• Taiwan’s next president Lai Ching-te among TIME Magazine’s ‘Most Influential’

    Taiwan’s incoming president Lai Ching-te has made Time Magazine’s list of the “100 Most Influential People of 2024”, which the island hailed Thursday as a recognition of its “democratic achievements”. Vice President Lai, who won the January presidential election to succeed Tsai Ing-wen, will take office on May 20 at a time of growing tensions […]

  • Taiwan’s incoming leader Lai Ching-te names cabinet ahead of May inauguration

    Taiwanese president-elect Lai Ching-te named his cabinet and security team appointees on Thursday as he prepares to take office next month. China, which claims self-ruled Taiwan as part of its territory and has said it will not renounce the use of force to bring it under its control, has labelled Lai a “dangerous separatist”. Lai […]

  • Italy’s PM Giorgia Meloni to run in EU election

    Italian prime minister vows to “send the left into opposition even in the

  • China should have confidence to talk to us, Taiwan's president-elect says

    President-elect Lai Ching-te says he is 'very much looking forward to China having the confidence to engage with the elected and legitimate government that the Taiwan people have entrusted. That is the right way for cross-strait exchange.'

  • Ex-Chelsea Boss Elected FC Porto’s New President

    Former Chelsea manager André Villas-Boas was elected the new president of Portuguese giant FC Porto on Saturday night. Porto announced Villas-Boas as the new president on their X handle, ending Jor

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    Taiwan's president-elect appoints new team, says island's security difficult

    TAIPEI (Reuters) -China should have the confidence to talk to Taiwan's legally elected government, President-elect Lai Ching-te said on Thursday as he appointed his new national security and diplomacy team amid what he called unprecedented challenges. China, which views democratically governed Taiwan as its own territory, over the island's strong objections, has ramped up military and political pressure against Taipei during the past four years as it seeks to press sovereignty claims. Lai, who...

  • Taiwan's President-Elect Appoints New Team, Says Island's Security Difficult

    By Yimou Lee and Ben BlanchardTAIPEI (Reuters) -China should have the confidence to talk to Taiwan's legally elected government, President-elect Lai Ching-te said on Thursday as he appointed his new national security and diplomacy team amid what he called unprecedented challenges.China, which views democratically governed Taiwan as its own territory, over the island's strong objections, has ramped up military and political pressure against Taipei during the past four years as it seeks to press...

  • RFK Jr.’s running mate, Nicole Shanahan, is keeping his campaign in the black

    But she isn’t doing much else besides “learning and studying.”

  • Joy in Taiwan – and praise from the president – as Nymphia Wind wins RuPaul’s Drag Race

    Drag star celebrated with massive support at home after taking top prize in the long-running US reality showA drag queen has sparked national celebration as the “pride of Taiwan” and won praise and congratulations from the island’s president after winning RuPaul’s Drag Race at the weekend.On Saturday, the long-running, Emmy award-winning US reality show, in which drag queens compete in challenges including lip-sync performances, revealed the winner of its 16th season as Nymphia Wind, the drag...

  • Politico’s J-Mart Laments: ‘If The Election’s About Biden, Trump’s Gonna Win’

    Behold the latest installment of media types fretting over the current course of the presidential election. In this instance, Politico Senior Political Columnist Jonathan Martin lamenting that the current trajectory of the election, a referendum on President Joe Biden, augurs the reelection of former President Donald Trump on this week’s installment of ABC This Week. Watch as J-Mart and host Jon Karl discuss the election’s current trajectory, as aired on ABC This Week on Sunday, April 21st,...

  • Politico’s J-Mart Laments: ‘If The Election’s About Biden, Trump’s Gonna Win’

    Behold the latest installment of media types fretting over the current course of the presidential election. In this instance, Politico Senior Political Columnist Jonathan Martin lamenting that the current trajectory of the election, a referendum on President Joe Biden, augurs the reelection of former President Donald Trump on this week’s installment of ABC This Week. Watch as J-Mart and host Jon Karl discuss the election’s current trajectory, as aired on ABC This Week on Sunday, April 21st,...

  • IU faculty rallies to call for university president’s dismissal after Dunn Meadow police action

    BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- A rally held by Indiana University faculty and attended by more than 200 people demanded the dismissal of IU President Pamela Whitten after her call for state police action to clear Dunn Meadow of pro-Palestinian protestors last week led to more than 50 arrests. ”We’re here to let you know that Pamela []