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Taiwan president quits as party head after China threat bet fails to win votes

Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen resigned as head of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) on Saturday after her strategy to frame local elections as showing defiance to China's rising bellicosity failed to pay off and win public support.

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Looking for a boost, Taiwan’s oldest political party turns to the great-grandson of Chiang Kai-shek

TAIPEI, Taiwan — Between internal strife, muddled campaign messages and a stance on China that has become a political liability, Taiwan’s oldest political party is deep in existential crisis.

Los Angeles Times

China threat looms in Taiwan’s local elections as voters weigh island’s future

Ruling DPP campaigns on rising Beijing threat while rival KMT steers clear, in first vote since tensions in the Taiwan Strait escalated

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Taiwan president casts local election as referendum on her leadership

Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen on Thursday cast this weekend's local elections as a referendum on her leadership, saying a vote for her party's candidates was a vote for her and her commitment to "take good care" of Taiwan and ensure peace with China.

Reuters

An Interview With Chen Shih-chung: Rebuilding a Culture of Trust and Collaboration in the Taipei City Government

Chen Shih-chung said the first thing he would like to do as a mayor is build a team with a shared sense of trust. He considers this to be important because his own abilities can’t compare with that of 80,000 people working together. “If a group is involved in a…

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Five facts and questions about Taiwan's local elections

Taiwan holds local elections on Saturday, a key test of support for the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) ahead of presidential and parliamentary polls in early 2024.

Reuters

China threat vaults local issues onto centre stage in Taiwan elections

China's belligerence towards Taiwan and the future of the island's democracy are taking centre stage in campaigns ahead of local elections next week, a key test of the ruling party's support before a presidential vote in early 2024.

Reuters

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Taiwan belongs to the Taiwanese, president Tsai Ing-wen says in fiery pre-election rebuff to China

Ahead of Taiwan's elections this month, Tsai Ing-wen says her mission in life is to ensure the island continues to belong to its people.

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Taiwan belongs to Taiwanese, president says in fiery pre-election rebuff to China

Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen said on Saturday her mission in life was to ensure the island continued to belong to its people and that Taiwan's existence was a provocation to no one, in a fiery pre-election rebuff to China.

Reuters

Fiji's top cop and public prosecutor clash over decision to drop charges against opposition MP ahead of election

An extraordinary stoush has erupts between Fiji's police commissioner and director of public prosecutions (DPP), just weeks out from the country's national election.

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'Overwhelming': Chief prosecutor, Lehrmann's barrister appointed senior counsel

"Having been recognised that you are [worthy] is a little bit overwhelming."

The Canberra Times

Dublin mum Lisa Thompson found strangled and stabbed in home, inquest hears

The city’s district coroner’s court was told by the coroner Aisling Gannon a postmortem showed she died as a result of “ligature strangulation and multiple stab wounds”

Dublin Live

Tragic mother found dead in Dublin home had been 'strangled and stabbed'

A murder inquiry was launched after Lisa Thompson’s remains were discovered

Irish Mirror

The Tsai Administration Is Silent on Lula’s Victory. What Would It Take for That To Change?

The Tsai administration’s passing on an opportunity to demonstrate support for democracy in Brazil is disappointing. All the more so because in 2018, Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued immediate congratulations to Bolsonaro on the day of his presidential election.

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Bruce Lehrmann to face retrial next year over alleged rape of Brittany Higgins, prosecutor confirms

The Director of Public Prosecutions confirms that the former Liberal Party staffer will be retried over the alleged rape of his then-colleague Brittany Higgins in Parliament House in 2019.

Reuters

Taiwan celebrates diversity, equality in east Asia's largest Pride march

About 120,000 people, many carrying rainbow flags, marched through Taiwan's capital Taipei on Saturday to celebrate LGBTQ+ equality in east Asia's largest Pride march.

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Accused rapist to face second trial after jury viewed alleged victim's social media posts

A man accused of rape in South Australia will face a second trial after a District Court judge discharged the first jury for doing their own research and then incorrectly delivering a verdict in the case.

Newcastle Herald

Man told he's lucky to have bail as he's blocked from moving into 'drug house'

A man accused of threatening to kill someone has been told he's lucky to have bail at all after the court heard he wanted to scrap his overnight curfew, move into a "drug house" and go to Newcastle where his alleged victim lives.

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How Worried Is Taiwan About Chinese Invasion?

Survey shows the Taiwanese public is far less concerned about a Chinese invasion than citizens of other countries in the region.

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Unique political fault lines in Taiwan complicate China resistance

TAIPEI, Taiwan — As the Taiwanese government seeks to respond to China’s unification pressure campaign, a significant impediment is the self-governing island’s own political polarization — which, in some respects, is worsening.

Roll Call

Unique political fault lines in Taiwan complicate China resistance - Roll Call

Political divisions in Taiwan, which are increasing according to polls, further complicate its efforts to hold China at bay.

Bangkok Post

The tough road to democratisation

Taiwan has been hailed as a textbook example of a successful transition to democracy. At the end of the civil war in 1949, Chiang Kai-shek, leader of the Kuomintang (KMT), lost to Mao Zedong's communist forces and fled to the island. After almost four decades of martial law until 1987,…

Dublin Live

Gerry 'The Monk' Hutch back in prison cell after being quizzed by gardai over suspected organised crime offences

“The Monk”, 58, was arrested on Wednesday morning and taken from his cell at Wheatfield Prison in West Dublin

The Guardian - UK

Judges wrong to bail defendants due to barristers’ strike, high court rules

DPP wins challenge to rulings which have led to release of potentially dangerous people

Manchester Evening News

Judges 'wrong' to bail defendants due to barristers' strike, High Court told

Judges in two cases - including one in Manchester - refused to extend custody time limits despite the strikes

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