welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i m karishma vaswani. the headlines. china prepares to begin live fire military exercises, after nancy pelosi a top us politician visits taiwan and reaffirms america s commitment to taiwanese democracy. the allegations, i ve been very proud and i ve come to taiwan to make it unequivocally clear that we will not abandon our commitment to taiwan and we are proud of our enduring friendship. the un secretary general accuses oil and gas companies of exploiting the poor while destroying the climate with what he called grotesque greed . in a major victory for pro choice groups the conservative state of kansas votes to keep its abortion services.