Taipei, Taiwan, Ta. Paper cut from a new Taiwan passport is displayed on September 2, 2020. Reuters / N Wang TAIPEI (Reuters) – Fed up with misunderstandings for China amid a coronavirus epidemic and Beijing’s efforts to maintain sovereignty, Taiwan said Wednesday it would redesign its passport to make the …
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Czech Senate President Milos Wistril delivers a speech at the main chamber of the Legislative Assembly Yuan in Taipei, Taipei on September 1, 2020. Reuters / N Wang TAIPAI (Reuters) – The head of the Czech Senate declared himself Taiwanese in a speech to Taiwan’s parliament on Tuesday, following the …
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SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China is capable of inflicting more military losses on India than in the past if it wants to compete with India, the state-backed newspaper Global Times reported on Tuesday. Armed countries. Officials in New Delhi said on Monday that Indian forces had thwarted an attempt by Chinese …
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New Delhi (Reuters) – India on Monday said it had thwarted an attempt by Chinese troops to change stability on their disputed and vaguely defined border in the wake of a new flare-up between the two nuclear-armed countries. File photo: View of Pangong Tso Lake in the Ladakh region on …
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TEL AVIV / GAZA (Reuters) – Israeli planes and tanks hit Hamas facilities in Gaza on Friday and militants fired half a dozen missiles at southern Israel, his army said, as mediators struggled to work for peace at the fleeing border. Smoke rises after Israeli airstrike in Gaza Strip 28 …
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