Serbians save animals stranded on a Danube island
An operation is under way to evacuate livestock trapped for days on a Serbian island in the River Danube.
China is exerting more pressure on Taiwan to hold elections.
The December sun is baking on the Heng Chun peninsula, the tongue of land that juts out from the bottom end of Taiwan into the Philippine Sea.
Voters are asked to choose between war and peace by the Kuomintang party.
The rock music was booming, the dancers on stage were gyrating, and the crowd was going wild waving thousands of Taiwan flags.
The passing of Adam Canto causes “heartbreak” and “sickness.”
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How Ecuador descended into gang violence
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China promises the US that it won’t “ever compromise” on Taiwan
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South Korea passes law banning dog meat trade
The slaughter and sale of dogs for their meat is to become illegal in South Korea after MPs backed a new law.
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The Taiwan that China wants is vanishing
In the past, everywhere in Taiwan was greeted with the benign grin of a tyrant. Now that the number of those likenesses—which had topped 40,000—is decreasing, it's a more rarer sight. 200 or so statues have been hidden away in a park along a river to the south of Taipei, the capital. Here Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek stands, sitting, astride a stallion, doting on a walking stick in his dotage, surrounded by adoring children, dressed in a marshal's uniform and scholars' robes. It appears that Taiwan, now a democratic nation, has no place for its former monarch. Taiwan's emerging identity is being put to the test once more this Saturday as the island elects a new government. Furthermore, China grows increasingly concerned about the claim of a Taiwanese
