Taiwan’s opposition will keep its legislative majority in a blow to President Lai Ching-te’s Democratic Progressive Party, with voters overwhelmingly rejecting an attempt to recall 24 Kuomintang lawmakers.

Taiwanese voters are deciding whether to remove about one-fifth of their lawmakers from the opposition Nationalist Party

A democratic check or an abuse of power? Mass recall vote in Taiwan polarizes island after months of paralysis.

The votes could reshape the island democracy's parliament and the government's approach to its powerful neighbor.

On July 26, Taiwan will set a new record for a developed democracy, holding recall referendums for 24 opposition legislators as well as one opposition mayor. This is nothing to be proud of; the mass recalls of more than a fifth of Taiwan’s legislature are the latest sign of a political crisis that has largely gone unnoticed internationally.

As they kicked off the largest joint military exercises in Australia’s history with a press conference in Sydney earlier this month, U.S. commanders gave a simple explanation for why 35,000 troops from 19 nations were simulating high-tech warfare.

Two companies have recently seen their stock prices head higher on optimism about the future growth in AI spending. Palantir Technologies ( PLTR 2.59%) shares are up 93% from their April low, as of this writing. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing ( TSM 1.60%) is up 67% in that same period.