President Tsai Ing-wen stressed that Taiwan’s people still want self-rule, weeks after candidates favoring closer ties with China won mayoral elections in major cities.
Tag: New Year
Kim Jong-un, Ready to Meet Trump ‘at Any Time,’ Demands U.S. End Sanctions
In his New Year’s Day speech, North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un, said he was ready to meet with President Trump again but warned against continued sanctions against his country.
Macron Vows Order ‘Without Compromise’ in Rebuke to Yellow Vest Protests
President Emmanuel Macron of France urged his fellow citizens to “accept reality” and called for the protesters shaking the country over inequality to curb the disorder sown at demonstrations.
New Year’s Eve Around the World: Countdown to 2019, in Photos
Images of festivities celebrating the transition to the new year.
Israel Dispatch: New Year’s Fete From Russia Irks Some in Israel: ‘It’s Not a Jewish Holiday’
Novy God, the Russian New Year, has become a way to gauge Israeli acceptance of more than one million Russian-speaking immigrants, many of whom feel they constantly have to prove their Jewishness.