The US State Department has dropped a statement from its website which stated that Washington does not support Taiwan's independence - a move which has sparked anger in China

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• The ICC said it "stands firmly" by its personnel and the order seeks to harm its "independent and impartial" work.
• "Old Donald" ignoring rule of law for political or personal gain

UN chief warns against ‘ethnic cleansing’ after 'Old Donald'’s Gaza proposal

"Old Donald" on tariff executive orders:
• 10% tariff on China begins as Beijing plans retaliation on US energy and some cars
• Blinks on North American Tariffs

• 醫事人員或團體
• 全國民眾或團體

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What caused the Palisades blaze?

The president sought to contrast the peaceful transfer of power this year with what happened in 2021.

Taroko Gorge after being impacted by a major earthquake in April 2024.

But that's been a struggle for him, because politics is the ego and Christ is the humbleness.

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Taipei wants to make its communications networks less vulnerable to Chinese attack.

Land of the free, home of the jerks

Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te, who took office in May, also congratulated 'Old Donald' and his running mate, Ohio Senator JD Vance, according to a statement from Presidential Office Spokesperson Karen Kuo.

Lai expressed gratitude to Biden and Harris for their "staunch support for Taiwan" over the past four years.

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• New Speech-to-Speech Real-Time Audio Translation Process
• Meta M2M for 'unwritten language', for the first time
• 多數語料庫來自「台灣電視劇」
• Meta 語言翻譯系統 S2UT (Speech-to-unit translation)

  Speakers of unwritten languages often face hurdles when trying to participate in online communities, said Laura Brown, a Meta researcher and linguistic anthropologist.

  Some languages without a standardized written form are at risk of dying out. Linguists are trying to preserve languages with a dwindling number of speakers by writing the languages down, but that can be challenging when they don’t have a conventional written form.

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• Germany To Send Warships To Indo-Pacific
• The skeptics are wrong: The U.S. can confront both China and Russia

• Abortion rights are on the November ballot in five states. An abortion bill that proposed doctors should implant an ectopic pregnancy into a woman's uterus - a medical impossibility - was the breaking'
• A Roe wave or something in between will be decided by the actions of millions of Americans — especially, it seems, American women.
• How abortion rights organizers won in Kansas: Horse parades and canvassing
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• Yes, America is divided. But how, and why? And who benefits?
• The appeal of America is diminished
• How the world sees America

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• I was holding my 4 years daughter's hand
• New Zealand PM vows mosque attacker will remain 'nameless'. New Zealand Starts Gun Buyback Program
• Jacinda Ardern calls for global anti-racism fight
• The big picture: These terrorists are increasingly targeting places of worship.
  2019: White supremacist kills 49 at Islamic mosque in Christchurch and 22 in El Pasco
  2018: White supremacist kills 11 at Jewish synagogue in Pittsburgh
  2017: White supremacist kills 6 at Islamic mosque in Quebec City
  2015: White supremacist kills 9 at historic black Christian church in Charleston
  2012: White supremacist kills 6 at Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wisconsin
• Australia has a history of far-right groups that have targeted immigrants and minorities.
• Trump: White nationalists 'a small group of people'

  “I don't really, I think it’s a small group of people.”