TAIPEI, March 23 (Reuters) – Improving ties with Beijing does not require being anti-U.S., while Taiwan’s survival depends on stable relations with China, the leader of Taiwan’s largest opposition party said on Monday. Former lawmaker Cheng Li-wun won election as chair of the Kuomintang (KMT) in October and has signalled a swing towards even closer…
BISHKEK (Reuters) -Kyrgyzstan’s parliament voted on Thursday to dissolve the legislature for snap elections in a move analysts said was likely to consolidate President Sadyr Japarov’s power. The election will take place on November 30, local media quoted Speaker Nurlanbek Turgunbek as saying, having previously been due by November 2026. Presidential elections are scheduled for…
There had been hopes that Alassane Ouattara, Ivory Coast’s 83-year-old president, might make good on his promise to step down after three terms in office. (The constitutional limit is two, though he claims to have “reset” this through a constitutional review.) PREMIUM This aerial view shows supporters of different opposition parties during a march calling…