Earthquake of magnitude 5.0 - 103 km NNW of Isangel, Vanuatu
The Philippines and Canada sign a joint memorandum of understanding for defense cooperation
Earthquake of magnitude 5.5 - 89 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu
Earthquake of magnitude 4.6 - 93 km ENE of Poso, Indonesia
Earthquake of magnitude 5.2 - 92 km ENE of Poso, Indonesia
Earthquake of magnitude 4.7 - 12 km NE of Labuan Bajo, Indonesia
Earthquake of magnitude 4.6 - 291 km SSW of Bengkulu, Indonesia
Earthquake of magnitude 4.9 - 126 km SSW of Abepura, Indonesia
Earthquake of magnitude 4.8 - 35 km SW of Meulaboh, Indonesia
Earthquake of magnitude 5.0 - 218 km N of Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands
Earthquake of magnitude 5.6 - 26 km NE of Hinatuan, Philippines
Philippines defence minister calls out China official for "gutter-level talk"
Earthquake of magnitude 4.7 - 86 km N of Baukau, Timor Leste
Earthquake of magnitude 5.1 - 132 km E of Bitung, Indonesia
Earthquake of magnitude 4.8 - 46 km SE of Hengchun, Taiwan
Earthquake of magnitude 5.1 - 107 km NNW of Isangel, Vanuatu
Earthquake of magnitude 4.9 - 122 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines
Earthquake of magnitude 4.9 - 27 km ENE of Hinatuan, Philippines
9 month agoTaiwan's president-elect Lai Ching-te hailed the island's "solid partnership" with Washington as he welcomed a US delegation Monday - which China said it "firmly opposed". The island lost one of its few formal diplomatic allies as Pacific nation Nauru unexpectedly announced it
Earthquake of magnitude 4.6 - 293 km SSE of Ambon, Indonesia
Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen met Monday with a US delegation who arrived on the heels of a crucial vote won by her ruling Democratic Progressive Party, according to an @AFP reporter at the Presidential Office
Earthquake of magnitude 4.6 - 106 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines
Earthquake of magnitude 4.6 - 177 km W of Labuha, Indonesia
Opposition Kuomintang (KMT) presidential candidate Hou Yu-ih (侯友宜) has conceded defeat in the 2024 presidential race as Vice President Lai Ching-te (賴清德) was headed to victory with most of the ballots counted
6pm: Two hours after polling closed, and the official CEC count has Lai comfortably ahead at 43.27%, Hou second with 34.01% and Ko trailing at 22.72%, with 1,841 polling places out of 17,795 (10%) reporting
5:40pm: The National Police Agency reported 92 legal violations at the polls, 49 of which involved taking photos of a ballot or bringing a phone or recording equipment into the voting booth, and 13 were for campaigning
9 month agoSeveral voters were reported to have breached election laws as of noon Saturday, during Taiwan's presidential and legislative elections, with actions such as tearing up their ballot papers, according to local government election officials
Earthquake of magnitude 5.2 - 161 km E of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
Earthquake of magnitude 4.7 - 15 km NNW of Ishigaki, Japan
Voting in Taiwan's presidential and legislative elections opened at 8 a.m. Saturday, with voting permitted until 4 p.m., as voters visited polling stations around Taiwan to cast their ballots.nPolls open for presidential, legislative elections - Focus Taiwan
