. REUTERS (UK)
Chinese warplanes buzz line dividing Taiwan Strait before expected Pelosi visit – source
U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi was expected to arrive in Taipei later on Tuesday, people briefed on the matter said, as several Chinese warplanes flew close to the median line dividing the Taiwan Strait, a source told Reuters.
. NIKKEI ASIA (JAPAN)
China bans thousands of Taiwan food imports as Pelosi trip riles
Halt on everything from vegetables to baby food comes as Sino-U.S. tensions soar
. THE RIO TIMES (BRAZIL)
Argentina rejects British military presence in South Atlantic
Argentina rejected yesterday, Monday, at the 10th Review Conference of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) at the United Nations headquarters in New York, the military presence of the United Kingdom in the Malvinas Islands (Falklands)
. THE GUARDIAN (UK)
Ayman al-Zawahiri: al-Qaida leader killed in US drone strike in Afghanistan, Joe Biden says
A US drone strike in Afghanistan has killed the top al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahiri, Joe Biden announced on Monday.
. BBC (UK)
Nuclear annihilation just one miscalculation away, UN chief warns
The world is one misstep from devastating nuclear war and in peril not seen since the Cold War, the UN Secretary General has warned.
