Taiwan's minor opposition Taiwan People's Party is pushing for the abolition of the Control Yuan, the government's watchdog agency, saying it favors the interests of the ruling party. Israel and Iran continue to exchange deadly strikes with little sign that either side is seeking to de-escalate the conflict. And President Lai Ching-te has met with a visiting delegation from the U.S. House of Representatives, calling for progress on avoiding double taxation and emphasizing Taiwan's willingness to bolster its national defense.
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-With former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte facing trial at the ICC, opinion remains divided in the country over the extrajudicial killings that characterized his brutal drug war.
-Fishers and conservationists in Thailand are worried about the toxic effects that unlicensed and unregulated mines in Myanmar are having on rivers downstream.
-One Indigenous elder from the Indigenous Kavalan people group is striving to keep alive the group's unique traditional craft of weaving with banana fiber.
