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China’s continued efforts to inject geopolitical rivalry into the region and disrupt Pacific nations’ discussions of regional issues warrant greater international attention, a foreign affairs official said yesterday.Minister of Foreign Affairs Lin Chia-lung (林佳龍) last week led a delegation to diplom
STRICTER AMENDMENT: People found in possession of e-cigarettes after the one-month grace period would face fines between NT$30,000 and NT$100,000 The Health Promotion Administration (HPA) yesterday said that it would set up 431 e-cigarette collection spots nationwide where people can anonymously dispose of their e-cigarettes from Wednesday next week.Under the Tobacco Hazards Prevention Act (菸害防制法), the manufacture, importation, sale, supply,
Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered a 72-hour pause in strikes on Kyiv, the Kremlin said yesterday, as US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner arrived in Moscow to try to revive a stalled push to end Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.“Putin has ordered that no strikes be carried out aga
The UN General Assembly on Friday endorsed a new world map that represents Africa’s larger size more accurately, a culmination of a campaign led by African countries and advocacy groups.The resolution, which was sponsored by Togo and backed by members of the African Union, was passed with 164 member
TRANSFORMATION: Taiwan would leverage its industrial strength to turn the nation into a financial power and enhance its international competitiveness, the president said Taiwan will intensify its initiative to become an Asian asset management center as it seeks to turn its industrial strength into financial clout and enhance the nation’s competitiveness, President William Lai (賴清德) said yesterday.Speaking at a financial development forum in Taipei, Lai said the gove
Taiwan’s Ching Tien I (擎天) supersonic cruise missiles have completed their production run and entered service, the non-classified portion of the proposed military budget for next year shows, indirectly confirming the existence of a system that has long been the subject of speculation.The Ministry of
‘GUAVA DIPLOMACY’: Efforts to build drone resilience among allies would include drone pilot training, test site development, as well as help verification standards Taiwan is advancing its drone diplomacy by donating 145 uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAV) to diplomatic allies and establishing overseas branches of the “Global UAV Academy” (GUAVA), the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.“Drone diplomacy” is a spin on the concept of “chip diplomacy,” leveraging Taiwan’s
NO RETROSPECTIVE REVIEW: The institute said that the developer of its procurement system had hidden an interface, which was discovered and exploited Minister of National Defense Wellington Koo (顧立雄) yesterday said he had ordered a review of a hacking incident at the military-affiliated Chungshan Institute of Science and Technology (CSIST), which said it would establish appropriate response standard operating procedures for its procurement system
A sharp rise in compensation to be paid by air force officers who leave before completing their required service could indicate an increase in pilots leaving the military early, an analyst said on Friday, warning that the trend could worsen a shortage of experienced personnel.Chieh Chung (揭仲), a res
Potential improvements to munitions used by China’s long-range rocket-artillery units could extend their range to cover the entire Miyako Strait, which might give the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) the ability to secure the strategic waterway, the Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) said in a rep
NETWORK: Italian Sinology is internationally respected, with three Taiwan-linked universities regarded as Italy’s leading institutions for Chinese studies, an official said The National Central Library on Friday signed an agreement with the University of Naples “L’Orientale,” increasing its network of Taiwan Research Centers for Chinese Studies in Italy to three. It in 2018 inked agreements with Ca’ Foscari University of Venice and Sapienza University of Rome. Italian
The Federation of Taiwan Pharmacists Associations yesterday said it could revoke the certification of a New Taipei City pharmacist who allegedly drugged a employee on Aug. 26.The pharmacist, surnamed Chen (陳), runs a pharmacy in Tamsui District (淡水).A college student working part-time at his pharmac
The Ministry of Environment has announced that it has extended the list of banned products containing mercury to 15 items, saying that the move is in line with global standards. The ministry earlier this week made a presentation regarding Taiwan’s mercury management efforts over the past decade. The
Chunghwa Post is to issue a limited-edition Pokemon Trading Card Game stamp sheet in a first-ever licensing agreement with the franchise’s Japanese owners, according to the latest new-issue stamp preview.Chunghwa Post yesterday said this marks the first time it has obtained an official license from
SUCCESS STORY: Taiwan’s semiconductor journey reflected the plight of the main character in Homer’s epic, Taiwan’s representative to the Netherlands said A documentary tracing the development of Taiwan’s semiconductor industry over the past five decades was on Thursday screened at a special showing in The Hague. In a news release on Friday, the Taipei Representative Office in the Netherlands said it held a screening of A Chip Odyssey (造山者-世紀的賭注) at t
In a country better known for industrial farming, highly processed food and suspiciously long-lasting bread, Chuck Childers rises before dawn and trudges off to operate one of the US’ oldest functioning gristmills.East Tennessee’s water-powered Old Mill first began grinding cornmeal back in 1830 in
Nothing has shaped what it means to be Venezuelan today more than oil.For more than 100 years, in good times and bad, Venezuelans’ identity has been built on the belief that their country’s bountiful oil resources belong to the people, not a government or a company.This belief, and a troubled nation
For the first time in more than three decades, Sri Lankan farmer AM Pathmasena says, his well is running so dry that it barely provides enough water for his family and two cows. He has fallen victim to one of the country’s worst El Nino-driven droughts.Sri Lanka is among the South Asian countries ha
Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairwoman Cheng Li-wun (鄭麗文) has had a tough week on the campaign trail in support of her party’s candidates for November’s local elections.Trouble has been brewing in Changhua County for the past few months over the KMT’s nomination of Wei Ping-cheng (魏平政) for Chang
In an interview with Formosa TV on Saturday last week, former Financial Times Taiwan correspondent Kathrin Hille talked about the state of democracy where she lives in rural Hualien County. She phrased it bluntly: “All the votes are paid for.”Neighbors would even drop by and put cash on the table to
The 25th anniversary summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) was held in Bishkek on Monday and Tuesday. Instead of reflecting a celebration, it was a mirror of the strategic fractures within Eurasia.Twenty-five years ago, the Shanghai Five was a local arrangement aimed at stabilizing p
BATTLING GREATS: The Williams sisters had the crowd behind them in New York in a marathon match against Taiwan’s Chan Hao-ching and Maya Joint on Friday Two-time women’s doubles champions Venus Williams and Serena Williams rolled back the years on Arthur Ashe Stadium at the US Open on Friday, but the sisters were unable to get past Australia’s Maya Joint and Taiwan’s Chan Hao-ching, losing 6-3, 6-7(6), 7-6(10-7).The Williams’ duo had showed flashes
Real Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) were dealt their first losses in their domestic leagues on Friday when Kylian Mbappe had an injury-time penalty saved in La Liga and PSG coughed up a lead in Ligue 1.Madrid fell at Real Betis 1-0 for its first defeat since the return of coach Jose Mourinho.P
China’s Zhang Ziyu had everyone looking up to her on the opening day of the Women’s Basketball World Cup on Friday.The 19-year-old Zhang is 2.21 meters tall and gave the US a tough physical challenge to overcome in the four-time defending champion’s opening 94-61 victory at the Max-Schmeling-Halle i
British ice dance greats Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean returned to the rink where their remarkable journey began to help launch the first Synchro9 World Championships, bringing a new Olympic discipline to the city that shaped their careers.The inaugural championships take place from March 27 to
THE THREAT: Sara Duterte during a news conference had said she would have the president, his wife and the House speaker killed, warning that it was not a joke Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte yesterday posted bail after an order was issued for her arrest the previous day on charges that she publicly threatened to arrange the assassination of Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr and two other people.The vice president, who has denied the allegati
COMPLICATION: Many of the children who arrive at the hospital are already critically ill and malnourished, which further weakens their ability to fight the virus, doctors said Bangladesh’s deadliest measles outbreak in decades is nearing the grim milestone of 1,000 child deaths, as a devastating epidemic sweeps through the country and crowded hospital wards fill with struggling babies.Cries of sick children and the hiss of oxygen machines fill the air at Dhaka’s Shishu Ho
War criminal Ratko Mladic would be buried in Belgrade next week, his son said on Friday, as an EU official canceled a visit to Serbia over the “glorification” of the former Bosnian Serb military leader.Mladic died last week while serving a life sentence in The Hague for war crimes committed during t
Searching for the body of his wife in the mud, Dil Bahadur Shrestha lamented that he did not even have a shovel left. For now, he has been using his hands to try to find her as he picks through the ruins of his house.On Wednesday morning last week, Jamuna Shrestha, his wife of 50 years, had been at
No matter where one sits on the political spectrum and who one blames for the ongoing struggles between the executive and legislative branches or the latest food scandal, there has been noticeable frustration with the way democratic institutions are functioning.Attempts to circumvent political oppos
A decade ago, Taiwanese television had an image problem.When representatives of Taiwan’s Public Television Service (PTS) traveled to Singapore to meet Netflix, they brought two dramas: A Touch of Green (一把青, 2015), a sweeping story of war, displacement and military families, and Wake Up (麻醉風暴, 2015)
Several European cities are replacing traditional white streetlights with red lighting to reduce light pollution and protect wildlife. In Copenhagen’s suburb of Gladsaxe, red LED lights have been installed along roads and cycle paths near bat habitats. The lights are placed at intervals that create
A UK clinical trial known as “Sentinel” is testing whether a small patch of skin from an organ donor can help detect lung transplant rejection at an earlier stage. The patch is grafted onto the patient’s forearm, making it possible to monitor visible changes such as rashes that may signal rejection
A: Taipei Dome SOGO’s Area B, which is in a trial run, is home to a department store. What about other areas that have already opened?B: Area A houses Showtimes Cinemas, Area C is connected to MRT Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall Station, and Area D boasts over a dozen gourmet restaurants.A: And next ye
| New Taipei City | 25-26 | 90% |  |
| Hsinchu County | 25-26 | 60% | |
| Hsinchu City | 26-27 | 50% | |
| Taipei City | 25-26 | 80% | |
| Miaoli County | 28-30 | 40% | |
| Taoyuan City | 25-26 | 90% | |
| Keelung City | 26-26 | 80% | |
| Yunlin County | 28-31 | 10% |  |
| Taichung City | 28-31 | 10% |  |
| Nantou County | 28-31 | 10% | |
| Changhua County | 28-31 | 10% | |
| Chiayi County | 28-31 | 10% | |
| Chiayi City | 28-32 | 10% | |
| Tainan City | 29-31 | 10% | |
| Kaohsiung City | 29-32 | 10% | |
| Pingtung County | 29-33 | 10% | |
| Yilan County | 25-26 | 70% | |
| Hualien County | 28-30 | 30% |  |
| Taitung County | 28-31 | 30% |  |
| Kinmen County | 28-31 | 10% | |
| Penghu County | 27-30 | 10% | |
| Lienchiang County | 28-31 | 10% | |
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