/ Staff writer, with CNAShin Chi-chih （辛繼志） has been named Taiwan’s new envoy to Ivory Coast, as the Ministry of Foreign Affairs （MOFA） is preparing to reopen its representative office in the West African country soon, a ministry official said yesterday.
An increasing number of Belgian municipalities have cancelled plans to show this winter's football World Cup matches on big screens - citing both ethical concerns and the soaring cost of energy.
BRUSSELS (AP) A car slammed at high speed into Carnival revelers in a small town in southern Belgium early Sunday, killing six people and leaving 10 more with life-threatening injuries, authorities said, adding many others were lightly injured.
A national tribute was paid to the victims of Sunday’s carnival tragedy in the presence of bereaved families, prime minister Alexander De Croo, interior minister Annelies Verlinden, Walloon minister-president Elio Di Rupo and La Louvière mayor Jacques Gobert on Saturday.