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Taiwan, Israel advance medical cooperation

Taiwan renewed a cooperative agreement on health and medicine with Israel Nov. 9, the Ministry of Health and Welfare said.   The MOHW said that Ya-ping Abby Lee, head of the...

Deputy FM Wu hosts French Mayotte delegation

Deputy Foreign Minister François Chih-chung Wu hosted a dinner banquet for a delegation from...

Pacific Islands Leadership Program concludes in Taipei

The closing ceremony of the 2026 Pacific Islands Leadership Program with Taiwan was held...

Taiwanese movies feature in Czech film festival

Supported by the Cultural Division of Taipei Economic and Cultural Office Prague, two Taiwanese...

US Restricts Visas for Somali Officials Accused of Undermining Democracy

https://ift.tt/dA2lgLt United States barred on Friday travel by Somali officials and other individuals to the United States, accusing them of "undermining the democratic process"...

Ukraine, Pandemic, Economy Likely to Lead Biden’s First State of the Union Address

https://ift.tt/7KngmP0 Biden to use annual address to push agenda, and to discuss current hot topics including Ukraine, pandemic and economy. VOA's Anita Powell has...

After 50 Years, Nixon’s Historic Trip to China Reevaluated

https://ift.tt/MhtSz8G week marks the 50th anniversary of President Richard Nixon's historic 1972 visit to China, which opened relations between the United States and China’s...

What is SWIFT sanction? How Russian Economy can be crippled by it

President Joe Biden on Thursday announced a new round of sanctions against Russia after its invasion of Ukraine hours earlier. Biden said penalties against the...

US: China Risks Credibility by Backing Russia

https://ift.tt/YFQzfhN failure to condemn Russia's invasion of Ukraine is undermining its own long-standing defense of sovereignty and territorial integrity on the world stage, according...

US to Allow All Commerical Transactions with Afghanistan

https://ift.tt/dA2lgLt U.S. Treasury on Friday issued a new general license authorizing all commercial transactions with Afghanistan's governing institutions, expanding recently announced exemptions from sanctions...

US, EU, Britain Announce Sanctions Against Russian President 

https://ift.tt/dA2lgLt United States announced Friday that it would freeze the assets of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, following similar...

US Fines Hit Pakistani Bank’s Shares in New York  

https://ift.tt/647BMmL. financial regulators have fined the New York branch of the National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) more than $55 million for anti-money laundering violations...

Who Is Ketanji Brown Jackson, Biden’s Supreme Court Nominee? 

https://ift.tt/rML8fxB approved by the Senate, federal appellate Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, President Joe Biden’s nominee to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court, will make...

US Drugmaker, Distributors Finalize $26B Opioid Settlement

https://ift.tt/NFVuGpm Johnson & Johnson and three major distributors finalized nationwide settlements over their role in the opioid addiction crisis Friday, an announcement that clears...

Key US Inflation Gauge Hit 6.1% in January, Highest Since 1982

https://ift.tt/tb6dVUo inflation gauge that is closely monitored by the Federal Reserve jumped 6.1% in January compared with a year ago, the latest evidence that...

Drug Overdoses Are Killing More Americans Than Guns, Traffic Accidents

https://ift.tt/iad9Sjp 100-thousand people died in the U.S. from drug overdoses in the 12 months between June 2020 to May 2021, according to the latest...

Russian troops enter Kyiv, No Plan to take over Ukraine says Putin

Russian troops shut down Kyiv as Moscow's invasion of Ukraine continued. Kyiv officials have warned residents in the Obolon metropolitan area not to leave the...

Biden Has Picked a Supreme Court Nominee: Reports

https://ift.tt/647BMmL. President Joe Biden has made a final decision on who he will pick to be his first Supreme Court nominee, U.S. media reported...

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