Ashish Valentine
speaker
250 appearances
36 recordings
1 series
first heard Sep 2025
last heard 22 Aug
Ashish Valentine’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Appearances
North Korea has sent thousands of soldiers as well as artillery and missiles to aid the Russian military in Ukraine.
For NPR News, I'm Ashish Valentine in Taipei.
Taiwanese President Lai Ching-de has asked the legislature for $40 billion to pay for U.S.
arms sales and other weapons system upgrades over the next eight years.
But opposition parties, which favor closer ties with Beijing, say they haven't received enough details from the president to justify signing a blank check.
They've proposed cutting the budget down significantly.
The director of the de facto U.S.
embassy in Taiwan is siding with President Lai.
So are U.S.
Senators Gene Shaheen, a Democrat, and Republican Jim Risch of the Foreign Relations Committee.
They said they're deeply disappointed the special defense budget hasn't moved forward.
They urged politicians to work across party lines to fully fund Taiwan's self-defense.
For NPR News, I'm Ashish Valentine in Taipei.
The moment Honnold reached the top, a crowd of thousands broke into cheers.
The whole climb took Honnold, the star of the award-winning documentary Free Solo, an hour and a half.
His first words on reaching the top?
Taipé 101 was the world's tallest building from 2004 till 2010, before being replaced by Dubai's Burj Khalifa.
The climb was sponsored by Netflix and took place with the permission of Taipé 101 and the city government.
Taiwan's President Lai Ching-de congratulated Honnold in a post on Facebook, saying the climber was brave and fearless.
For NPR News, I'm Ashish Valentine in Taipei.
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