In a bid to unblock the Brexit negotiations ahead of the European Council in Brussels next month, the U.K. has dramatically expanded the scope of what it is formally willing to pay in ongoing financial commitments, a senior government minister familiar with the negotiations confirmed Wednesday. Source: Politico
- The Chinese military on Sunday condemned the United States and Canada for each sending a warship through the Taiwan Strait last week.
- It said they were threatening peace and stability in the region.
- China claims democratically-ruled Taiwan as its own territory, and has mounted repeated air force missions into Taiwan’s air defense identification zone (ADIZ) over the past year, provoking anger in Taipei. Source CNBC
Police on Monday started the operation to clear protestors against the obligation to have the Green Pass COVID-19 health certificate to access all Italian places of work from a section of the port of Trieste. Source ANSA
After a successful launch to the new Chinese Space Station earlier this year and the initial 90-day “shakedown cruise” of the Shenzhou 12 crew, three taikonauts launched to the station aboard the Shenzhou 13 spacecraft to begin the first long-duration stay aboard.
Shenzhou 13 launched atop a Chang Zheng 2F (CZ-2F) rocket at 16:23 UTC (00:23 local time on Saturday), from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi Desert, in north-central China. Source Nasa
