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TAIPEI: The United States cannot abandon the Indo-Pacific because the region is part of its “core national interests”, Taiwan’s Defence Minister Wellington Koo said amid concerns about US security commitments to Taiwan. The White House clash between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and US President Donald Trump, which plunged ties between Kyiv and its top military backer to a new low, has renewed concerns in Taiwan about Washington’s security commitment at a time when China is ramping up its military pressure to assert its sovereignty claims over the democratic island. “We indeed noticed the fast-changing and tricky international situation and deeply…

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President Trump will address Congress on Tuesday night to sell his vision for his second administration, as he remakes American government and tests the limits of executive power.The speech comes after a blitz of executive actions seeking to purge a federal bureaucracy he views as disloyal and otherwise reshape domestic and foreign policy. In pursuing his agenda, Mr. Trump has repeatedly made false statements and claims lacking evidence, including that Ukraine started the war with Russia and that diversity programs at the Federal Aviation Administration led to a plane crash this year.The president’s address is expected to touch on the…

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The Minnesota House failed to pass the “Preserving Girls’ Sports Act” weeks after President Donald Trump’s executive order to ban biological males from competing in women’s and girls sports.HF12 needed 68 House votes for passage, but the bill fell one vote short with 67 affirmative votes to 66 negative votes.The act stated that “only female students may participate in an elementary or secondary school level athletic team or sport that an educational institution has restricted to women and girls.” A person waves a transgender pride flag during the People’s March and rally to the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., United…

A child has died of measles in West Texas, the first known death in an outbreak that is spreading in the region and in neighboring New Mexico, state health officials said on Wednesday.The patient was an unvaccinated school-age child, according to officials in Lubbock, Texas, and the Department of State Health Services. The outbreak comes amid growing concerns among public health experts about declining vaccination rates and the confirmation of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a prominent vaccine skeptic, as the nation’s health secretary.At a meeting of cabinet officials at the White House on Wednesday, Mr. Kennedy downplayed the news, saying…

Let the Martha Stewartification begin! Meghan Markle’s new lifestyle series, With love, Meghan, has finally launched on Netflix — and it’s a delight.Will viewers feel equally charmed? It’s hard to tell: there will be plenty who will gleefully hate-watch this — but an eyeball’s an eyeball, and Netflix won’t mind either way.For my part: I was charmed. In fact, with the world going to hell in a hand basket right now, this inoffensive, soft-focus piece of fluff might just be what we all need to be engaging with right now.It’s glorious escapism — and I am eating it up.In the…

Therapy lamps simulate sunlight, helping to regulate your body’s internal clock while boosting your mood and energy levels.  (iStock) The winter and its lack of sunshine can trigger what’s known as Seasonal Affective Disorder, or SAD. This seasonal slump is more than just a fleeting funk for some people. Roughly ten million Americans suffer from seasonal depressive disorder, according to the American Psychiatry Association. The remedy you may not have thought of? Light therapy lamps. The challenge of getting outside when it’s cold and dark can compound these feelings and a daily dose of sunshine via a light therapy lamp might be just…

NPC spokesperson Lou denounced Washington’s decision to impose unilateral tariffs as a violation of international trade rules, after a reporter from US news outlet NBC News asked if tariffs would be a key issue at this year’s Two Sessions. “The unilateral imposition of tariffs by the United States violates the rules of the World Trade Organization (WTO) and interferes with the security and stability of the global industrial chain and supply chain,” Lou said. Lou called for a balanced approach, and voiced hopes that “the United States and China will meet each other halfway and find a solution to the…

In the early years of her nearly six-decade marriage, Dolly Parton noticed that her husband was spending a lot of time at the bank, where he had developed a crush on a teller. She told him to knock it off.She later channeled her feelings into “Jolene,” a hit 1973 song. Her fans have been singing its haunting chorus ever since.Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, JoleneI’m begging of you please don’t take my manJolene, Jolene, Jolene, JolenePlease don’t take him just because you can.The song is one of several that Parton’s husband, Carl Dean, an asphalt paver who died on Monday at 82,…