A nonconformist candidate is resonating with Taiwan's youth ahead of Saturday's presidential election, with young and first-time voters apparently more concerned with the dearth of good jobs and …
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By SIMINA MISTREANU and JOHNSON LAI
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1/11/24
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One of Taiwan’s leading opposition party candidates in Saturday’s presidential election has promised to boost the island’s defense capabilities while restarting dialogue with Beijing, which …
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By SIMINA MISTREANU
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1/10/24
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The head of the U.N. health agency says holiday gatherings and the spread of the most prominent variant globally led to increased transmission of COVID-19 last month. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says …
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1/10/24
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French President Emmanuel Macron’s decision to appoint a 34-year-old prime minister surprised many because of his age and relatively short career. But Gabriel Attal has become one of the most …
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By SYLVIE CORBET
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1/10/24
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A veteran Laotian diplomat recently appointed the Association of Southeast Asian Nations’ special envoy to Myanmar, has arrived on his first mission to the strife-torn nation. He is meeting with …
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By GRANT PECK
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1/10/24
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A legal battle over whether Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza amounts to genocide opens Thursday at the United Nations’ top court. Two days of preliminary hearings at the International Court of …
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By MIKE CORDER
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1/10/24
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Pakistan’s prime minister has called for unified efforts to tackle global infectious diseases like COVID-19 and emergencies caused by climate change, nearly 1 1/2-year after devastating floods …
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By MUNIR AHMED
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1/10/24
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China is being accused of using military threats, diplomatic pressure and fake news in a broad strategy to influence voters in Taiwan’s elections to pick candidates who favor unification. China’s …
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By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN and JOHNSON LAI
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1/10/24
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China’s space agency says its latest lunar explorer has arrived at the launch site in preparation for a mission to the moon in the first half of this year. Wednesday's announcement came a day after …
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1/10/24
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Cesareans are surging in the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico, which has one of the world’s highest rates. More than half of babies born in the territory are now delivered via surgery compared with …
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By DÁNICA COTO
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1/10/24
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Israel taps top legal minds, including a Holocaust survivor, to battle genocide claim at world court
Israel is sending top legal minds, including a Holocaust survivor, to The Hague this week to counter allegations that it is committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. The robust engagement …
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By TIA GOLDENBERG
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1/10/24
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A group of armed, masked men in Ecuador launched an audacious attack on a television station during a live broadcast and so revealed the country’s spiraling violence in the wake of an apparent …
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By GONZALO SOLANO
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1/10/24
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has called South Korea “our principal enemy” and threatened to annihilate it if provoked. He is escalating inflammatory, belligerent rhetoric ahead of South Korean …
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By HYUNG-JIN KIM
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1/9/24
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Yemen's Houthi rebels launch drone and missile attack on Red Sea shipping, though no damage reported
Yemen’s Houthi rebels have unleashed a barrage of drones and missiles targeting shipping in the Red Sea, though no damage was initially apparent. That's according to a private intelligence firm and …
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By JON GAMBRELL
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1/9/24
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Polish police have arrested two politicians convicted of abuse of power who had taken refuge for hours in the palace of President Andrzej Duda. The arrests, reportedly made inside the palace, mark a …
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By VANESSA GERA
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1/9/24
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Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny says officials at the Arctic prison colony where he is serving a 19-year term have isolated him in a tiny punishment cell over a minor infraction. Navalny …
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By DASHA LITVINOVA
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1/9/24
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Countless tiny plastic pellets are washing up on the shores of northern Spain and local authorities have declared an environmental emergency after a shipping container fell off a transport vessel …
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By MARÍA GESTOSO and JOSEPH WILSON
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1/9/24
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Prosecutors say a 26-year-old man who tried to sell what he claimed was a walking stick used by the late Queen Elizabeth II has been sentenced for eBay buyers. Dru Marshall, from Hampshire in …
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1/9/24
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Hezbollah launches drone strike on base in northern Israel. Israel's military says there's no damage
Hezbollah says it launched a drone strike at the Israeli army’s northern headquarters Tuesday in retaliation for recent strikes in Lebanon that killed top Hamas and Hezbollah officials. Israel’s …
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By HUSSEIN MALLA
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1/9/24
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A Ukrainian air force official says Russia’s recent escalation of missile and drone attacks is stretching his country's air defense resources. That has left Ukraine vulnerable in the 22-month war …
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By ILLIA NOVIKOV
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1/9/24
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