Fri, May 24, 2019
‘Same-sex’ certificate criticized
The Ministry of the Interior yesterday revised its same-sex marriage certificate after the initial version was criticized as discriminatory. The Enforcement Act of Judicial Yuan Interpretation No. 748 (司法院釋字第748號解釋施行法) is to go into effect today and with it same-sex couples will ...FULL STORY
US senators pass bill on Taiwan’s WHA efforts
The US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on Wednesday unanimously passed a bill supporting Taiwan’s...FULL STORYTwo US warships sail through Taiwan Strait on way to multinational drills
SIGN OF SUPPORT: The transit came as the US, Japan, South Korea and Australia began operation ‘Pacific...FULL STORY
Indian PM Modi claims landslide election victory
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday claimed victory in a general election and vowed an “inclusive”...FULL STORYOzone-depleting gases coming from PRC, scientists say
Industries in northeastern China have spewed large quantities of an ozone-depleting gas into the atmosphere...FULL STORY
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Groups demand payment for canceled FAT flights
Travel industry representatives yesterday said that Far Eastern Air Transport (FAT) should...FULL STORY
- Ministry, Geneva hospital pledge to work together
- NCC steps in to manage Eleven Sports dispute
- Some supervisors, fishers to become exempt employees
- Former TRA chief to lose new post over derailment
- Control Yuan members blast Su report
- Tsai confident of win, despite talk breakdown
- Groups demand Dalai Lama invite
- Chu discusses preferred approach to US-China ties
- Gou suggests raising salaries through transparency
- Green Party poll shows Tsai beating Gou, but not Han
- Marchers today to press for ‘climate emergency’
- Chung Yuan University touts its off-campus courses
- Electronic translators aid test takers in Kaohsiung
- Objections raised to Ministry of Defense plans for wreckage
- Breakthrough expected to aid quantum technology
- Porn stars thank police for nabbing pirates
- Hospital sets records for youngest liver recipients
TSMC to continue supplying Huawei
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC, 台積電) yesterday said it would continue supplying...FULL STORY
- Bosch Taiwan forecasts slower revenue expansion
- Diversification paying off for SinoPac
- Ministry approves six more investment plans
- Fabric maker De Licacy expects 20% sales growth
- Industrial production ends downtrend with 1.04% rise
- Panasonic latest firm to shun Huawei
- Amazon shareholders reject facial ID ban
- India planning to electrify all two, three wheelers
- Canada’s oil-rich Alberta introduces bill to repeal provincial carbon tax
- Universal eyes industry bidder as buyout firms balk
- Qualcomm suffers setback with US antitrust ruling
- World Business Quick Take
- New Huawei phones off the market
- M&As soar as companies fight protectionism: PwC
- All Cosmos, ITRI sign technology transfer accord
- Unemployment edges down from a month earlier
- FSC to impose stricter regulations on life insurers to improve finances, risk
EDITORIAL: ‘First in Asia’ title cannot go to China
Friday last week was a momentous day for Taiwanese and a significant...FULL STORY
- Defense spending needs overhaul
- Time for a Taiwan-US trade deal
- PLA navy transfers not about infighting
- Estonia’s far right in power brings racism, sexism and an interest in Nazi economics
- Ai Weiwei fights back against use of his art in Volkswagen ad
- EDITORIAL: Populism thrives on distorted facts
- The Liberty Times Editorial: Historical amnesia a huge danger
- Foreigners inspire through action
- Local schools should not be accepting Chinese cash
- Reef wipeout: Surfers fight China-linked mega resort in Fiji
- The rising tide of sustainable seafood
- EDITORIAL: Courts again fail harassment victims
- US’ Assurance Act a proactive step
- Gou does not understand the CCP
- Preventing AI abuse requires cooperation
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- New York aims to fight climate change by
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White Sox turn triple against Astros
AP, HOUSTON, Texas The Chicago White Sox used a rare combination to beat...FULL STORY
- Hosts England looking to justify Cup favorites tag
- Caleb Ewan withdraws from Giro after stage win
- Bruins hoping to join Boston parades
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- Blues beat Sharks to reach Cup Final
- Lowry leads Toronto to rout of Bucks in Game 4
- Fans seethe over Women’s World Cup seating
- Cameroonian girls defying prejudice to pursue their soccer dreams at academy
- Demare secures his maiden Giro stage victory after crash
- Sterling hoping to meet FA, league about racism
- Warriors sweep to fifth straight Finals
- Rangers hit five homers, hold off Mariners
- England call up Archer as Willey and Denly miss out
- Mihajlovic hails Bologna ‘miracle’ against Lazio
- Cape Town incident was a ‘selfie gone wrong’: Robertson
- Three-time Formula One champion Niki Lauda dies aged 70
- Leonard nets 36 in Raptors win
Populists eyeing upsets in EU elections
Populists yesterday were hoping to cause upsets across the EU as the...FULL STORY
- Germany grants two HK activists refugee status
- Migrant children deaths spark heated US debate
- Pictures run riot in major London manga exhibition
- Scientists unearth 1 billion-year-old fungi in Canada
- Pakistan willing to open India peace talks, tests missile
- Ex-Philippine judge, a Xi critic, blocked from HK
- Hong Kong at center of banned China gender test
- Uproar over ad with gay couple shows Hong Kong still lags in LGBT rights
- Houthis in Yemen target Saudi airport with drone
- Japan says to go surname-first with Japanese names
- Omani writer wins Man Booker literature prize
- FEATURE: Grandma is standing up to Vietnam’s coal rush
- Gene-altered pigs could halt epidemics
- May’s last-ditch Brexit offer slammed
- Abortion advocates rally at Supreme Court
- Far-right groups ‘spreading hate’ to millions online
- Tarantino wows critics at Cannes with ode to cinema
Highways and Byways: A stroll down memory lane
What are we to make of a place name that can be...FULL STORY
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- Indigenous Thai farmers swap opium for coffee, land
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Taiwan makes history as same-sex marriage law takes effect
台灣之光 同性婚姻新法今日生效
The Legislative Yuan passed a bill legalizing same-sex marriage on May 17,...FULL STORY
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- Singer Mraz and composer Sakamoto to visit Taiwan
傑森瑪耶茲、坂本龍一 近日相繼訪台 - EVERYDAY ENGLISH
- Ramadan in Indonesia
伊斯蘭齋戒月 印尼穆斯林奉獻反省度聖月 - EVERYDAY ENGLISH
- Building friendship through tea: Taiwan Expo opens in India
以茶會友 台灣形象展新德里登場 - EVERYDAY ENGLISH
- USING IDIOMS 活用成語
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- Quakes show moon, gradually shrinking, is tectonically active
「月震」頻繁發生 證實月球逐漸縮小中 - EVERYDAY ENGLISH
- Bilingual Music: Bach’s St John Passion (III)
雙語音樂：巴赫的《聖約翰受難曲》（三） - EVERYDAY ENGLISH
- Taeyeon and other S Korean artists to rock Taipei
太妍率多組韓星襲台 週末寶島嗨唱 - EVERYDAY ENGLISH
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