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...Several prominent US lawmakers will travel to Taipei in the coming weeks in a show of support for Lai Ching-te, who will be inaugurated as Taiwan’s new president in May following his election victory on...
...Up until the 1995 Merchant Shipping Act, receivers had the power to bear arms with which to “kill, maim or hurt” anybody obstructing their official capacities....
...They added: “Presidential immunity for official capacity crimes would create an untenable dilemma for every member of the military chain of command ordered to execute an order, particularly if officers disagree...
...The US Supreme Court on Thursday wrestled with how to define the scope of presidential immunity from criminal prosecution as Donald Trump fights charges of interfering in the 2020 election....
...This will allow Trump to more easily direct party resources towards his political needs — and possibly even his legal bills — rather than down-ballot candidates in congressional and state elections....
...“As we have done previously following a Taiwan presidential election, the US government has asked former senior officials to travel in their private capacity to Taiwan....
...But in a sign of flexibility, president-elect Lai Ching-te said during his election campaign that nuclear power could be considered as a back-up option....
...cent as the president tries to shore up support among union workers in Pennsylvania ahead of November’s election....
...Friday 70th anniversary of the first hydrogen bomb test on Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands. 40th anniversary of the UK’s National Coal Board announcing the closure of Cortonwood Colliery in South...
...His trade policy, as I may have said one or two thousand times before, is disproportionately driven by the unionised parts of the steel industry, where he wants votes and organising muscle in the presidential...
...The inclusion of such language shows how member states are “really worried” about disinformation and misinformation about the treaty’s impact, the WHO’s Tedros says....
...Bank of England watchers are expecting a rate cut. The debate here is whether it will have the capacity to start cutting as soon as June....
...Elections: Michigan is the latest state to hold its presidential primary vote. The state has a large Arab-American population and has become a centre of opposition to the war in Gaza....
...election....
...ministerial meeting in Brussels, attended by delegates from EU member states and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations France: Men’s Six Nations rugby tournament begins with France vs Ireland in Marseille...
...China claims Taiwan as part of its territory and reserves the option to take the island with force if Taipei resists unification....
...Trump will be criminally convicted in at least one of his four trials, probably two, before the election, and will present it as political persecution by the “Biden crime family”....
...China has frequently leaned on Taiwanese businesses to support the Kuomintang, the opposition party that views Taiwan as part of a greater Chinese nation, in past elections....
...ahead of the November presidential election....
...by election fraud in front of a crowd of his supporters....
...But Rasmussen’s lament, delivered on behalf of small island states as the hottest year on record drew to a close, was met with both tears and a standing ovation....
...Board of Elections....
...With polls predicting big gains for far-right and populist parties in European parliament elections in June, lawmakers and member-state officials are racing to adopt reforms to the EU’s migration and asylum...
...As a result, Hoxton Farms is now considering moving to the United States in order to start scaling up production....
...Sweden had hitherto been seen as the bloc’s champions of the single market. “The Swedes oversaw the biggest ever explosion in state aid,” remarks one senior diplomat from another member state....
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