2 US destroyers sail into Taiwan Strait
By AFP
July 08, 2018
aTAIPEI: Two United States warships entered the Taiwan Strait on Saturday, the Taiwanese government said, at a time of heightened tensions between Washington and Beijing.
The destroyers USS Mustin and USS Benfold sailed into the narrow waterway separating Taiwan and China on Saturday morning and were expected to continue on a northeast course, Taiwan's defence ministry said in a statement.
"The military is monitoring the situation in neighbouring areas, and has the confidence and abilities to maintain regional stability and defend national security," the statement added. A defence ministry official told AFP the ships were still in the strait on Saturday night, sailing in what he described as international waters.
-
Netflix, Paramount Shares Surge Following Resolution Of Warner Bros Bidding War -
Bling Empire's Most Beloved Couple Parts Ways Months After Announcing Engagement -
China-Canada Trade Breakthrough: Beijing Eases Agriculture Tariffs After Mark Carney Visit -
London To Host OpenAI’s Biggest International AI Research Hub -
Elon Musk Slams Anthropic As ‘hater Of Western Civilization’ Over Pentagon AI Military Snub -
Walmart Chief Warns US Risks Falling Behind China In AI Training -
Wyatt Russell's Surprising Relationship With Kurt Russell Comes To Light -
Elon Musk’s XAI Co-founder Toby Pohlen Steps Down After Three Years Amid IPO Push -
Is Human Mission To Mars Possible In 10 Years? Jared Isaacman Breaks It Down -
‘Stranger Things’ Star Gaten Matarazzo Reveals How Cleidocranial Dysplasia Affected His Career -
Google, OpenAI Employees Call For Military AI Restrictions As Anthropic Rejects Pentagon Offer -
Peter Frampton Details 'life-changing- Battle With Inclusion Body Myositis -
Waymo And Tesla Cars Rely On Remote Human Operators, Not Just AI -
AI And Nuclear War: 95 Percent Of Simulated Scenarios End In Escalation, Study Finds -
David Hockney’s First English Landscape Painting Heads To Sotheby’s Auction; First Sale In Nearly 30 Years -
How Does Sia Manage 'invisible Pain' From Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome