Joe Biden’s advisers say he doesn’t want to drag Pacific allies into ‘headlong clash’ between US and China

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https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/172f883ebe2178be9d7eb3350d2faf3e34da108a/0_106_6141_3685/master/6141.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=1d9ab93c07b6bcb51229122561d81f8eSenior White House offi­cial says pres­i­dent hears region’s con­cerns and ‘does not want con­flict’ with Chi­na Joe Biden’s senior advis­ers have acknowl­edged coun­tries in the Indo-Pacif­ic don’t want to be “tram­pled by a head­long clash” between the US and Chi­na. In a webi­nar with an Aus­tralian audi­ence on Fri­day, senior White House nation­al secu­ri­ty coun­cil (NSC) officials…

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USAID Chief to Congress: Foreign Aid Key in Countering Chinese, Russian Influence

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https://gdb.voanews.com/01000000–0aff-0242-e439-08db4fd2dec6_cx0_cy3_cw0_w800_h450.jpgA top Repub­li­can law­mak­er said Wednes­day the fund­ing pri­or­i­ties for the U.S. Agency for Inter­na­tion­al Devel­op­ment (USAID) do not go far enough in address­ing the threat posed by the Chi­nese Com­mu­nist Par­ty (CCP). The Biden admin­is­tra­tion has request­ed $32 bil­lion in for­eign assis­tance for USAID — $3 bil­lion more than the amount appro­pri­at­ed by Congress…

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Review: Kenya Airways 787–8 Economy Class

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https://liveandletsfly.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Kenya-Airways-787–8‑Economy-Class-Review-16.jpeg From Nairo­bi to Johan­nes­burg, I trav­eled on Kenya Air­ways on a Boe­ing 787–8 in econ­o­my class. Ser­vice was pleas­ant onboard and the meal was accept­able, but the chron­i­­cal­­ly-delayed air­line was late again. Kenya Air­ways 787–8 Econ­o­my Class Review After fly­ing from Nairo­bi to New York in busi­ness class on Kenya Air­ways on my pri­or trip,…

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What are Russian mercenaries doing in West Africa? — BBC Africa

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The Wag­n­er Group is an organ­i­sa­tion of Russ­ian mer­ce­nar­ies. Thou­sands of their sol­diers have been fight­ing on the Russ­ian side in the war in Ukraine. But they have also been active on the African con­ti­nent in sev­er­al coun­tries — includ­ing the Cen­tral African Repub­lic, Mali and now, alleged­ly, Burk­i­na Faso. These Wag­n­er sol­diers are fight­ing in…

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