TAIPEI (Reuters) – Lai Ching-te was sworn in as Taiwan’s new president on Monday, in footage shown live on television from the presidential office.
Lai, who won election in January, takes over from Tsai Ing-wen, having served as her vice president for the past four years.
(Reporting by Yimou Lee and Ben Blanchard; Editing by Kim Coghill)
WELLINGTON/PARIS (Reuters) -Authorities in the French-ruled Pacific island of New Caledonia sent more police onto the streets, shut the international airport and imposed a curfew in the capital after protests over the territory’s voting system turned violent.
PRAGUE (AP): Slovakia’s populist Prime Minister Robert Fico is in life-threatening condition after being wounded in a shooting Wednesday (May 15) afternoon, according to his Facebook profile.
For those determined to stay out of the fight between Hezbollah and Israel, the war in Lebanon can feel at a remove. …