Minister of Economic Affairs Kung Ming-hsin (龔明鑫) yesterday assured the public that the nation is not facing an imminent power shortage as supply of liquefied natural gas (LNG) remains sufficient and there is no need to increase coal-fired power generation in the short term.Taiwan has secured 20 of
Iran yesterday named the hard-line Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei to succeed his late father as supreme leader, signaling no letup in the war launched by the US and Israel. Oil prices surged as Iran attacked regional energy infrastructure and the US and Israel bombed targets across Iran.With Iran’s theo
The Hualien District Prosecutors’ Office yesterday indicted Guangfu Township (光復) Mayor Lin Ching-shui (林清水) on charges of dereliction of duty and negligent manslaughter after a barrier lake breach killed 19 people on Sept. 23 last year.Lin was also charged with falsifying evacuation figures during
CLOSER TO CHINA: The upgraded Type-12 missile has a range of about 1,000km, compared with the original model’s range of 200km, and can reach mainland China
Japan is preparing to deploy its first batch of domestically developed long-range missiles, with their launchers arriving at an army camp yesterday, as the country accelerates its offensive capability in response to rising challenges in the region.The upgraded Type-12 land-to-ship missiles are to be
One person was killed and another seven injured today when a tourist shuttle bus plunged 30m to 40m down a ravine in Nantou County, the Tourism Administration said.The bus is suspected to have suddenly accelerated out of control near the flower center of the Sun-Link-Sea Forest Recreation Area, a po
MISSION OF PEACE: The foreign minister urged Beijing to respect Taiwan’s existence as an independent nation, and work together to ensure peace and stability in the region
Minister of Foreign Affairs Lin Chia-lung (林佳龍) yesterday rejected Chinese Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Yi’s (王毅) comments about Taiwan, criticizing China as a “troublemaker” in the international community and a disruptor of cross-strait peace.Speaking at a news conference on the sidelines of th
POSSIBILITIES EMERGE: With Taiwan’s victory and Japan’s narrow win over Australia, Taiwan now have a chance to advance if South Korea also beat the Aussies
Taiwan has high hopes that the national baseball team would advance to the World Baseball Classic (WBC) quarter-finals after clinching a crucial 5-4 victory over South Korea in a nail-biting extra-inning game at the Tokyo Dome yesterday.Boosted by three home runs — two solo shots by Yu Chang (張育成) a
CPC Corp, Taiwan (台灣中油) and Formosa Petrochemical Corp (台塑石化) yesterday announced that they would increase their gasoline and diesel prices for a second consecutive week, as an escalating conflict in the Middle East continues to disrupt the region’s tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz and fo
Israeli forces expanded their bombardment of Iran overnight, striking fuel depots near Tehran, while Bahrain said an Iranian attack had damaged one of its desalination plants, signaling a widening assault on vital infrastructure across the region.As fighting escalated on day nine of the US-Israeli c
China’s top diplomat yesterday signaled that Beijing is prioritizing a stabilization of ties with Washington, even as he issued a pointed critique of US military actions in the Middle East.Chinese Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Yi (王毅), speaking at his high-profile annual briefing on the sidelines
PLAN: The cooperation might involve combining the Indigenous Defense Fighter engine, a domestic AESA and Kratos’ XQ-58A stealth drone, a defense official said
Taiwan’s state-run defense research group is mulling developing autonomous “loyal wingman” drones to support fighter jets in a potential collaboration with a US-based manufacturer, a source said.Speaking on condition of anonymity, a defense official said the National Chungshan Institute of Science a
REASSURING COMEBACK: After a demoralizing loss to Japan on Friday, the Taiwan team’s bats came alive, setting a new record with eight stolen bases in a single game
Taiwan secured their first victory in this year’s World Baseball Classic (WBC) yesterday, handing the Czech Republic a 14-0 trouncing at the Tokyo Dome.After being defeated in its first two Pool C games — including a demoralizing 13-0 loss to Japan on Friday — Taiwan’s bats came alive.The lineup eru
Premier Cho Jung-tai (卓榮泰) attended the World Baseball Classic (WBC) game between Taiwan and the Czech Republic in Tokyo yesterday — the first time an incumbent Taiwanese premier has visited Japan since Taipei and Tokyo severed diplomatic ties in 1972.The timing of the visit is sensitive, as Japan-C
A subsidiary of a Hong Kong-based company that has lost control of two critical ports on the Panama Canal said it is seeking US$2 billion of compensation in damages from Panama over its “illegal” takeover of the ports.Panama Ports Co, a unit of Hong Kong’s CK Hutchison Holdings (長江和記實業), on Friday s
US President Donald Trump yesterday threatened to escalate the bombing of Iran as Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian vowed that he would never surrender, despite a fresh blitz of US and Israeli airstrikes that set a Tehran airport ablaze. Israel confirmed some of the biggest strikes since the aeria
GOALS: Phase two of the initiative aims to see advancements in quantum hardware, achieve fault-tolerant quantum computing and improve practical industry applications
Taiwan would leverage its edge in advanced semiconductor manufacturing to build key supply chain partnerships with like-minded countries and secure a strategic role in the global quantum ecosystem, President William Lai (賴清德) told a news conference held by the National Science and Technology Council
ALTERNATIVES: The KMT proposed a budget of NT$380 billion, while the TPP’s capped spending at NT$400 billion, both much less than the Executive Yuan’s NT$1.25 trillion
Three special budget bills, proposed by the Cabinet, the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) and the Taiwan People’s Party (TPP), advanced to committee yesterday after months of legislative deadlock over plans to acquire US weapons approved for sale to Taiwan.Lawmakers unanimously agreed to send the bil
Minister of Foreign Affairs Lin Chia-lung (林佳龍) yesterday thanked the Czech Senate for passing a resolution on Wednesday backing Taiwan’s participation in global organizations and rejecting China’s mischaracterization of UN Resolution 2758.Resolution 173 states that Czech Senate President Milos Vyst
Hong Kong pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy Lai (黎智英) would not appeal against the national security conviction for which he was jailed for 20 years last month, his legal team said yesterday, without providing a reason.The 78-year-old founder of the now-defunct Apple Daily newspaper was found guilty i
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