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Politico reported, however, that the Republican president-elect and his team are “overseeing a fully privatized” operation, which is relying on “private servers, laptops and cell phones instead of government-issued devices.”.

The Trump transition confirmed its use of private emails, with spokesperson Brian Hughes telling Politico that “all transition business is conducted on a transition-managed email server.”

“We have implemented plans to communicate information securely as necessary,” [Hughes] added, but declined to say what those plans entail. »

US President Joe Biden approved $571.3 million in defense assistance for Taiwan on Friday, the White House said, as the Democrat prepares to leave office ahead of the January inauguration of Donald Trump.

The United States does not officially recognize Taiwan diplomatically but it is the self-ruled island's strategic ally and largest supplier of weapons.

China has "amplified" its diplomatic, political and military pressure against Taiwan in 2023, according to a US Pentagon report released this week. »

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has emphasised that Ukraine will persist in targeting Russian military sites, increasingly relying on domestically produced drones and missiles.

Quote: "And we will definitely continue to strike Russian military targets – with drones and missiles, increasingly with Ukrainian-made ones, specifically targeting military bases and Russian military infrastructure used in this terror against our people.

Background: Russian forces attacked a medical facility in the city of Kherson by dropping two aerial bombs on it on the night of 20-21 December. »

Since the July 28 election, in which plausibly two-thirds of voters rejected incumbent President Nicolás Maduro, Venezuelans have entered a “silent tunnel,” the historian Edgardo Mondolfi told me.

Since Maduro, Chávez’s successor and heir, came to power, one in four Venezuelans has left the country.

Maduro looked aside as businesses skirted some of his most ludicrous regulations, allowing certain segments of the economy to flourish. »