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On a slow Thursday evening in the Ling Ya night market in Kaohsiung, southern Taiwan, Huang Jin-yueh, 60, is despondent as she washes utensils in the sink under the harsh strip lighting of her empty restaurant. Taiwanese meat delicacies, offal and chicken’s feet are laid out in neat rows on a road stall to tempt…

No one will be taking a closer interest in the deepening tensions between Washington and Tehran over the assassination of Quds Force commander Qassim Soleimani than the rulers of Russia and China. Click Here: liverpool mens jersey Even before US President Donald Trump authorised the mission to assassinate the iconic Iranian commander, Russia and China…

Bushfires are an annual problem for Australia, but this season has been unprecedented.  With the death toll now rising daily, millions of hectares left in ashes, and scores of homes left in blackened ruins, the blazes have turned huge swathes of New South Wales and Victoria into disaster zones.  Queensland, South Australia, and West Australia…

The killing of Qassim Soleimani is one of the biggest developments in the Middle East for decades – it far eclipses the deaths of Bin Laden or Baghdadi in terms of strategic significance and implications. The US and Iran have been engaged in a dangerous tit-for-tat for months now, but this is a massive walk up…

The constitution of the Russian Federation is clear: no president may remain in office for more than two consecutive terms.  So come 2024 Vladimir Putin should – in theory – retire.  But few believe that the man who has ruled Russia for 20 years will find it easy to let go of the reins of…

Belgium and the Netherlands are considering extending their already liberal laws on euthanasia to patients with dementia.  Both countries have taken steps to liberalising rules which allow people to choose when to die and with medical support, with Belgium mulling whether to allow euthanasia for people without terminal illness who consider their “lives fulfilled”.  Euthanasia…

Nicolas Maduro was worried. His rival for the Venezuelan presidency, Juan Guaido, had appeared at an airbase in Caracas, flanked by national guardsmen, to declare that a coup was under way. Mr Maduro was on the telephone to Russia, asking his guardians for advice. For that one heart-stopping moment in April, it appeared that Mr…

Steve Bannon has called for Republicans running the Senate impeachment trial to go ‘full Trump’ by scheduling a string of witnesses helpful to the US president and allowing it to last for months. Mr Bannon, who was Mr Trump’s 2016 election campaign manager, urged the party leadership to use their Senate majority – which gives them…

The towering Christmas tree in Baghdad’s Tahrir Square had always been a wondrous sight. The giant baubles, twinkling tinsel and angelic figure sat at its tip had brightened up the otherwise drab central plaza. Families of all faiths would gather on the first Sunday of every December to watch as its lights were switched on…

Chinese president Xi Jinping used the 20th anniversary of the handover of Macau from Portuguese control to quietly rebuke Hong Kong yesterday. Mr Xi closed out a rare three-day visit by praising Macau for its loyalty to the Chinese Communist Party and love for the Chinese nation, in contrast to the city state that has been…