US Senate passes Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan bill; Biden to sign on Wednesday | Russia-Ukraine war News

US Senate passes Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan bill; Biden to sign on Wednesday | Russia-Ukraine war News

The United States Senate has passed a long-delayed multibillion-dollar aid package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, paving the way for new weapons deliveries to Kyiv as soon as this week. The Democratic-controlled Senate passed the measure, held up for months by right-wing Republicans and part of a four-bill package, by…

US House approves aid package worth billions for Ukraine, Israel | Politics News

US House approves aid package worth billions for Ukraine, Israel | Politics News

The Democratic-majority Senate is expected to vote on the bill next week, sending it to President Joe Biden to sign into law. The United States House of Representatives with broad bipartisan support has passed a $95bn legislative package providing security assistance to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, despite bitter objections from…

Taiwan searches for 18 still missing after Wednesday’s quake | Earthquakes News

Taiwan searches for 18 still missing after Wednesday’s quake | Earthquakes News

Strict building codes and widespread public disaster awareness appear to have staved off a major catastrophe. Rescuers in Taiwan are continuing their search for 18 people still missing after a magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck the island’s rugged east coast. Wednesday’s earthquake in the mountainous and sparsely populated eastern county of…

Taiwan says 1,000 injured in earthquake, rescue efforts focus on Hualien | Earthquakes News

Taiwan says 1,000 injured in earthquake, rescue efforts focus on Hualien | Earthquakes News

The quake struck on Wednesday morning and was the strongest to hit the island in 25 years. The search for survivors of Taiwan’s strongest earthquake in 25 years continues. At least nine people have been confirmed dead and hundreds injured after the magnitude 7.2 tremor hit off the island’s east…

Taiwan hit by strongest earthquake in 25 years, killing 9: What we know | News

Taiwan hit by strongest earthquake in 25 years, killing 9: What we know | News

Taiwan’s earthquake kills at least nine people, injures nearly 900, with 77 trapped in tunnels and collapsed buildings. Taiwan was rocked by a magnitude 7 earthquake on Wednesday, the strongest to hit the island in 25 years. It has so far killed nine people, injured about 900 others and prompted…

Japan, Taiwan, Philippines issue tsunami alerts after major earthquake | Weather News

Japan, Taiwan, Philippines issue tsunami alerts after major earthquake | Weather News

DEVELOPING STORYDEVELOPING STORY, Japan Meteorological Agency warns of 3 metre waves (9.8 ft)after 7.7-magnitude quake. Taiwan has been jolted by its biggest earthquake in a quarter-century, triggering tsunami warnings for the self-ruled island, Japan and the Philippines. The earthquake on Wednesday shook buildings off their foundations and led to a…

Q&A: Taiwan whistleblower Rex How on the challenge of generational change | Politics News

Q&A: Taiwan whistleblower Rex How on the challenge of generational change | Politics News

Taipei, Taiwan – Eleven years ago, Rex How, writer, publisher, translator, editor, and then-cultural adviser to the Kuomintang (KMT) government of President Ma Ying-jeou, made a decision that would change the direction of his own life, and the future of Taiwan. On June 20, 2013, How posted a letter on…