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world news Dialuna 1 augustus 2022

Pelosi confirms trip to Asia, but no mention of Taiwan

(AP) — The speaker of Taiwan since then-Speaker Washington’s “One China
the U.S. House of Repre- Newt Gingrich in 1997. policy” says it takes no posi-
sentatives, Nancy Pelosi, tion on the status of the two
confirmed Sunday she The Biden administration sides but wants their dispute
will visit four Asian coun- didn’t explicitly urge Pelosi to resolved peacefully. Bei-
tries this week but made avoid Taiwan but tried to as- jing promotes an alternative
no mention of a possible sure Beijing there was no rea- “One China principle” that
stop in Taiwan that has fu- son to “come to blows” and says they are one country and
eled tension with Beijing, that if such a visit occurred, the Communist Party is its
which claims the island it would signal no change in leader.
democracy as its own ter- U.S. policy.
ritory. Members of Congress pub-
“Under the strong leadership licly backed Pelosi’s interest
Pelosi said in a statement she of President Biden, America in visiting Taiwan despite
is leading a congressional del- is firmly committed to smart, Chinese opposition. They
egation to Singapore, Malay- strategic engagement in the want to avoid being seen as
sia, South Korea and Japan to region, understanding that yielding to Beijing.
discuss trade, the COVID-19 a free and flourishing Indo-
pandemic, climate change, Pacific is crucial to prosper- Beijing has given no details spokesman Col. Shen Jinke
security and “democratic ity in our nation and around of how it might react if Pelosi said on Sunday, referring to A visit to Taiwan would be
governance.” the globe,” Pelosi’s statement goes to Taiwan, but the Min- Taiwan. a career capstone for Pelosi,
said. istry of Defense warned last who increasingly uses her po-
Pelosi has yet to confirm week the military would take Pelosi said her delegation sition in Congress as a U.S.
news reports that she might Taiwan and China split in “strong measures to thwart includes U.S. Reps. Grego- emissary on the global stage.
visit Taiwan. Chinese Presi- 1949 after the communists any external interference.” ry Meeks, chairman of the She has long challenged
dent Xi Jinping warned won a civil war on the main- The foreign ministry said, House Foreign Affairs Com- China on human rights and
against meddling in Beijing’s land. Both sides say they are “those who play with fire will mittee; Mark Takano, chair- wanted to visit Taiwan earlier
dealings with the island in a one country but disagree over perish by it.” man of the House Com- this year.
phone call Thursday with his which government is entitled mittee on Veterans’ Affairs;
American counterpart, Joe to national leadership. They The ruling party’s military Suzan DelBene, vice chair of In 1991, as a new member of
Biden. have no official relations but wing, the People’s Libera- the House Ways and Means Congress, Pelosi irked Chi-
are linked by billions of dol- tion Army, has flown grow- Committee; Raja Krish- nese authorities by unfurl-
Beijing sees official Ameri- lars of trade and investment. ing numbers of fighter planes namoorthi, a member of the ing a banner on Tiananmen
can contact with Taiwan as and bombers around Taiwan House Permanent Select Square in central Beijing
encouragement to make its The United States switched to intimidate the island. Committee on Intelligence commemorating those killed
decades-old de facto inde- diplomatic recognition from and chair of the Subcommit- when the Communist Party
pendence permanent, a step Taipei to Beijing in 1979, but “The Air Force’s multi-type tee on Economic and Con- crushed pro-democracy pro-
U.S. leaders say they don’t maintains informal relations fighter jets fly around the sumer Policy of the House tests two years earlier.
support. Pelosi, head of one with the island. Washington treasured island of the moth- Committee on Oversight
of three branches of the is obligated by federal law to erland, tempering and en- and Reform, and Andy Kim, “It’s important for us to show
U.S. government, would be see that Taiwan has the means hancing the ability to main- a member of the House support for Taiwan,” Pelosi,
the highest-ranking elected to defend itself. tain national sovereignty and Armed Services and Foreign a Democrat from California,
American official to visit territorial integrity,” military Affairs Committees. told reporters this month.

Italians ask if immigrant’s slaying could have been stopped

(AP) — Italians debated shopping street in Civitanova peddled packets of tissues or
Sunday whether a Nige- Marche, an Italian town on Video footage of the attack cigarette lighters to custom- Some radio listeners were
rian street vendor could the Adriatic Sea, Alika Ogor- has circulated on Italian news ers, local shopkeepers said. indignant that two bystand-
have been saved from a chukwu, 39, was left for dead websites and social media. ers used their phones to film
fatal attack by an enraged after first being struck with During a popular talk show the attack and no one appar-
Italian man that played his own crutch and then A judge on Monday will rule on Italian state radio Sunday, ently tried to pull the suspect
out in public as bystand- pummeled furiously by the if the alleged attacker, iden- listeners called in to decry the off his victim. The police
ers watched. Mourners suspect. tified by police as Filippo indifference of at least two said some did call to report
left flowers and placards Claudio Giuseppe Ferlazzo, bystanders who filmed the an attack in progress, but by
denouncing the violence “Four-minute long horror,″ 32, should remain jailed dur- event and the fear the attack the time help arrived, Ogor-
and the indifference of headlined Corriere della ing the investigation. generated.. chukwu was dead.
those nearby. Sera, noting that other Nige-
rian immigrants in the town Police investigator Mat- One listener recalled a young One caller asked the host
On Saturday, as strollers had decried the indifference teo Luconi said the assailant man beaten to death by a what would he have done if
promenaded along a bustling and racism seen in the killing. went after the vendor follow- gang of Italian youths near he were there.
ing “insistent” requests by Rome in 2020 when he tried
Ogorchukwu to the suspect to defend a friend and sub- “I would have kicked him,”
and his female companion due a fight. A court recently replied Mario Sechi, direc-
for pocket change. The slain convicted four Italians, sen- tor of the Italian news agency
man’s lawyer said he was at- tencing two of them to life AGI.
tacked after complimenting in prison, for the killing of
the woman’s beauty. Willy Monteiro Duarte, a The attack comes as Italian
cook whose family originated politicians begin campaign-
An autopsy will help deter- from Cape Verde. ing for an early parliamentary
mine if Ogorchukwu died election on Sept. 25. The an-
from the beating or possibly On Sunday, people paused at ti-migrant head of the right-
was strangled as he lay on his the spot where Ogorchukwu wing League party, Matteo
back, his attacker on top of died, leaving flowers and ty- Salvini, has made immigra-
him and striking him. ing placards to a tree, includ- tion as well as protecting citi-
ing one denouncing “vio- zens from violent crime his
Ogorchukwu frequently lence, racism, indifference.” top issues.