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Taiwan’s main opposition leader said cross-strait peace can be maintained as long as Taipei did not move towards “de jure independence”, during her trip in the United States.
Cheng Li-wun, chairwoman of the Kuomintang (KMT), attended a closed-door seminar at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government on Thursday, according to a KMT statement on Friday.
Cheng told the seminar that peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait, which she described as the greatest common denominator…

US President Donald Trump said Friday he wants his incoming acting spy chief to start firing employees, deepening the controversy over the appointment of a man with no previous intelligence experience.
Bill Pulte, a Trump loyalist who heads the Federal Housing Finance Agency, was named by the Republican president on Tuesday as acting Director of National Intelligence.
“If he cut, I wouldn’t mind that,” Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One, adding that the number of employees in Pulte’s…

Image/X Jesse Ridgway, a YouTuber and filmmaker, shared an ultra-emotional update with his followers. He and his wife, Ashley, learned during pregnancy that their unborn baby had Trisomy 21, or Down syndrome. This info altered their plans and left them feeling deeply sad. Jesse explained all of this in a post on X, letting everyone know how much this decision hurt them.In his message, Jesse said the decision was not easy at all and came after careful thinking. He thanked fans for supporting them during this painful time. He also shared that many people sent personal stories and kind messages, which helped them feel less alone. Even though the situation is very emotional, he said they are trying to stay strong together as a family.YouTuber Jesse Ridgway explains emotional decision after fetal Down syndrome diagnosisJesse Ridgway wrote that he and Ashley were “devastated” after learning about the diagnosis. He explained that Ashley went through the procedure earlier in the week and is no..

Zeynab Javadli, ex-wife of a Dubai prince, was reportedly abducted along with her three children. The ex-wife of a Dubai prince and three children have reportedly been “abducted” by Emirati police in a surprise night raid, a British lawyer claimed, raising alarm over the mysterious disappearance of 34-year-old Zeynab Javadli and her children. Javadli was married to 49-year-old Sheikh Saeed, a nephew of the Dubai ruler. Javadl and her ex-husband were in the middle of a bitter custody battle. She was ordered to hand over the children two months ago.David Haigh, the British lawyer of Javadli, said he last spoke to her on Tuesday night and after that she just vanished. He said the authorities did not provide any single answer as to what might have happened to her.Javadli's mother who arrived in Dubai for a visit found the house locked and empty. According to the BBC report, she was in touch with the police in Dubai and the consulate of Azerbaijan, Javadli's home country.The custo..

US Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins told lawmakers on Thursday that American dependence on China for food, fertiliser and other agricultural inputs poses an “existential” threat, framing food security as a national security issue while defending the White House’s reduced fiscal 2027 budget request.
“If we need to rely on China for our food and our fertiliser and all the things that come with that, we will lose what we understand to be liberty and freedom in this country. That’s how important…