‘AI SOVEREIGNTY’: TSMC would build a new plant in Taiwan every year over the next decade, Minister of Economic Affairs J.W. Kuo said on Wednesday
The government is to allocate about NT$30 billion (US$922 million) annually over three years for artificial intelligence (AI) development and seek to enhance cooperation with the incoming administration of US president-elect Donald Trump, National Science and Technology Council Minister Wu Cheng-wen
Taiwan and Lithuania are indispensable partners, as both are democracies at the front line against authoritarian threats, Minister of Foreign Affairs Lin Chia-lung (林佳龍) said at a dinner ceremony in Lithuania on Wednesday.The dinner marked the third anniversary of the establishment of the Taiwanese
Ukraine has fired UK-made Storm Shadow missiles into Russia for the first time since the beginning of the conflict, multiple sources said. The decision to approve the strikes was made in response to the deployment of more than 10,000 North Korean troops on Russia’s border with Ukraine, which British
Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah traded deadly blows yesterday as their war raged on, despite signs of progress in US ceasefire efforts, with airstrikes pounding Beirut’s southern suburbs and rockets flying into northern Israel.US mediator Amos Hochstein was in Israel for talks with Israeli officials
SUPPORT: Arms sales to NATO Plus countries such as Japan, South Korea and Israel only have to be approved by the US Congress if they exceed US$25m
The US should amend a law to add Taiwan to the list of “NATO Plus” allies and streamline future arms sales, a US commission said on Tuesday in its annual report to the US Congress. The recommendation was made in the annual report by the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission (USCC), which
Minister of Labor Ho Pei-shan (何佩珊) said she would tender her resignation following criticism of her handling of alleged bullying by Ministry of Labor Workforce Development Agency branch director Hsieh Yi-jung (謝宜容) resulting in the death of an employee. The ministry yesterday gave Hsieh two demerit
REMINDER: The National Audit Office said that it warned the Ministry of National Defense to make sure its projects are not behind schedule
Taiwan has signed three contracts with the US worth NT$10.69 billion (US$329 million) to procure spare parts for its air force and navy, the government said yesterday. According to a notice on the Government e-Procurement System, the deal to procure “standard” and “nonstandard aviation parts and acc
Talkative and commandeering as he testified in court yesterday, Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai (黎智英) still seemed like a man used to being in charge despite spending most of the past four years in jail. The 76-year-old took the witness stand in his trial for collusion with foreign forces, breaking
The US will soon provide Ukraine with antipersonnel land mines to shore up its defenses against Russian forces, a US official said late on Tuesday. The decision comes as US President Joe Biden works to boost Ukraine’s war effort in the final two months of his administration, before Ukraine aid criti
FREEDOM CURTAILED: The conviction of 45 democracy advocates proves the ‘unworkability’ of Beijing’s ‘one country, two systems’ model, the Presidential Office said
Taiwan yesterday condemned China over the jailing of 45 Hong Kong activists, saying “democracy is not a crime.”The government “strongly condemned the Chinese government’s use of judicial measures and unfair procedures to suppress the political participation and freedom of speech of Hong Kong’s pro-d
Forty-five democracy activists in Hong Kong were yesterday sentenced to jail for up to 10 years, sparking criticism from foreign governments and rights groups, while Beijing defended the decisions.The democracy advocates were among 47 people charged under a Beijing-imposed National Security Law in 2
The government has approved the first drug specifically targeting dementia, the Ministry of Health and Welfare said at a news conference in Taipei yesterday.The drug is a major breakthrough and the ministry would work with the National Health Insurance Administration to promote coverage of such drug
HIGHER EDUCATION: A majority, or 43.1%, of the Taiwanese students were pursuing graduate degrees, while 28% were engaged in optional practical training
Taiwan was the fifth-largest source of international students in the US during the last academic year, trailing only India, China, South Korea and Canada, a US Department of State report released on Monday showed.The number of Taiwanese students in the US during the 2023-2024 school year rose 6.1 pe
G20 leaders were yesterday holding the final day of a summit that offered some impetus to stalled UN climate talks, diverged on wars in Ukraine and the Middle East — and foresaw global turbulence as Donald Trump readies to take over the US presidency.Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, ho
‘LIKE-MINDED’: At a Taiwan-EU investment forum in Taipei, Lai said that Taiwan and the EU should form a ‘strong democratic umbrella’ and build secure supply chains
President William Lai (賴清德) yesterday called for the signing of an economic partnership agreement with the EU, saying it would boost cooperation in semiconductors and that, as democracies, the two sides should be working together.Taiwan has pushed for the signing of investment and trade deals with t
MEETING: Following a US, Japan and Australia trilateral statement supporting Taiwan, the Presidential Office said the nation would play its part in safeguarding stability
Taiwan will continue to strengthen its self-defense capabilities and cooperation with like-minded countries to defend the rules-based international order, the Presidential Office said yesterday after defense ministers from the US, Japan and Australia in a joint statement highlighted the importance o
The US Department of Commerce said its granting last week of up to US$6.6 billion in subsidies to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC, 台積電) came after the Taiwanese company pledged to produce chips made using its advanced A16 process.TSMC Arizona Corp, a subsidiary of the Taiwanese chip gian
US President Joe Biden has authorized Ukraine to use US-supplied missiles to strike deeper inside Russia, easing limitations on the longer range weapons as Russia deploys thousands of North Korean troops to reinforce its war, a US official and three other people familiar with the matter said.The dec
G20 leaders gathered in Brazil yesterday to discuss fighting poverty, boosting climate financing and other multilateral initiatives that could yet be upended by US president-elect Donald Trump’s impending return to the White House.US President Joe Biden is to attend his last summit of the world’s le
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