The European Union aims to fast-track up to $1.1 billion in financial aid to Egypt. The EU is using a funding procedure that bypasses parliamentary oversight and other safeguards. The fast-track money would inject much-needed funds into the Egyptian economy, officials say.
Taiwan has commissioned two new navy ships as a safeguard against the rising threat from China, which has been ratcheting up its naval and air force missions around the island that it claims as its own territory to be annexed by force