TAIPEI (Reuters) – Fighting erupted in and out of Taiwan’s parliament again on Friday over disputed nomination by President Tsai Ing-wen of a senior aide to a government watchdog post, which the main opposition party has qualified as cronyism. The Kuomintang (KMT) has mounted a rowdy campaign against Chen Chu’s …
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MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison delayed the opening of parliament for several weeks on Saturday as the new coronavirus continued to spread through the country’s two most populous states. Morrison asked the Speaker of Parliament to cancel a two-week session that will begin on August 4, out …
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FILE PHOTO: Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden talks about his plans to tackle climate change during a campaign event in Wilmington, Delaware, USA, July 14, 2020. REUTERS / Leah Millis DETROIT (Reuters) – Presumptive Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden said Friday that he is now receiving …
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Hundreds of flights to and from Urumqi, the capital of China’s western Xinjiang region, were canceled on Friday, after the region reported the first confirmed case of coronavirus in about five months. Measures to control the epidemic led to the cancellation of more than 600 scheduled flights at Urumqi Diwopu …
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BANGKOK (Reuters) – Hundreds of Thais protested on Saturday night, demanding the resignation of the government and the dissolution of parliament, challenging the coronavirus ban in large gatherings in one of the largest street demonstrations since a 2014 military coup. A protester holds a poster during a protest demanding the …
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