The Coast Guard Administration (CGA) yesterday linked China’s seizure of a Taiwanese fishing vessel illegally operating in its territorial waters to Beijing’s new regulation authorizing the China Coast Guard to seize boats in waters it claims.Chinese officials boarded and then seized a Taiwanese fis
HEALTHCARE: About 32,000 people have used the waiver program, and if the amendments passed, they would benefit about 55,000 people, an official said
The Ministry of Labor is planning to expand a waiver program for applying to hire foreign at-home caregivers by September, which is expected to benefit about 55,000 people nationwide, Deputy Minister of Labor Wang An-pang (王安邦) said yesterday.There are 910,000 people in Taiwan aged 80 or older, and
As eight basketball-playing international students appealed to the Taiwanese basketball industry after they were excluded from the draft of an upcoming new league merging the P.League+ and the T1 League, the new league’s preparatory committee spokesperson Chang Shu-jen (張樹人) yesterday said the commi
Severe overcrowding and a lack of exits contributed to a stampede at a religious festival in northern India, authorities said yesterday, leaving at least 121 people dead as the faithful surged toward the preacher to touch him and chaos ensued.Five died yesterday morning and 28 people were still bein
Japan’s top court yesterday ruled that a defunct eugenics law under which thousands of people were forcibly sterilized from 1948 to 1996 was unconstitutional.The Japanese Supreme Court also declared that a 20-year statute of limitations could not be applied, paving the way for compensation claims fr
HELPING AN ALLY: The project is an afforestation initiative in Paraguay, which needs backing to protect and develop its forests, the Taiwan Carbon Solution Exchange said
The Taiwan Carbon Solution Exchange (TCX) has listed its first green carbon project, and expects it to generate carbon credits for 10,000 tonnes of carbon. The newly listed project is an afforestation initiative in eastern Paraguay, a diplomatic ally of Taiwan, and carbon credits for the project are
CLOSE TO HOME: William Lai said that he wants to promote telemedicine because of his experiences as a doctor and growing up in a remote township
President William Lai (賴清德) yesterday visited a hospital to oversee implementation of the “acute care at home” trial program after amendments to the Rules of Medical Diagnosis and Treatment by Telecommunications (通訊診察治療辦法) aimed at expanding telemedicine services took effect on Monday.The amendments
American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) Director Sandra Oudkirk was yesterday honored with a diplomacy medal for her contributions to relations between Taipei and Washington as her term comes to an end.Minister of Foreign Affairs Lin Chia-lung (林佳龍) presented the Grand Medal of Diplomacy to Oudkirk, prai
The US Supreme Court’s landmark ruling on presidential immunity sets a “dangerous precedent” that former US president Donald Trump would exploit if elected in November, US President Joe Biden said on Monday.The conservative-dominated high court ruled that Trump — and all presidents — enjoy “absolute
Hurricane Beryl yesterday roared through open waters as a monstrous Category 5 storm on a path that would take it near Jamaica and the Cayman Islands after earlier making landfall in the southeast Caribbean, killing at least two people.A hurricane warning was in effect for Jamaica and a hurricane wa
TOP-NOTCH RESEARCH: The president lauded Academia Sinica for nurturing talent in the fields of humanities and social sciences in collaboration with universities
President William Lai (賴清德) yesterday said he expects the nation’s academics to continue to boost the nation’s scientific research capabilities.“Academia Sinica, being Taiwan’s highest research institution, has been leading Taiwan forward by offering advice on government policies,” Lai said in his o
Mainland Affairs Council Deputy Minister Liang Wen-chieh (梁文傑) yesterday reiterated the council’s call to Taiwanese to be mindful when traveling in China due to increased safety concerns.In a radio interview, talk show host Huang Wei-han (黃暐瀚) asked Liang to comment on the council raising its travel
Taiwan must not become the next Hong Kong, the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) said yesterday, as it marked the 27th anniversary of the handover of Hong Kong from British to Chinese rule.Taiwan must safeguard its freedom and democracy, and must never believe in promises made by Beijing, it added.
JULY 7: After trailing third in Sunday’s polls, Macron is still hopeful, as polls show the RN falling short of an absolute majority in the second-round vote
French President Emmanuel Macron and his allies were yesterday battling to prevent the far right from taking an absolute majority and control of government in a historic first after his gamble on early elections backfired. The far-right National Rally (RN) party of Marine Le Pen won a resounding vic
Hungary yesterday took over the EU’s rotating presidency, promising to be an “honest broker,” despite widespread concerns over what critics see as an authoritarian, Russia-friendly government.Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who has run the central European country since 2010 aiming to transfo
CIVIL DEFENSE: More reservists in alternative service would help establish a sound civil defense system for use in wartime and during natural disasters, Kuma Academy’s CEO said
While a total of 120,000 reservists are expected to be called up for alternative reserve drills this year, compared with the 6,505 drilled last year, the number has been revised to 58,000 due to a postponed training date, Deputy Minster of the Interior Ma Shih-yuan (馬士元) said.In principle, the minis
HSINCHU POWER: The nation’s top three richest neighborhoods are all in Hsinchu city or county, close to Taiwan’s major technology companies
Hsinchu City’s Guanxin Borough (關新) again recorded the highest average annual household income among the nation’s boroughs in 2022, income tax data released yesterday by the Ministry of Finance showed.The average annual household income in Guanxin was NT$4.611 million (US$142,096), topping all other
Taiwanese singer and activist Panai Kusui on Saturday said that China’s censorship of her remarks about the Tiananmen Square Massacre at the Golden Melody Awards underscores the importance of Taiwan’s freedom.Beijing’s “actions further underscore the precious freedom in Taiwan,” Panai’s agent quoted
French voters yesterday cast ballots in the first round of high-stakes snap parliamentary elections that could alter the country’s trajectory and see the far-right party of Marine Le Pen take power in a historic first.French President Emmanuel Macron stunned the nation by calling snap polls after th
North Korean officials wore pins with a portrait of Kim Jong-un in public for the first time in pictures released by state media yesterday, the latest step in the development of a cult of personality around the leader, as Pyongyang denounced joint military drills by South Korea, Japan and the US, ca