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Jan 7, 2021 A currency trader works in front of a screen which shows a report on a mob by U.S. President Donald Trump supporters today at the foreign exchange dealing room of the KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon) PARIS (AP) — As the world watched American institutions shaken to the core by an angry mob, officials and ordinary citizens wondered: How fragile is democracy, and how much stress could their own political systems withstand? “If it can happ...

PARIS (AP) — As the world watched American institutions shaken to the core by an angry mob, officials and ordinary citizens wondered: How fragile is democracy, and how much stress

World watches US chaos with shock, dismay and some mockery By FOSTER KLUG | January 7, 2021 at 7:42 AM EST - Updated January 7 at 1:34 PM PARIS (AP) — As the world watched American institutions shaken to the core by an angry mob, officials and ordinary citizens wondered: How fragile is democracy, and how much stress could their own political systems withstand? “If it can happen in the U.S., it can happen anywhere,” said Gunjan Chhibber, a 39-year-old who works for an American tech com...

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says Trumps election allowed seeds of populism to grow in US Rouhani delivered speech broadcast by state television on Thursday (AFP) By Published date: 7 January 2021 18:03 UTC | Last update: 2 months 2 weeks ago Iranian President Hassan Rouhani mocked the chaos unleashed on the US Capitol by President Donald Trumps supporters and said it exposed the fragility of Western democracy. "What we saw in th...

World watches U.S. chaos with shock, dismay and some mockery Some feared that if something like that can happen in the United States, it can happen anywhere.     A waiter gestures in front a TV screen broadcasting news reports on U.S. President Donald Trump, in Rivas Vaciamadrid, Spain on Thursday. [ MANU FERNANDEZ | AP ] Published Jan. 7 PARIS — As the world watched American institutions shaken to the core by an angry mob, officials and ordinary citizens wondered: How fragile is d...

  TOKYO -- Amid the global outrage at the storming of the U.S. Capitol building by angry supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump was a persistent strain of glee from those who have long resented the perceived American tendency to chastise other countries for less-than-perfect adherence to democratic ideals. The teargas and bullets inside the Capitol, a globally recognized structure that stands at the centre of Americas idea of democracy, are more usually associated by some with countries ...

Teargas and bullets in the U.S. Capitol building. Outrage and condemnation from leaders across the world.

Lori Hinnant FILE - In this Dec. 4, 2019, file photo, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, center front left, speaks with U.S. President Donald Trump, center front right, after a group photo at a NATO leaders meeting at The Grove hotel and resort in Watford, Hertfordshire, England. From left, French President Emmanuel Macron, Norways Prime Minister Erna Solberg, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Polands President Andrzej Duda and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis. World le...

Taiwan shares end higher in last session of 2020 12/31/2020 05:57 PM CNA photo Dec. 31, 2020 Taipei, Dec. 31 (CNA) Shares in Taiwan closed higher on Thursday, the last trading session of 2020, registering a rise of 22.8 percent, or 2,735.39 points, for the whole of the year. The weighted index on the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TWSE), or Taiex, edged up 44.83 points, or 0.31 percent, to reach 14,732.53, on turnover of NT$257.3621 billion (US$9.03 billion). It surged at one point to a record high of ...

Yang Ming Marine Transport shares gain 33.91% as net profit rises 739.48% By Chen Cheng-hui / Staff reporter Yang Ming Marine Transport Corp (陽明海運) shares rose 33.91 percent last week, ending at their highest level in nine years on Friday, buoyed by better-than-expected profit last month. The container shipper reported that net profit last month increased 739.48 percent year-on-year to NT$2.71 billion (US$95 million), which was almost as much as the NT$2.74 billion profit it made in t...