Sun, Dec 08, 2013
Ministry keeps mum on Taiwan’s status at expo
The organizer of the 2015 World Exposition in Milan is reportedly only willing to place the Taiwan Pavilion in the “corporate area” rather than in the “country area,” a matter on which the Ministry of Foreign Affairs yesterday declined to comment, citing insufficient information. Following ...FULL STORY
Obama, world leaders to travel to South Africa
MOURNING MANDELA: Memorial events in South Africa start today, while world leaders including the US president...FULL STORYHK reports new H7N9 infection
Hong Kong reported its second human case of H7N9 bird flu just days after the first, raising fears that...FULL STORY
Taipei must not accept China’s air zone: Bolton
Former US representative to the UN John Bolton said that Taipei could gain “substantial support” from...FULL STORYJapanese PM calls for summit with China’s Xi Jinping
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe called for a summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平) to reset...FULL STORY
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Envoy, Lee pay tribute to Mandela
Taiwan’s last ambassador to South Africa, Loh I-cheng (陸以正), said he remembers...FULL STORY
- US not focused on Taiwan entering TPP: think tank
- Japan fishing talks produce only limited agreements
- Typhoon relief aid boosted relations, David Lin says
- Help free Chinese accused of spying for Taiwan: US Congress committee
- Bill aims to reduce jail overcrowding with sentence cuts
- First Amis Music Festival held in Taitung County
- Hello Kitty attracts 12,000 Maokong Gondola users
- Unemployed woman, 21, jumps off bridge
- Taipei zoo reopens bird park after maintenance
- Fisheries committee finds consensus on tuna conservation
- Taiwan has not asked to join TPP: US forum told
- INTERVIEW: Government must act on ADIZ: expert
- Supreme court upholds Kuo charges
- APEC to look at energy at Beijing summit
- Council budgets, meetings need checking: watchdog
- Study finds link between plasticizers and allergies
- Consumers’ Foundation urges stricter rules on food product names, labeling
WTO achieves historic first global deal
The WTO reached its first-ever trade reform deal yesterday to the roar...FULL STORY
- Fed taper odds double as jobless rate dips to 7%
- Stricter US Volcker rules to impact foreign banks
- Baidu bans bitcoins after China ban, causing drop
- Software patents achieve US Supreme Court ruling as industry splinters
- Coal rush ravages
Indonesian Borneo - S Korea snubbing badly needed immigration
- New technologies unearth minerals under deep cover
- Wall Street snaps 8 weeks of gains despite good data
- Asian stocks post biggest weekly drop since August
- India’s rupee leads weekly gains in Asian currencies
- Commodities have mixed week on strong US data
- Fed fears push EU markets to biggest decline since June
- World Business Quick Take
- Formosa companies’ revenues increase
- MediaTek still strong, despite revenue decline
- Nanya Technology’s revenue drops 12.6%
- One-child policy easing may grow clothing sector
EDITORIAL: Policy, not slogans, is what we need
President Ma Ying-jeou’s (馬英九) administration is good at forming policies and creating...FULL STORY
- Cairo Declaration has limitations
- Need for green action was clear
- KMT serves to obscure national sovereignty
- Thailand secretly delivers Myanmar refugees into trafficking
- EDITORIAL: Don’t shoot the messenger
- Opposition must argue its case
- Fighting China’s imperialist aims
- Foreign cash driving rise in domestic house prices
- Microplastics choking the ocean
- Denmark: one of best countries for working families
- An agenda to save the euro based on eurozone structural reform
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Brazil draw sees 2010 final rematch
Reigning champions Spain will begin their defense of the World Cup with...FULL STORY
- Barcelona overwhelm Cartagena
- Nantes hold on to beat Marseille
- Juventus over the moon with win against Bologna
- Leopards survive against late rally by Taiwan Beer
- Ryu takes lead at Swinging Skirts while Tsai lags
- Johnson seven shatters England
- Rockets win, Korver sets three-pointer record
- McCullum’s pursuit of Test win ends with rain
- Tiger stumps rivals with magical 62
- Ospreys’ Cup hopes reduced to near zero with loss to Castres
- Ducks’ win extends Blackhawks’ losing streak to 3 games
- Baggy Greens take control in Adelaide
- Inspired Kruger grabs the lead at Hong Kong Open
- Darren Bravo gets double ton to frustrate Black Caps
- Jaguars hand the hapless Texans 11th straight loss
- Last-placed Kinmen Liquor upset Dacin Tigers 72-71
- Premiership rugby clubs confirm their European Cup exit
Japan approves contentious secrets law
Japan’s parliament approved a state secrets law that stiffens penalties for leaks...FULL STORY
- Nuclear to remain key Japan energy source: panel
- Asia’s growth ‘a chance to bend history’: Biden
- Thai protest leader urges final massive showdown
- North Korea frees US war veteran after seven weeks
- Australia’s first same-sex marriages held ahead of ruling
- Europe weathers winter storm as more lives lost
- Central African Christians flee to airport
- US’ Hagel reassures Gulf allies after Iran deal
- Syrian nuns deny abduction, say held in ‘safe place’
- British marine gets minimum 10 years for Afghan murder
- New York City pays tribute to Mandela
- Six detained in Mexico theft of cobalt-60
- US to allow eagle deaths to promote wind power
- Ohio Amish girl will not be forced to renew chemo
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- World News Quick Take
- Mandela - The World Mourns: South Africa in mourning
A critic abroad
Marek Bartelik, president of the International Association of Art Critics (AICA), a...FULL STORY
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