Somehow, US intelligence identified “the Houthis’ top missile guy” and pinpointed his exact location. At 1348 hours (Washington time), March 15, President Trump’s national security advisor Mike Waltz texted, “positive ID of him walking into his girlfriend’s building.” The unsuspecting Romeo entered.
US President Donald Trump has announced sweeping “reciprocal tariffs” on US trading partners, ranging from 10 percent to 49 percent, covering industrial products and agricultural products — including a 32 percent tax on agricultural goods from Taiwan that is set to take effect on Wednesday.The White
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If there is one thing that the White House wants us to know about the new tariffs that promise to upend the global economy, it is that they are “reciprocal.”We now know that they are not reciprocal at all. In fact, they bear no connection whatsoever to any levies that the target country might impose
Carbon dioxide is the big daddy of greenhouse gases. Making up the bulk of our emissions and staying up in the atmosphere for many centuries, whether we are successful or not at limiting global temperature rise boils down to what we do about carbon dioxide.However, it is only part of the equation in
What the law says on paper is irrelevant if it cannot be upheld, or even stated clearly. That is why lawyers are targeted — with harassment, disbarment from the profession or even jail — by repressive regimes.Russia’s attempts to suppress the voice of the opposition leader Alexei Navalny did not end
Taipei First Girls’ High School on Monday announced that it has banned its teachers from participating in interviews with Chinese state media after Chinese literature teacher Ou Kui-chih (區桂芝) sparked an outcry by criticizing President William Lai (賴清德) on China Central Television (CCTV).Ou criticiz
The era of mass recall campaigns has seen bizarre incidents — among the most startling are “ghost signatures,” or deceased people’s names showing up on recall petitions.During the first-phase recall petition against Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Legislator Wu Pei-yi (吳沛憶), it was revealed that
Friday was Children’s Day and insightful people recognize that children are the future leaders of our nation. The declining quality and quantity of children are cause of concern. Are people aware of the state of today’s children? The Child Welfare League Foundation’s (兒福聯盟) annual survey on children
As a child, I loved watching volleyball matches. The match that got me into the sport was between Chinese Taipei and Japan. At the time, I did not think much about the name “Chinese Taipei.” I thought Taipei was a city in China and that it was a designation reflecting that status. It was not until y
Hsu Pai-yueh (徐柏岳), a retired air force officer known as Taiwan’s “Eagle Dad” (鷹爸), in a Line chat group of former colleagues stood up to oppose communism and support the recall of unworthy Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) lawmakers, and was kicked out of the group. That reminds me of the time when I
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At some point in his life, US President Donald Trump looked at a world map and saw something he wants — something that he now says he would take “one way or the other.” It is Greenland, an autonomous territory of Denmark, one of the US’ closest allies. “I love maps,” Trump once said. “And I always s
The best negotiators are never the loudest people in the room. They are the ones who can discern interests, create trust and build lasting relationships.US President Donald Trump is not one of them, which is why his approach — featuring extreme demands, personal attacks and a refusal to compromise —
When OpenAI’s GPT-4o model debuted its multimodal capabilities last month, it sparked a wave of artificial intelligence (AI)-generated art across the Internet. The first viral sensation it triggered was “Ghiblification” — a trending phenomenon of social media users turning ordinary photographs into
This Tomb Sweeping Day, Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairman Eric Chu (朱立倫) returned to his hometown to pay respects to his ancestors, using the occasion to indirectly accuse the Democratic Progressive Party of forgetting its roots and betraying Chinese culture. Since it appears Chu has confused
In her recent New York Times opinion piece, former minister of culture Lung Ying-tai (龍應台) paints a bleak picture of Taiwan’s future — one where the US is no longer a reliable partner, and Taiwan’s only viable path to peace lies in reconciliation with China. For all its emotional charge and rhetoric
The Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Eastern Theater Command on Tuesday once again gathered its army, navy, air force and rocket force to conduct joint military exercises around Taiwan. It also published a series of propaganda videos on Weibo, with one titled “Subdue Demons and Vanquish Evils,
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