TAIPEI, Taiwan — Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen resigned as head of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party following local election losses on Saturday suffered by her party. Voters in Taiwan overwhelmingly chose the opposition Nationalist party in several major races across the self-ruled island in an election in which lingering concerns …
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Read More »Netanyahu signs coalition deal with Israeli far-right
JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu’s conservative Likud party signed its first coalition deal with Itamar Ben-Gvir’s far-right Jewish Power party, Likud said in a statement on Friday. The agreement, which does not account for a full and final new government in Israel, gives Ben-Gvir the police ministry and …
Read More »Pop star Kris Wu sentenced to 13 years of jail for rape in China
A court in Beijing on Friday sentenced Chinese-born Canadian musician Kris Wu to over 13 years for crimes including rape. The rapper and singer was detained and charged by the Chinese authorities in July 2021, following a series of sexual harassment allegations from internet celebrities and underage girls. Chaoyang district …
Read More »Iran’s Kurdish region the focus of crackdown against protesters
With Iran’s protests extending into a third month, the government’s crackdown is intensifying in ethnically Kurdish areas in the northwest of the country, according to the government, local officials and human rights activists. At least 42 people have been killed over the past week while protesting in Kurdish cities as …
Read More »Official ‘no longer employed’ at London’s U.S. Embassy for supporting England in World Cup
An official “is no longer employed at the U.S. Embassy in London,” after he declared his support for England ahead of Friday’s World Cup clash with America. Ahead of the goal-less draw in Qatar, the embassy posted a video on its official Twitter account, joking that their spokesperson Aaron Snipe …
Read More »Qatar World Cup bans English soccer fans dressed as Crusaders
When the United States’ national men’s team faces England at the Qatar World Cup later on Friday, one thing will be missing: medieval knights. Soccer’s governing body FIFA has told English soccer fans to ditch imitation chain mail, shields and swords or miss the game, according to the Times of …
Read More »Greta Thunberg joins march as activists sue Sweden over its climate policies
Hundreds of activists, among them Greta Thunberg, marched through the Swedish capital to a court Friday to file a lawsuit against the Swedish state for what they say is insufficient climate action. More than 600 young people under the age of 26 signed the 87-page document that is the basis …
Read More »U.S. ties with England to keep World Cup dreams alive
The United States and England fought to a goal-less draw in Qatar on Friday night, as America kept hope alive for advancing to World Cup knockout action. A well organized U.S. team pressed well and frustrated England and could feel disappointed in the end after creating the better chances in the …
Read More »Show’s over already for host Qatar’s World Cup team
DOHA, Qatar— The show is over already for the Qatar team, which was eliminated Friday from the World Cup less than a week after it opened the tournament and launched the first version of soccer’s biggest event in the Middle East. Qatar lost 3-1 to Senegal for its second straight …
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