The Philippines is exploring deeper cooperation with Taiwan on protecting undersea cables and addressing "gray-zone" activity, despite Manila's one-China policy, which recognizes Beijing and not Taipei, a Philippine diplomat said on Wednesday.

Cinco pessoas foram acusadas de terem aceitado 450 mil dólares taiwaneses (mais de 12 mil euros) para "partir os braços e as pernas" do humorista Huang Yihao, de forma a impedi-lo de atuar em palco.

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The island adopted quotas for women running for public office decades before other countries. The upshot? Today, few of them need quotas to get elected.

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