Taiwan yesterday advanced to the gold medal match of the World Baseball Softball Confederation’s (WBSC) Premier12 for the first time in history, despite last night losing 9-6 to Japan. Taiwan advanced after the US defeated Venezuela in the first game on the last day of the Super Round. However, the
The Taipei District Prosecutors’ Office has indicted three people for allegedly facilitating illegal recruitment of tech researchers for Chinese companies. The Ministry of Justice Investigation Bureau’s Kaohsiung branch found that Lin Chiu-pei’s (林秋培) company was allegedly helping recruit engineers
US President-elect Donald Trump on Friday named billionaire Scott Bessent as his US Treasury secretary, choosing the hedge fund manager to help execute an agenda promising tax cuts and tariffs. Bessent, who is chief executive officer of Key Square Group, has called for an extension of tax cuts from
QUESTIONS UNANSWERED: The Laotian police have said they detained some people, but refused to provide further information regarding the investigation
The Laotian government on Saturday officially acknowledged the mass poisoning that has killed at least six tourists, promising it would bring perpetrators to justice. Two Australian teenagers and a British woman died from suspected methanol poisoning after drinking tainted alcohol in Laos. A US man
THWARTING BEIJING: William Lai is to visit the Marshall Islands, Tuvalu and Palau to form strategic partnerships and build up a democratic ‘umbrella,’ sources said
President William Lai (賴清德) is to visit allies in the South Pacific, where China has been seeking diplomatic inroads.Lai is to travel from Saturday next week to Dec. 6 to the Marshall Islands, Tuvalu and Palau, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Tien Chung-kwang (田中光) told a news conference at the P
Premier Cho Jung-tai (卓榮泰) has accepted the resignation of Minister of Labor Ho Pei-shan (何佩珊) amid criticism of her handling of the death of a worker who was allegedly bullied by a supervisor, the Executive Yuan said yesterday.Cho has appointed Ho’s deputy, Chen Ming-jen (陳明仁), as acting labor mini
AFP and Reuters, THE HAGUE, London, Berlin and ParisThe International Criminal Court (ICC) on Thursday issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former defense minister as well as Hamas military chief Mohammed Deif.The unprecedented move drew a furious reaction fro
EXCHANGES: The US and South Korea have accused Pyongyang of sending 10,000 soldiers to help Russia in its nearly three-year war with Ukraine
Russia provided North Korea with oil, anti-air missiles and economic help in exchange for troops to support Moscow’s war on Ukraine, government officials and a research group said yesterday.The US and South Korea have accused the nuclear-armed North of sending more than 10,000 soldiers to help Russi
Seasonal northeasterly winds could strengthen to a cold air mass and push temperatures in northern Taiwan down to about 14°C on Thursday and Friday next week, the Central Weather Administration (CWA) said.While the northeasterly winds are expected to weaken on Sunday, resulting in temperatures acros
YOUTH PROGRAM: NT$1 billion would be allocated to cover the program next year, followed by NT$2 billion in 2026, NT$3 billion in 2027 and NT$4 billion in 2028
Starting next year, young Taiwanese can apply for individual subsidies of up to NT$2 million (US$61,453) for internships abroad as part of an Executive Yuan program approved yesterday.The four-year program proposed by the Ministry of Education was approved at the weekly Cabinet meeting. It was one o
‘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
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