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Washington/Taipei, Taiwan - Former President of Taiwan Tsai Ing-wen left office May 20, passing the baton to her Democratic Progress Party's (DPP) successor, Lai Ching-te, also known as William Lai.

LONDON, UK - British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has announced that the country will hold its general election on July 4.

The PM made the shock announcement outside Downing Street amidst pouring rain around 5:00pm on Wednesday.

PORTLAND, Oregon: A man has been charged in last year's deaths of three women in Oregon and Washington.

A drop in capital outflow has led to unprecedented growth in private banking, research shows

Roughly one in six households could not pay all their monthly bills in 2023, a report released by the Federal Reserve shows

A group led by Lindsey Graham has urged sanctions against The Hague-based court

The US credit institution has been given the right to ?voluntary? close its Russia business

NEW YORK, New York - U.S. stocks were choppy Wednesday prior to the release of the FOMC minutes for the April 30-May 1 meeting after which all the indices turned sharply south.

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A Palestinian flag is pictured near Storting, the Norwegian Parliament, in Oslo, capital of Norway, May 22, 2024. (Photo by Chen Yaqin/Xinhua)

Norway, Ireland and Spain announced on Wednesday that they would

London [UK], May 23 (ANI): Clarifying his call for snap elections in the country, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said he set July 4 as the date for polls so that people can decide whether they want to build on the progress that the country has made or go back to square one with "no plan and no certainty."Highlighting the efforts made by his government, Sunak said the country's economy was now growing faster than Franc

AMMAN, May 22 (Xinhua) -- Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi said on Wednesday the situation in the West Bank was worsening, blaming Israel's "illegal and repressive measures" for killing opportunities for peace.

New Delhi [India], May 22 (ANI): Delhi Water Minister Atishi on Wednesday wrote a letter to the Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini, regarding Yamuna's water flow from Haryana to Delhi and accused the Haryana government of not releasing Delhi's water share. "It has come to my notice that the water flow from Haryana to Delhi seems to be deliberately reduced. Our records show that there is a drastic drop in the water l

The statement by the country's foreign minister comes after Norway, Ireland and Spain announced plans to formally establish diplomatic relations with the Palestinian state

BERLIN, May 22 (Xinhua) -- The shortage of housing for low-income households in Germany is worsening. Last year, the number of social housing units in the country fell by 15,300 to around 1.07 million, according to figures provided by the government on Wednesday.

The suspect in the attempted assassination of the Slovak prime minister has so far been charged with attempted murder

Roughly one in six households could not pay all their monthly bills in 2023, a report released by the Federal Reserve shows

A group led by Lindsey Graham has urged sanctions against The Hague-based court

West Jerusalem has reportedly revised its military plans in Gaza to appease US officials

RT correspondent Abbas Juma, who was in Iran on assignment when President Raisi's helicopter crashed, describes the disbelief that enveloped the nation when the news broke

Ireland, Norway and Spain each announced Wednesday the recognition of a Palestinian state, citing the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza and a need to achieve a two-state solution for lasting peace in the region.

ANAHEIM, California: The instantly recognizable Disneycharacters who roam California's Disneyland have voted overwhelmingly to become unionized.

NEW YORK CITY, New York: As New York City plans to begin collecting tolls on cars entering parts of congested Manhattan beginning June 30, a federal judge has begun hearing objections to the first-in-the-nation plan.

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LONDON, May 22 (Xinhua) -- British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced on Wednesday that the country will hold its general election on July 4.

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XI'AN, May 22 (Xinhua) -- High expectations ignited calls at a China-U.S high-level tourism summit on Wednesday for concrete actions to remove tourism barriers be

SHANGHAI, May 22 (Xinhua) -- Zhu Haibin, chief China economist at J.P. Morgan, estimates China's economy will grow 5.2 percent in 2024, up from his previous estimate of 4.9 percent.