The Taiwan that China wants is vanishing
BBC : There was a time when the beneficent smile of a dictator greeted you everywhere in Taiwan.It’s a far rarer sight now as more and more of those likenesses, which once exceeded 40,000,...
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Bhutan votes in final round of national elections
Reuters :Bhutan began voting on Tuesday, the final round of national parliamentary elections that will form the Himalayan kingdom’s fourth government since democracy was established 15 years ago, with economic growth the main issue...
Blinken meets Arab leaders in diplomatic push over Gaza war
Reuters :US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Monday after meeting with the leaders of Saudi Arabia and Abu Dhabi that countries in the region were interested in pursuing normalization of relations with...
South Korea outlaws dog meat industry
AP :South Korea’s parliament on Tuesday endorsed landmark legislation outlawing the country’s dwindling dog meat industry, as public calls for the ban have grown sharply amid animal rights campaigns and worries about the country’s...
4 killed in Russian air strike on Ukraine
Reuters :Russia sent dozens of missiles across Ukraine early on Monday, killing at least four civilians and hitting residential areas and commercial sites in its latest combined air attack, Ukrainian authorities said.Two people were...
Blast in Pakistan kills five police officers
Al Jazeera :At least five police officers have been killed and nearly two dozen others wounded after an explosive device targeted their vehicle during a polio vaccination drive in northwestern Pakistan.Officials told Al Jazeera...
Africa 2024 elections: Stability at stake?
Deutsche Welle :In West Africa, mass protests have already broken out in Senegal ahead of the election scheduled for February. President Macky Sall has withdrawn his candidacy for a third term, sending Prime Minister...
US mission to make first pvt lunar landing blasts off
Al Jazeera :A mission to put the first commercial craft on the moon has blasted off from the United States.Vulcan, a United Launch Alliance (ULA) rocket carrying a robotic lunar lander, was launched on...
India-Maldives row escalates, agency suspends flight bookings to islands
Reuters :One of India’s largest travel platforms suspended flight bookings to the tourism-dependent Maldives on Monday after disparaging social media posts against Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi embittered relations between the South Asian neighbours.India...
Blinken meets Arab leaders in push over Gaza war
Reuters :US Secretary of State Antony Blinken was holding more talks with Arab leaders on Monday as part of a diplomatic push to stop the war in Gaza spreading further.Blinken met Abu Dhabi’s ruler,...