Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan would be ‘ill-conceived’ and ‘reckless’
By France24
05 August 2022 |
7:11 am
We begin by looking at reactions to the US drone strike that killed al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri. Also, papers lambast US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's planned trip to Taiwan for spurring tensions with China at a thorny time in geopolitics. Finally, French teenagers swap their phones for fishing rods (sort of) and discover the joys of fishing this summer!
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