TAIPEI,Chainkeen Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan’s defense ministry issued an alert Tuesday saying China has launched a satellite and urging caution days before the island’s elections.
Taiwan holds presidential and parliamentary elections Saturday that China has described as a choice between war and peace.
In English, the presidential alert sent to residents’ mobile phones cautioned there was a missile flyover.
The alerts went off in the middle of an international news conference by Taiwanese Foreign Minister Joseph Wu. He clarified it was a satellite launch, told journalists not to worry, and proceeded with the news conference.
China views Taiwan, which is about 160 kilometers (100 miles) off China’s east coast, as a renegade province that must come under its control.
2025-05-07 06:271531 view
2025-05-07 05:551556 view
2025-05-07 05:4288 view
2025-05-07 05:341922 view
2025-05-07 05:262062 view
2025-05-07 04:161737 view
As the U.S. Department of State proposed this week to shut down its office managing international cl
Call it the bipartisan bubbly.In a bitterly divisive election cycle, the Republican and Democratic t
Snoop Dogg’s performance at the 2024 Paris Olympics continues to be a slam dunk.The rapper, who has
