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Russia-Niger military cooperation, Lloyd Austin says US has "no more money" for Ukraine; the USA has not ratified UNCLOS, but claims one million square kilometres of continental shelf.
UPDATE: Russia and Niger, under military rule since a coup last year, have agreed to develop military cooperation, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Tuesday. According to Russian news agencies, Russian Deputy Defense Ministers Yunus-Bek Yevkurov and Alexander Fomin met Niger's junta-appointed Defense Minister Salifu Modi on Tuesday.
Bonnie Glaser: “American policy should focus on their [Taiwan’s] hopes and fears if the United States wishes to maintain influence over events in the Taiwan Strait.”
The attacks on commercial ships in the Red Sea by Yemen’s Houthi rebels have rerouted a majority of global trade away from the crucial maritime artery for consumer goods and energy supplies, a shift expected to trigger delays and rising prices.
