Before I forget…
Lai Ching-te, the presidential candidate for Taiwan’s ruling party, took an initial lead in early vote counting. His Democratic Progressive Party champions Taiwan’s separate identity and rejects China’s territorial claims.
Ecuador had a serious meltdown this week, including the storming of a TV station live on air.
It’s not every day that a U.S. defense secretary goes AWOL, in this case for a secret prostate-cancer diagnosis, surgery and hospitalization.
Anders Breivik said he was sorry for killing 77 people in Norway, said prison was a nightmare and is suing for easier conditions for his punishment. A Justice Ministry representative said there is no ground for an allegation that Breivik’s human rights are being violated.
The FAA and Boeing are looking for better ways to make sure pieces of airplanes don’t fall off in flight, exposing passengers to serious danger thousands of feet above sea level.
The Maldives and India are kicking sand at one another as China benefits. Papua New Guinea’s capital smoldered. Some truly novel scenes unfolded in Poland as police swooped down on the presidential palace and arrested two ex-ministers. And police seized a Belgian migration minister’s coffee machine and freezer, proving that truly nothing is sacred.
