Taiwan is a “victim of coercion” – Government Minister
By Martin Banks A senior Taiwan government minister has become the first to give a speech in a foreign parliament.
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November 8, 2025 Call for Taiwan’s substantive participation in INTERPOL—enhancing joint efforts to combat transnational crime through real-time intelligence exchange
Founded in 1923, INTERPOL currently has 196 member states, making it the world’s second-largest international organization after the United Nations. INTERPOL is an essential platform for global law enforcement cooperation. It closely monitors transnational criminal activity including terrorism, cybercrime, and organized crime, and conducts exchanges with law enforcement agencies worldwide through its network of National […]
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November 5, 2025 Mamdani seals remarkable victory – but real challenges await
Zohran Mamdani, the newly elected mayor of New York City, is notable in many ways. He will become the city’s youngest mayor since 1892, its first Muslim mayor and its first mayor born in Africa. He entered the race last year with next to no name recognition, little money and no institutional party support. That […]
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November 3, 2025 Trump says he doubts US will go to war with Venezuela
Donald Trump has played down the possibility of a US war with Venezuela, but suggested Nicolás Maduro’s days as the country’s president were numbered. Asked if the US was going to war against Venezuela, the US president told CBS’ 60 Minutes: “I doubt it. I don’t think so. But they’ve been treating us very badly.” […]
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November 1, 2025 7 Days Report 11/01/2025-11/02/2025
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October 30, 2025 Hurricane leaves trail of destruction across Caribbean
The scale of devastation left by Hurricane Melissa is becoming clear after the record-setting storm tore through Jamaica, Haiti and Cuba, leaving at least 34 people dead. Although downgraded from a category five to a category two storm, Melissa gathered speed as it swept through the Bahamas on Thursday and is expected to make landfall in […]
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October 29, 2025 Taiwan’s participation in the “Global Mutirão” on climate transition
By Peng Chi-Μing, Minister of Environment of Taiwan Aligning with the world to confront climate risks while energizing broad participation to achieve sustainable development Climate change is rapidly reshaping the global economic structure and risk landscape. Taiwan is not immune to this growing challenge. In the summer of 2025, southern and eastern Taiwan were struck […]
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October 27, 2025 International troops won’t want to enforce Gaza peace, says King of Jordan
Countries would reject being asked to “enforce” peace in Gaza if deployed under the Trump ceasefire plan, King Abdullah of Jordan has told the BBC. “What is the mandate of security forces inside of Gaza? And we hope that it is peacekeeping, because if it’s peace enforcing, nobody will want to touch that,” said King […]
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October 24, 2025 7 Days Report 10/25/2025-10/26/2025
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October 24, 2025 Trump says trade talks with Canada ‘terminated’ over anti-tariffs advert
US President Donald Trump has said he is immediately ending all trade negotiations with Canada. In a post on Truth Social, Trump wrote that the country had run an advert featuring former US President Ronald Reagan speaking negatively about tariffs. “Based on their egregious behavior, ALL TRADE NEGOTIATIONS WITH CANADA ARE HEREBY TERMINATED,” Trump wrote […]
