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21.05.2026 14:20 President Lai Ching-te , who also chairs the Democratic Progressive Party , and the main opposition Kuomintang traded barbs on Wednesday over the two parties' cross-strait policies, with Lai accusing the KMT of undermining Taiwan's sovereignty and the KMT criticizing Lai for engaging in a smear campaign.

21.05.2026 14:20 Facing the inevitable trend of national reunification and the profound shifts in the international landscape, Lai Ching-te remains obsessed with the illusion of "seeking independence by relying on external support," Jiang Bin, spokesperson for the Ministry of National Defense said in response to a media query about Lai's Wednesday speech claiming that maintaining peace and stability across the Taiwan Straits is Taiwan's "strategic goal," while calling for the strengthening of asymmetric military capabilities and enhancing "sustainable national defense capabilities."

21.05.2026 14:20 Taiwan regional leader Lai Ching-te's speech on Wednesday marking his second year in office drew criticism from China's Foreign Ministry, the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council and China's Ministry of National Defense on the same day, with spokespersons saying the remarks are rife with lies and deception and exposed Lai's ugly true nature as a saboteur of cross-Straits peace.

21.05.2026 14:20 In response to rhetoric by Taiwan regional leader Lai Ching-te expressing hope to continue U.S. arms purchases, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said on Wednesday that Taiwan is an inalienable part of China's territory. It has never been a country and will never be a country. The Lai Ching-te authorities have developed a conditioned response of making every attempt to grab attention, which only time and again revealed their true nature as provocateurs and saboteurs of peace.

21.05.2026 14:20 Regarding cross-Straits ties related contents in Taiwan regional leader Lai Ching-te's May 20 speech and media briefing, Chen Binhua, a spokesperson for the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office, said on Wednesday that Lai's speech is rife with lies and deception, hostility and confrontation.

21.05.2026 14:20 A Chinese mainland spokesperson on Wednesday said that Taiwan leader Lai Ching-te's recent separatist remarks on social media fully exposed his bluster and weakness, and were filled with lies and hostility.

21.05.2026 14:20 A Chinese mainland spokesperson on Wednesday slammed Taiwan leader Lai Ching-te over his latest remarks on cross-Strait relations, accusing him of promoting secessionism and escalating tensions across the Taiwan Strait.

21.05.2026 14:20 The risk of the Ebola epidemic is "high at the national and regional levels, and low at the global level," and the situation is not a "pandemic emergency," the World Health Organization said on Wednesday.

21.05.2026 14:20 The deadly Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda does not represent a global pandemic emergency, although the risk is high at a regional and national level, the UN health agency chief said on Wednesday.

21.05.2026 14:20 Facing a fast-moving Ebola outbreak caused by a rare strain of the virus, the World Health Organization is relying on a rapid, community-centred response to halt transmission in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda, a senior official has told UN News.

21.05.2026 14:20 Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen , Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement on the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda. Hundreds have been infected, including an American doctor, and over 100 have died. The World Health Organization has declared the outbreak a public health emergency of international concern.

21.05.2026 14:20 The United States is sanctioning two networks linked to the Sinaloa Cartel responsible for narcotics trafficking and money laundering operations.

21.05.2026 14:20 Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctioned more than a dozen individuals and entities, comprising two distinct networks, linked to the terrorist Sinaloa Cartel and its fentanyl trafficking activities.

21.05.2026 14:20 Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping signed a series of agreements in Beijing aimed at deepening strategic and economic ties, as Moscow sought to turn the optics of the summit into tangible gains on energy cooperation amid turmoil in global oil and gas markets caused by the war in Iran.

21.05.2026 14:20 The People's Assembly House hosted Vladimir Putin's talks with President of China Xi Jinping.