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EU urges new sanctions for Russia ‘atrocities’

Taipei Times

Bodies lie in a mass grave behind a church in Bucha, Ukraine, on Sunday.
Photo: AFP

EU officials yesterday said they were weighing more sanctions targeting Moscow in response to alleged atrocities against Ukrainian civilians by Russian forces that sparked a wave of international outrage.

Despite Russian denials of responsibility, condemnation was swift, with Western leaders, NATO and the UN all voicing horror at images of dead bodies in Bucha, northwest of Kyiv, and elsewhere.

Taiwan inaugurates first domestically made crane vessel

Taipei Times

A man operates a water cannon at the launch of Taiwan’s first crane vessel, the Green Jade, at CSBC Corp, Taiwan’s shipyard in Kaohsiung yesterday.
Photo: Hung Chen-hung, Taipei Times

Taiwan yesterday held a launching ceremony for its first domestically produced crane vessel, the Green Jade, to be used for offshore wind farm projects, with Premier Su Tseng-chang (蘇貞昌) saying it was a milestone in the nation’s push for green energy.

Indigenous status rule not constitutional, court says

Taipei Times

The Constitutional Court in Taipei on Friday deliberates on the constitutionality of Article 4, Paragraph 2 of the Status Act for Indigenous Peoples.
Photo: Chang Wen-chuan, Taipei Times

A legal provision that grants indigenous status to people with only one indigenous parent based strictly on their name has been declared unconstitutional by the Constitutional Court.

The court took aim at Article 4, Paragraph 2 of the Status Act for Indigenous Peoples (原住民身分法), which states: “Children of intermarriages between indigenous peoples and non-indigenous peoples taking the surname of the indigenous father or mother, or using the indigenous peoples traditional name shall acquire indigenous peoples status.”

China aiding psychological warfare

Chien Yu-yen 簡余晏

Autocracies often expand their power through two approaches: One is by using the influence of economic and combat power, the other by employing diplomacy and propaganda.

As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine entered its second month, there has been relentless bombardment and information warfare.

The foreign affairs spokespeople of two autocracies — China and Russia — have unanimously attacked the US and Ukraine via conferences and state media. They took to social media to accuse Ukraine of making biochemical weapons to rationalize Russia’s invasion.

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