Morning brief: Taiwan's Tsai meets US delegation, Israel-Hamas war updates, and more
Morning brief: Here's a look at the top stories.
Taiwan's outgoing President Tsai Ing-wen said on Monday (Jan 15) that a visit by the unofficial delegation from the United States highlighted “the close and staunch partnership" between Taipei and Washington. The visit of the US delegation comes days after Tsai's Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) won the Jan 13 election, with Lai Ching-te set to be the island's next president.
We are tracking live updates on the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas. At the time of writing the morning brief, in the latest available update from the conflict, a video was shared by Hamas on Sunday showing three Israeli hostages it is holding in the Gaza Strip in which they urged the Netanyahu government to stop the offensive against the Palestinian militant group.
In other news from around the world, North Korea said on Monday it had tested a new solid-fuel immediate-range hypersonic missile. This test comes a day after South Korea said that Pyongyang had fired an unidentified ballistic missile towards the East Sea.
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Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen, on Monday (Jan 15) said that a visit by the unofficial delegation from the United States highlights “the close and staunch partnership between Taiwan and the US”. The visit comes days after the self-ruled island elected a pro-sovereignty candidate who China said would bring war.
Hamas, on Sunday, released a videoshowing three Israeli hostages it is holding in Gaza in which they urged their Israeli government to stop the offensive against the Palestinian militant group and securetheir release.
A day after Seoul's claims, N Korea says it fired solid-fuel hypersonic missile
North Korea on Monday (Jan 15) announced it had tested a new solid-fuel immediate-range hypersonic missile, according to state news agency KCNA, a day after South Korea said its arch-rival had fired an unidentified ballistic missile towards the East Sea.
US: 4 dead, 1 severely injured in hot-air balloon crash in Arizona desert
As many as four people were killed while another was severely injured after a hot-air balloon crashed in the Arizona desert on Sunday (Jan 14), according to the local police.The fatal crash took place near Eloy just before 8 in the morning.
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