TAIPEI — Forget Xi Jinping or Joe Biden for a second. Meet Taiwan’s next President William Lai, upon whom the fate of U.S.-China relations — and global security over the coming few years — is now thrust. The 64-year-old, currently Taiwan’s vice president, has led the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) to a historic third term … Read more
National Conference leader Omar Abdullah’s criticism of filming the web series Maharani inside the Jammu and Kashmir legislative assembly has sparked a heated debate, with director Hansal Mehta defending the practice. The controversy underscores India’s complex relationship with film shoots in public spaces. Hansal Mehta COUNTERS Omar Abdullah’s criticism on filming Maharani in J&K Assembly: … Read more
Ana Brnabić is the prime minister of Serbia. As a direct response to calls from Serbia’s opposition for snap elections at the parliamentary and local levels, my country held early elections on December 17, 2023. Under President Aleksandar Vučić, and a government led by the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS), over the past 11 years … Read more
PARIS — France’s Foreign Minister Stéphane Séjourné was on his way to Ukraine on Friday, the day after his appointment in a widely expected government reshuffle. According to the French foreign ministry, the schedule of his visit was still in flux Friday, but it is expected Séjourné will meet Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Saturday. … Read more
Polish President Andrzej Duda said Thursday that he would pardon two members of parliament facing two years in prison for abuse of power — a significant retreat on his earlier position that a pardon he issued in 2015 was enough to spare them from jail. He said he made the decision after meeting with the … Read more
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Europe should deepen exchanges on peace and security as well as trade with Taiwan, the frontrunner in the island’s upcoming presidential election said Tuesday. William Lai, of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party, also called on China to play its role in ensuring stability in the Taiwan Strait, as Beijing continues to cast … Read more
Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. BERLIN — German farmers commenced a week of planned protests on Monday while officials warned that far-right groups are attempting to co-opt the movement for their own political ends. The farmers began the day by blocking roads across much of the country in response … Read more
TAIPEI — The stakes for Taiwan’s democracy could hardly be higher in a tight presidential election on January 13, with Chinese President Xi Jinping delivering an ominous New Year address in which he insisted “reunification of the motherland is a historical inevitability.” The vote cuts to the heart of a battle for regional influence between … Read more
Former Qatargate judge Michel Claise may run in the Belgian elections, local media La Libre reported on Saturday. Claise, an investigating judge who recused himself in mid-2023 from the European Parliament corruption probe, may join the federal list of Défi, a French-speaking centrist party with two seats in Belgium’s federal parliament. Claise declined to comment when contacted … Read more
The third anniversary of the Jan. 6 storming of the Capitol comes as experts are sounding the alarm over the state of American democracy as the country enters an election year divided over the significance of the day. The violent rampage led to multiple deaths, the ransacking of the Capitol, the prosecution of former President Trump … Read more
