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Beijing will “never promise to renounce the use of force” against Taiwan, the self-governing island democracy that China claims as its own, according to Wednesday remarks by a spokesman for China’s Taiwan Affairs Office.

He renounced his British passport and became an American citizen in 2019, and became fixated on thwarting China’s advancements in semiconductors.

Mr. Plemons, who has slimmed down to scarecrow dimensions to suit a character who has renounced all worldly pleasures, is one of those rare actors who never seem to be acting.

Some SDF commanders question whether former jihadists in the government have renounced their hard-line ideology, allowing Islamic State operatives to move unhindered.

In September, Singapore's foreign minister said they would recognise a Palestinian state "when it has an effective government that accepts Israel's right to exist and categorically renounces terrorism".