Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen speaks as Lai Ching-te, Taiwan’s vice president and presidential candidate of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) during a campaign rally ahead of the election in Taipei, Taiwan on January 11, 2024. Carlos Garcia Rawlins | Reuters Taiwan’s election results put the island on a “collision course with China” and the … Read more
A child runs over the flag of Taiwan during the official results announcement on January 13, 2024 in Taipei, Taiwan. Sawayasu Tsuji | Getty Images News | Getty Images Taipei – Newly elected Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te will face a divided parliament that is likely to moderate his political agenda, with the Taiwan People’s Party … Read more
Supporters of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) await the announcement of official results at the January 13, 2024 convention in Taipei, Taiwan. Annabelle Chih | Getty Images News | Getty Images TAIPEI – Taiwan’s ruling Democratic Progressive Party won an unprecedented third consecutive presidential term as incoming leader Lai Ching-te vowed to remain open in … Read more
Former US President Donald Trump waits for closing arguments in the Trump Organization civil fraud trial at New York State Supreme Court in the Manhattan borough of New York City, the US, on January 11, 2024. Shannon Stapleton | Reuters A New York judge on Friday ordered Donald Trump to pay The New York Times … Read more
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks at Montgomery County Community College on January 5, 2024 in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania. Almond Ngan | AFP | Getty Images The Biden administration announced Friday that it will soon begin forgiving student loans for borrowers who have made payments for a decade or more and initially took out $12,000 or … Read more
On November 30, 2023, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will visit the soldiers on the Kupian front line in Kharkiv, Ukraine. Ukrainian Presidency | Anadolu | Getty Images Ukraine is set to present its peace plan to end its war with Russia to allied national security advisers in Switzerland on Sunday when officials gather in the … Read more
The US Treasury Building in Washington, DC on August 15, 2023. Nathan Howard | Bloomberg | Getty Images The U.S. government spent another half a trillion dollars in red ink in the first quarter of its fiscal year, the Treasury Department announced Thursday. For the period from October to December 2023, the budget deficit reached … Read more
Hunter Biden, son of US President Joe Biden, sits with his lawyer, Abbe Lowell, as he makes a surprise appearance at a House Oversight Committee meeting to vote on whether to hold Biden in contempt of Congress for failing to respond to a request for testimony. to the House last month, on Capitol Hill in … Read more
In this image taken on January 9, 2024, a model of a cargo ship is seen in front of the words “Red Sea” and “Houthi Attacks”. Nut Ruvic | Reuters US and coalition forces, part of Operation Prosperity Guardian, responded in the Red Sea on Tuesday to what US officials described as the largest-ever attack … Read more