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The $95bn in total funding includes roughly $61bn for Ukraine with some of the funding going towards replenishing American munitions; $26bn for Israel; $8bn for US allies in the Indo-Pacific region, including Taiwan; and $9bn in humanitarian assistance for civilians in war zones, such as Haiti, Sudan and Gaza.
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🥳The US House has passed $95 billion in aid to #Ukraine, #Israel and #Taiwan, ending a political impasse. The Senate is expected to pass the package, which was negotiated with the White House, next week -Bloomberg
The House has cleared a key procedural hurdle in passing foreign aid to #Israel, #Ukraine and #Taiwan. The chamber voted 316-94 to advance the bills, setting up a Saturday vote on the final passage of $95 billion in foreign assistance -ABC News
#House Speaker #MikeJohnson is plowing ahead on a #ForeignAid plan that has roiled his conference & prompted 2 #Republicans to push an effort to oust him….
But instead of the complex 4-part plan he floated this week, Johnson now intends to try to pass 5 bills — 1 each for #aid to #Ukraine, #Israel, & #IndoPacific allies, …a #GOP wish list of #ForeignPolicy priorities & a 5th…to address widespread Republican… [#border ] demands….
The Shifen waterfall is a wide waterfall cascading over rocky cliffs into a serene pond, surrounded by lush greenery with spectators on an observation deck to the left.
Listening in on the German news on yesterday's #earthquake, I feel the main point was missed:
#Taiwan was extremely well prepared, rescue efforts were fast and reliable, the construction reform after the 1999 quake worked with only some 30-ish buildings destroyed on the whole island.
Also: It took the Taiwan Railway Association one day to free the rails of the debris of a 7.2 earthquake.
In Germany, trains don't run for a week after the first snowfall.
Warning: there's quite some language during my recording 😎
Thank you for all your messages I received in the last 24 hours. This really means a lot to me 🙏
P.S. I look like 🙈 after experiencing well over 50 aftershocks since yesterday!
Eyes on Taiwan, lots of earthquake damage especially in Hualien City on the east coast, constant aftershocks, tsunami warning as far as Guam and the Philippines
⚠️ Confirmed: Internet outages have been registered in parts of #Taiwan after a 7.4 magnitude earthquake; the decline in network connectivity comes amid reports of power outages with a tsunami warning issued; nuclear regulator observes no issues with reactors at present 📉
Because they're not stupid, that's why.
The world isn't going to wait around for America to get over it's latest psychodrama. Look where that's getting poor Ukraine.
"Deliberately grounded on a tiny reef in the #SouthChinaSea, part of an island chain claimed by the two Asian countries, the #BRPSierraMadre is now the unlikely base for a detachment of Filipino marines who stand guard over the atoll, scanning the turquoise waters for Chinese ships." #AyunginShoal#SecondThomasShoal#Philippines
The annual #Balikatan (“shoulder-to-shoulder”) drills will involve 16,700 soldiers simulating retaking enemy-occupied islands in areas facing #Taiwan and the #SouthChinaSea.
The military exercises will be the first to be held outside #Philippines’ territorial waters, and come amid a rise in tensions in the South China Sea. #France#Balikatan2024