 41 Chinese coast guard, militia and naval vessels were detected in four key features of the West Philippine Sea in the first week of January, a ranking Philippine Navy official said on Tuesday.

14.01.2026 17:32 "Resolving the Taiwan question is China's own matter," Zhu Fenglian, spokesperson for the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office said on Wednesday's press conference, noting that there is only one China in the world, Taiwan is part of China, and the Taiwan question is China's internal affair. She made the statements in response to a media inquiry about remarks made by US President Donald Trump

14.01.2026 17:32 "To safeguard peace and stability across the Taiwan Straits, 'Taiwan independence' must be unequivocally opposed. People on both sides of the Straits understand this clearly, and the international community sees it clearly as well." Zhu Fenglian, spokesperson for the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office, said at Wednesday's press conference.

14.01.2026 17:32 Any "Taiwan independence" elements who break the law will be subject to all necessary punitive measures, wherever they are, and will be held legally accountable for life in accordance with the law, a spokesperson for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, said on Wednesday in response to a question about Taipei Bar Association issuing a statement rejecting the mainland's listing of local

14.01.2026 17:32 The US forcibly seizing Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife and taking them out of the country sparked high concern on the Taiwan island. When asked to comment on a report by the Time magazine saying that what Taiwan should truly be concerned about is a prolonged Venezuelan entanglement could consume American attention and make Taiwan lose the US's support, and claiming that

14.01.2026 17:32 Asked to comment on foreign media reports that the US and Taiwan island are nearing a trade deal under which TSMC would further invest in the US by building at least five more chip plants, and that public opinion in Taiwan has widely questioned the DPP authorities' approach of exchanging investment for tariff relief, State Council Taiwan Affairs Office spokesperson Zhu Fenglian said on

14.01.2026 17:32 A Chinese mainland spokesperson warned on Wednesday that the crazier the "Taiwan independence" moves, the tighter the anti-secession noose.

14.01.2026 17:32 A Chinese mainland spokesperson on Wednesday reiterated that Taiwan is an inalienable part of China and that the Taiwan question is purely China's internal affair.

14.01.2026 17:32 A mainland spokesperson on Wednesday said that the Taiwan question belongs to China's internal affairs, and its resolution is a matter for the Chinese people alone.

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14.01.2026 17:32 China launched a Long March-8A carrier rocket on Tuesday in the southern island province of Hainan, sending a new group of internet satellites into space.