The White House COVID-19 response team on Wednesday reminded Americans of the continued need to slow the omicron variant’s spread despite its decreased severity and announced new efforts to help keep schools open.As the omicron variant sweeps across th…
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DPP’s Lin Ching-yi wins Taichung legislative by-election
The ruling Democratic Progressive Party’s (DPP) Lin Ching-yi (???) won Sunday’s legislative by-election in Taichung’s second district, defeating the Kuomintang’s Yen Kuan-heng (???) and three other candidates.Lin received 88,752 votes, or about 52.3 pe…
Read MoreIndependent Legislator Freddy Lim survives recall vote (update)
Independent Legislator Freddy Lim (???) survived a recall election in Taipei’s fifth electoral district Sunday after the number of votes in favor of the recall fell just short of the required threshold.There were 235,024 eligible voters in Sunday’s vot…
Read MoreIndependent Legislator Freddy Lim survives recall vote
Independent Legislator Freddy Lim (???) survived a recall election in Taipei’s fifth electoral district Sunday after the number of votes in favor of the recall fell just short of the required threshold.There were 235,024 eligible voters in Sunday’s vot…
Read MoreLithuanian president’s Taiwan office comments reflect internal politics: scholars
The Lithuanian president’s criticism on Tuesday of his country’s decision to allow the opening of a Taiwan representative office with “Taiwanese” in its name was more a reflection of a power struggle within the Baltic state’s domestic politics than a c…
Read MoreFM defends losing diplomat allies, says unofficial relations equally important
Foreign Minister Joseph Wu (???) on Thursday said deepening unofficial ties with like-minded countries was just as important as maintaining diplomatic relations, amid calls for his resignation after the loss of a record number of formal allies.During a…
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