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UK foreign secretary warns a war across Taiwan strait and likely destruction of semiconductor industry would have global effects

Getting across the Cook Strait has been a logistical challenge over the past few months. The Detail looks at why the ferries have become so unreliable.

A US destroyer and a Canadian frigate sailed through the Taiwan Strait on Tuesday in the latest joint operation aimed at reinforcing the route's status as an international waterway. Beijing views as its own both democratic Taiwan and the narrow body of water separating the island from mainland China --…

Two United States warships sailed through the Taiwan Strait on Sunday, the American navy said, the first such transit since China staged unprecedented military drills around the island.

The USS Antietam and USS Chancellorsville are conducting a routine transit, the U.S. 7th Fleet said. It comes at a time when tensions have kept the waterway particularly busy.

Two United States warships sailed through the Taiwan Strait on Sunday, the American navy said, the first such transit since China staged unprecedented military drills around the island. In a statement, the US Navy said the transit "demonstrates the United States' commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific." Tensions in…

The U.S. Navy is sailing two warships through the Taiwan Strait in the first such transit publicized since House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan earlier in August

Remarks come amid spat with China over docking of ship in Sri Lanka

Beijing claims the self-ruled island as its own and has staged military drills in response to visits by US politicians.