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Taiwan’s ruling Democratic Progressive Party secured an unprecedented third consecutive presidential term on Saturday, with the party’s candidate, current Taiwan Vice President Lai Ching-te, winning 40% of the ballot. He defeated Hou You-ih, a presidential candidate for the China-friendly opposition party Kuomintang (KMT) and a former police chief, as well as Ko Wen-je, the presidential … Read more
The United States is working on a postwar road map that envisions a “revamped and revitalized” Palestinian Authority ultimately taking over the Gaza Strip and becoming a credible partner for Israel for negotiation of a two-state solution. One proposal being considered is to empower remaining members of the PA security forces in Gaza to form … Read more
PARIS — Security alerts ramped up following Islamists attacks in France and Belgium, following a pair of Islamist attacks. A spike in anti-Jewish acts and a string of bomb alerts. Once again, some European countries are seeing the spillover of another conflict in the Middle East, a month into the Israel-Hamas war. But there are … Read more
TEL AVIV, 26.10.2023 by EZRA HAMDAH NEWS CORRESPONENT UN Secretary General António Guterres spoke on Wednesday, hours after Israel said it would stop issuing visas to UN personnel to “teach them a lesson” over Guterres’s initial comments, which were made during a meeting on Tuesday. Officials working for the U.N. who had staff position and offices in Israel are now visa refused, … Read more
President Joe Biden made a direct appeal to the American people to continue funding the war efforts of Ukraine and Israel during an Oval Office address Thursday evening, a day after returning from Tel Aviv to show support for a key Washington ally. Noting atrocities in both conflicts, Biden said that while Hamas and Russian … Read more
NASA released the first data maps from its new instrument launched to space earlier this year, which now is successfully transmitting information about major air pollutants over North America. President Biden and Vice President Harris believe that all people have a right to breathe clean air. Data from the TEMPO mission will help decision makers … Read more
Source: Svetlana Ekimenko, Sputnik Global As Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant operator the Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) has reportedly begun dumping wastewater from the plant into the Pacific Ocean, physical chemist Dr. Christopher Busby has taken a look at the legitimate concerns of other countries in the region, as well as the arguments being wielded … Read more
Local people in Sihanoukville call them ghost buildings, and there are hundreds of buildings like this abandoned by Chinese investors after the pandemic and the Cambodian Crackdown on gambling and online betting. The residents want the ruling Cambodian People’s Party to bring the ghost buildings back to life.With Hun Manet taking over as prime minister … Read more
VOA, BANGKOK — Thailand has banned a forthcoming book on the country’s King Maha Vajiralongkorn, claiming it mocks the monarchy, a topic of growing political friction in a nation with one of the toughest royal defamation laws in the world. Rights groups have joined the book’s exiled Thai editor, a vocal critic of Thailand’s monarchy and … Read more
