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But 133 guards and three administrative employees are still being held, according to the country’s prison agency. from World | CNN https://ift.tt/suPxtVH

Lai Ching-te, a former doctor from a poor mining family, was propelled into politics by a military crisis in the Taiwan Strait 27 years ago. Now, he is tasked with preventing another one from happening as the new leader of Taiwan. from World | CNN https://ift.tt/SQ4wNiz

More than four years after Costco’s first store in the country caused a stir, shoppers in the southern metropolis of Shenzhen this week flocked to the US retailer’s latest outlet on Chinese shores. from World | CNN https://ift.tt/YJtXIOa

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All eyes will be on Taiwan this Saturday as voters choose a new leader under the shadow of an increasingly assertive China that has spent the past eight years ramping up its threats toward the self-ruled island. from World | CNN https://ift.tt/0qz8N53

Taiwan, a small and vibrant Asian democracy on the doorstep of a much larger authoritarian neighbor, holds presidential and parliamentary elections on Saturday and the results will reverberate far beyond its borders. from World | CNN https://ift.tt/z4yurAf

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Alabama football coach Nick Saban, whose seven career national championships are the most by a coach at NCAA football’s highest level, has announced his retirement, according to ESPN and The Athletic, both citing unnamed sources. ESPN was the first to report the news. from World | CNN https://ift.tt/4OVkxBq

A top Israeli actor, best known for his role as a special forces soldier in hit Netflix series “Fauda,” has been badly wounded in Gaza while fighting for Israel’s military against Hamas, according to his family and the hospital where he is being treated. from World | CNN https://ift.tt/YgLn7xu

Young Taiwanese voters will play a key role in Saturday’s presidential election, but China’s threats are not the only thing on their mind as they head to the polls. from World | CNN https://ift.tt/NLMsBd9

The experts’ statement came after the United Nations had been the focus of months of frustrated accusations that it was ignoring the rape and mutilation of women during the Oct. 7 attacks. from World News https://ift.tt/CsQhyvo

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NASA leadership is expected Tuesday to announce a “months-long delay” to the first crewed missions of the agency’s flagship Artemis program, according to one current and one former NASA employee. from World | CNN https://ift.tt/r4pcmz7

A new rocket developed by United Launch Alliance launches the Peregrine lunar lander on the first moon landing mission from the United States in 52 years. from World | CNN https://ift.tt/OrUe94x

More than 10 children on average have lost one or both of their legs every day in Gaza since October 7, with many amputations performed without anesthetic, a charity said Sunday, underscoring the dire humanitarian situation in the Palestinian enclave following more than three months of Israeli bombardment. from World | CNN https://ift.tt/U70PNQ8