President Lai Ching-te spoke Thursday to Republican US House Speaker Mike Johnson, the Taiwanese leader’s office said as he visited the American territory Guam during a Pacific tour that has angered China.Taiwan calls itself a sovereign nation, but Beijing insists the democratic island is part of its territory and opposes any official exchanges with it.Lai’s …
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Syrian government forces were locked in heavy fighting around the central city of Hama on Thursday, trying to halt an advance of Islamist-led rebels, a war monitor said.The fighting around Hama follows a rapid offensive by the rebels, who in just days captured large chunks of territory, including Syria’s second city Aleppo, from President Bashar …
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The Russian and Ukrainian foreign ministers attended an OSCE summit in Malta on Thursday, with Sergei Lavrov making his first visit to an EU member since his country’s 2022 invasion of its neighbour.Neither the Russian diplomat or his Ukrainian counterpart, Andriy Sybiga, commented as they arrived for the meeting of the Organization for Security and …
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The fall of Syria’s second city, Aleppo, to Islamist-led rebels has brought flight and displacement for some, but for others like Bahria Bakkur, it has led to long-awaited reunions.After almost a decade apart, 43-year-old Bakkur was finally able to embrace her son, separated when government forces reclaimed control of their city.The Islamist-led rebels’ lightning assault …
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French Prime Minister Michel Barnier on Thursday was meeting Emmanuel Macron to submit his resignation after losing a vote of no confidence in parliament, with the president urgently seeking ways to halt growing political and financial chaos.Poised to be contemporary France’s shortest-serving premier, Barnier arrived at the Elysee Palace just after 0900 GMT for the …
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President Yoon Suk Yeol faces an impeachment vote this Saturday after briefly imposing martial law in South Korea.AFP looks at how the dramatic events of the past few days unfolded in a country where democracy had been assumed to be firmly anchored — and what might happen next.- What did Yoon do? -Yoon announced late …
Shopping app Temu has been forced to suspend its services in Vietnam after it failed to register with authorities, state media said on Thursday.Goods ordered on Temu were no longer being cleared through customs in Vietnam, state media reported, after the company missed an end-of-November deadline to register with the ministry of industry and trade.It …
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Prime Minister Keir Starmer will unveil Thursday a “plan for change” for Britain as he attempts a de facto relaunch of his government following a bumpy first five months in power.The Labour leader is to lay out six “ambitious milestones” on which voters can judge his administration, seeking to move on from several unpopular decisions …
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President Emmanuel Macron was on Thursday seeking urgent ways to halt growing political and financial chaos after a no-confidence vote left France without a functioning government, a budget or an obvious path out of the quagmire.Prime Minister Michel Barnier was expected to tender his resignation on Thursday and is poised to be contemporary France’s shortest-serving …
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South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol is now facing impeachment after a shock bid to suspend civilian rule.But he is far from the first South Korean president to see his rule descend into acrimony and scandal. Here is a recap of the downfalls of previous South Korean leaders.- 2016: Park impeached, jailed -In December 2016, …
