Taiwan president urges voters to turn out to the polls in Saturday’s election
Taiwan elections are lively events that generally revolve around economic, public welfare and social justice issues, though China's threat to annex the self-governing island by force always looms large in the background.
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In Taiwan, presidential election brings long-simmering tensions with China to the surface
For decades, Taiwan's political status has been a contentious issue between the U.S. and China. The U.S. considers it a real democracy, while mainland China sees a rogue province that should be under Communist control. Taiwanese voters will elect their…
Israel’s Netanyahu shores up base but obstacles remain
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu won a landslide primary victory announced early Friday, but he will need a big win in national elections in March if he hopes to stay in office and gain immunity from prosecution on corruption charges.
Netanyahu declares victory in primary election
Official results were expected later Friday.
A vote Thursday triggers a nearly three-month-long campaign ahead of the vote that most polls predict will not produce dramatically different results than those that led to the current crisis.
In our news wrap Wednesday, the House opened debate on a Democratic bill to lower prescription drug costs through government negotiations. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi appealed for bipartisan support, but Sen. Mitch McConnell said he won’t bring the bill up…
Hong Kong will face its first electoral test since anti-government protests began in June. The district council elections are usually focused on local community issues and will not change Hong Kong’s political system. But more than half of Hong Kong’s…
The Republican governor says he will not contest results showing Democrat Andy Beshear winning the Kentucky governor’s race.
Gov. Matt Bevin trails by more than 5,000 votes to Democrat Andy Beshear, out of more than 1.4 million cast.
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