Taiwan president Tsai Ing-wen said yesterday the island would not accept a "one country, two systems" political formula which Beijing has suggested could be used to unify the democratic island, saying such an arrangement had failed in Hong Kong.
French hardline union CGT called yesterday for more strikes in France this month after President Emmanuel Macron pledged to push through an overhaul of the pension system following weeks of nationwide strikes by trade unions.
After more than 60 years sealed in a library store, about 1,000 letters written by poet TS Eliot to confidante Emily Hale will be unveiled this week, with scholars hoping they will reveal the extent of a relationship which has been speculated about for decades.
North Korea's leader plans to further develop nuclear programmes and to introduce a "new strategic weapon" in the near future, state media said yesterday, although he signalled there was still room for dialogue with the United States.
Flash floods inundated swathes of Indonesia's capital and nearby towns after torrential rainfall, killing at least nine people and forcing thousands of people to evacuate.
A March drawing tens of thousands of anti-government protesters in Hong Kong on New Year's Day spiralled into chaotic scenes as police fired tear gas and water cannon at crowds including families, before halting the event.
An Iranian-backed militia has vowed to exact revenge for the "aggression of evil American ravens".
