[{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"","ar_views":"783","ar_id":"2003830682","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Front Page","ar_pubdate":"2025-01-23","ar_head":"Temperatures tipped to fall at start of Lunar New Year","dp_urlname":"front","ar_desc":"Most of Taiwan is forecast to have cold weather at the beginning of the Lunar New Year holiday next week as a strong cold air mass approaches, the Central Weather Administration (CWA) said yesterday.Temperatures are expected to drop on Monday next week and remain low through Wednesday, with daytime ","ar_url":"News\/front\/archives\/2025\/01\/23\/2003830682","photo":{"ar_id":"2003830682","ph_attr":"Photo courtesy of the Central Weather Administration","ph_cap":"A Central Weather Administration chart shows the temperature forecast from today to Wednesday next week.","ph_fpath":"2025\/01\/23","ph_fname":"p01-250123-temperature.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/01\/23\/p01-250123-temperature.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/01\/23\/thumbs\/p01-250123-temperature.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"","ar_views":"1214","ar_id":"2003830683","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Front Page","ar_pubdate":"2025-01-23","ar_head":"US\u2019 Marco Rubio warns Asian partners with China","dp_urlname":"front","ar_desc":"US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on his first full day in office on Tuesday warned jointly with Japan, India and Australia against coercive actions in Asia, in an apparent warning to China over its actions at sea.Rubio met in Washington with his counterparts from the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue","ar_url":"News\/front\/archives\/2025\/01\/23\/2003830683","photo":{"ar_id":"2003830683","ph_attr":"Photo: AFP","ph_cap":"US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, right, and Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs Penny Wong attend an event at the US Department of State in Washington on Tuesday.","ph_fpath":"2025\/01\/23","ph_fname":"p01-250123-320.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/01\/23\/p01-250123-320.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/01\/23\/thumbs\/p01-250123-320.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"","ar_views":"546","ar_id":"2003830684","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Front Page","ar_pubdate":"2025-01-23","ar_head":"Canberra probes whether outsiders pay for crime","dp_urlname":"front","ar_desc":"Australian detectives are investigating whether foreign actors are paying criminals to commit anti-Semitic attacks in the country, police said yesterday.Australian Federal Police Commissioner Reece Kershaw was meeting with state police chiefs to discuss an increase in anti-Semitic crime in Australia","ar_url":"News\/front\/archives\/2025\/01\/23\/2003830684","photo":{"ar_id":"2003830684","ph_attr":"Photo: AP","ph_cap":"Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese speaks to media in Sydney yesterday.","ph_fpath":"2025\/01\/23","ph_fname":"p01-250123-ken.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/01\/23\/p01-250123-ken.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/01\/23\/thumbs\/p01-250123-ken.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"By Jake Chung","ar_views":"821","ar_id":"2003830685","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Front Page","ar_pubdate":"2025-01-23","ar_head":"More than 70 aftershocks rock Chiayi County and Tainan","dp_urlname":"front","ar_desc":"More than 70 aftershocks have been recorded in Chiayi County and Tainan following the early-morning earthquake measuring 6.4 on the Richter scale that struck Chiayi\u2019s Dapu Township (\u5927\u57d4) on Tuesday, the Central Weather Administration (CWA) said yesterday.More than 53 buildings in Tainan have reported","ar_url":"News\/front\/archives\/2025\/01\/23\/2003830685","photo":{"ar_id":"2003830685","ph_attr":"Photo: Tang Shih-ming, Taipei Times","ph_cap":"The head of a replica of the <i>David<\/i> statue lies on the ground in Changhua County yesterday following a magnitude 6.4 earthquake that struck Chiayi County.","ph_fpath":"2025\/01\/23","ph_fname":"p01-250123-001.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/01\/23\/p01-250123-001.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/01\/23\/thumbs\/p01-250123-001.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"By Sam Garcia","ar_views":"950","ar_id":"2003830652","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Front Page","ar_pubdate":"2025-01-22","ar_head":"Matsu undersea cables disrupted by natural causes: ministry","dp_urlname":"front","ar_desc":"Two undersea cables connecting Lienchiang County (Matsu) with Taiwan proper were disrupted due to \u201cnatural deterioration\u201d and could be repaired by next month, the Ministry of Digital Affairs said today.The No. 3 Taiwan-Matsu cable was obstructed on Wednesday last week, and the No. 2 Taiwan-Matsu cab","ar_url":"News\/front\/archives\/2025\/01\/22\/2003830652","photo":{"ar_id":"2003830652","ph_attr":"Photo: Taipei Times","ph_cap":"A cable-laying ship connects an underwater Internet cable to a landing point in an undated photograph.","ph_fpath":"2025\/01\/22","ph_fname":"cable2.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/01\/22\/cable2.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/01\/22\/thumbs\/cable2.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"\u2018INDISCRIMINATE\u2019:","ar_byline":"By Chen Cheng-yu and Sam Garcia","ar_views":"1503","ar_id":"2003830620","ar_sbhdbody":"The drastic changes would delay many national projects as well as undermine global confidence in Taiwan\u2019s resolve to defend itself, the premier said","ar_section":"Front Page","ar_pubdate":"2025-01-22","ar_head":"Legislative Yuan slashes government budget by 6.6 percent","dp_urlname":"front","ar_desc":"The Legislative Yuan yesterday on third reading passed the central government budget for this year, cutting 6.6 percent from the Executive Yuan\u2019s proposed expenditure \u2014 the largest in history.The budget proposal, which the Cabinet approved in August last year, set government spending at NT$3.1325 tr","ar_url":"News\/front\/archives\/2025\/01\/22\/2003830620","photo":{"ar_id":"2003830620","ph_attr":"Photo: Liao Chen-huei, Taipei Times","ph_cap":"Democratic Progressive Party legislators protest against the opposition\u2019s budget cuts at the legislative chamber in Taipei yesterday.","ph_fpath":"2025\/01\/22","ph_fname":"P01-250122-012.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/01\/22\/P01-250122-012.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/01\/22\/thumbs\/P01-250122-012.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"","ar_views":"662","ar_id":"2003830621","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Front Page","ar_pubdate":"2025-01-22","ar_head":"Trump takes US reins with flurry of executive orders","dp_urlname":"front","ar_desc":"US President Donald Trump yesterday began his first day in office, riding a wave of executive orders signed just hours after his inauguration on Monday on everything from immigration to the environment and culture wars.It was unclear if or when more executive orders would come from Trump, as the cou","ar_url":"News\/front\/archives\/2025\/01\/22\/2003830621","photo":{"ar_id":"2003830621","ph_attr":"Photo: AFP","ph_cap":"US President Donald Trump delivers his inaugural address after being sworn in as the 47th president of the United States inside the Rotunda of the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on January 20, 2025.","ph_fpath":"2025\/01\/22","ph_fname":"p01-250122-wen aaaaa.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/01\/22\/p01-250122-wen aaaaa.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/01\/22\/thumbs\/p01-250122-wen aaaaa.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"By Lee I-chia ","ar_views":"621","ar_id":"2003830622","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Front Page","ar_pubdate":"2025-01-22","ar_head":"Lai congratulates Trump on inauguration","dp_urlname":"front","ar_desc":"President William Lai (\u8cf4\u6e05\u5fb7) yesterday congratulated Donald Trump on his inauguration as the US\u2019 47th president, saying Taiwan looks forward to working with the new administration.  \u201cSincere congratulations to @realDonaldTrump & @JDVance on your inauguration as #POTUS & #VP. #Taiwan looks forward to ","ar_url":"News\/front\/archives\/2025\/01\/22\/2003830622","photo":{"ar_id":"2003830622","ph_attr":"Photo: Tien Yu-hua, Taipei Times","ph_cap":"President William Lai, second row, center, poses with personnel during a visit to an airbase in Taitung. Lai visited the troops prior to the Lunar New Year holiday to thank them for their efforts in safeguarding the country.","ph_fpath":"2025\/01\/22","ph_fname":"P01-250122-N006.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/01\/22\/P01-250122-N006.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/01\/22\/thumbs\/P01-250122-N006.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"MAGNITUDE 6.4:","ar_byline":"By Shelley Shan","ar_views":"1290","ar_id":"2003830623","ar_sbhdbody":"Houses in two districts in Tainan were severely damaged, including a six-story building, while 28 people were staying in temporary shelters, the city government said","ar_section":"Front Page","ar_pubdate":"2025-01-22","ar_head":"Forty-four injured in southern quake","dp_urlname":"front","ar_desc":"Forty-four people sustained minor injuries and several houses in Tainan and Chiayi County were damaged or collapsed after a magnitude 6.4 earthquake on the Richter scale struck southeast of Chiayi at 12:17am, the National Fire Agency said yesterday as of 5:30pm.  The earthquake\u2019s hypocenter was 37.9","ar_url":"News\/front\/archives\/2025\/01\/22\/2003830623","photo":{"ar_id":"2003830623","ph_attr":"Photo: CNA","ph_cap":"A collapsed wall at a house in Chiayi County\u2019s Dapu Township is pictured yesterday after a magnitude 6.4 earthquake on the Richter scale jolted the county at 12:17am.","ph_fpath":"2025\/01\/22","ph_fname":"P01-250122-new 604.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/01\/22\/P01-250122-new 604.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/01\/22\/thumbs\/P01-250122-new 604.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"By Chen Cheng-yu and Sam Garcia","ar_views":"971","ar_id":"2003830598","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Front Page","ar_pubdate":"2025-01-21","ar_head":"Budget passes with record-high cuts","dp_urlname":"front","ar_desc":"The Legislative Yuan passed the central government budget this afternoon, cutting a total of 6.6 percent from the Cabinet\u2019s proposal \u2014 the largest in history.Revenue for the Cabinet\u2019s proposed budget for this year was NT$3.1534 trillion (US$96.32 billion), with expenditures of NT$3.1325 trillion. Ho","ar_url":"News\/front\/archives\/2025\/01\/21\/2003830598","photo":{"ar_id":"2003830598","ph_attr":"Photo: Liao Chen-huei, Taipei Times","ph_cap":"The Legislative Yuan votes on the third reading of this year\u2019s central government budget in Taipei today.","ph_fpath":"2025\/01\/21","ph_fname":"LYBudgetPass.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/01\/21\/LYBudgetPass.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/01\/21\/thumbs\/LYBudgetPass.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"","ar_views":"3824","ar_id":"2003830591","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Front Page","ar_pubdate":"2025-01-21","ar_head":"Dozens injured after quakes damage buildings","dp_urlname":"front","ar_desc":"A magnitude 6.4 earthquake and several aftershocks battered southern Taiwan early this morning, causing houses and roads to collapse and leaving dozens injured and 50 people isolated in their village.A total of 26 people were reported injured and sent to hospitals due to the earthquake as of late th","ar_url":"News\/front\/archives\/2025\/01\/21\/2003830591","photo":{"ar_id":"2003830591","ph_attr":"Photo courtesy of the Tainan Fire Bureau","ph_cap":"Firefighters coordinate to rescue people trapped by a series of earthquakes in Tainan\u2019s Nansi District this morning.","ph_fpath":"2025\/01\/21","ph_fname":"quakerescue.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/01\/21\/quakerescue.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/01\/21\/thumbs\/quakerescue.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"PANDERING TO BEIJING:","ar_byline":"By Yimou Lee and Ben Blanchard","ar_views":"1318","ar_id":"2003830561","ar_sbhdbody":" China will be \u2018very pleased\u2019 as the opposition slashed budgets for security units, including fighting online attacks, the premier said ","ar_section":"Front Page","ar_pubdate":"2025-01-21","ar_head":"Cho warns of crisis from budget cuts","dp_urlname":"front","ar_desc":"Premier Cho Jung-tai (\u5353\u69ae\u6cf0) yesterday said the government faced a crisis in day-to-day operations, including national security, because of large cuts to this year\u2019s budget proposed by opposition parties, who have cited a need to cut waste.Although William Lai (\u8cf4\u6e05\u5fb7) won the presidential election last ","ar_url":"News\/front\/archives\/2025\/01\/21\/2003830561","photo":{"ar_id":"2003830561","ph_attr":"Photo: CNA","ph_cap":"Premier Cho Jung-tai, front row third left, presides over a news conference at the Executive Yuan in Taipei yesterday.","ph_fpath":"2025\/01\/21","ph_fname":"P01-250121-603.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/01\/21\/P01-250121-603.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/01\/21\/thumbs\/P01-250121-603.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"","ar_views":"1088","ar_id":"2003830562","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Front Page","ar_pubdate":"2025-01-21","ar_head":"New solar components boost efficiency by over 30%","dp_urlname":"front","ar_desc":"Taiwan has developed next-generation solar cell components that would boost solar-cell efficiency by more than 31 percent, Academia Sinica said yesterday. Boosting solar-cell efficiency is key in developing solar energy in the nation, given the limited space available to install solar panels, the in","ar_url":"News\/front\/archives\/2025\/01\/21\/2003830562","photo":{"ar_id":"2003830562","ph_attr":"Photo courtesy of Academia Sinica","ph_cap":"Academia Sinica researchers work on new solar cell technology in an undated photograph.","ph_fpath":"2025\/01\/21","ph_fname":"p01-250121-pic1AA.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/01\/21\/p01-250121-pic1AA.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/01\/21\/thumbs\/p01-250121-pic1AA.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"INAUGURATION:","ar_byline":"","ar_views":"693","ar_id":"2003830563","ar_sbhdbody":" The US president-elect vowed to sign executive orders to jump-start deportations, boost fossil fuel development and reduce civil service protections","ar_section":"Front Page","ar_pubdate":"2025-01-21","ar_head":"Trump, in return, set to reshape US institutions","dp_urlname":"front","ar_desc":"Donald Trump, who overcame impeachments, criminal indictments and a pair of assassination attempts to win another term in the White House, was yesterday to be sworn in as the 47th US president, taking charge as Republicans assume unified control of Washington and set out to reshape the nation\u2019s inst","ar_url":"News\/front\/archives\/2025\/01\/21\/2003830563","photo":{"ar_id":"2003830563","ph_attr":"Photo: AFP","ph_cap":"Supporters of US president-elect Donald Trump await the start of the presidential inauguration in Washington yesterday.\r\n ","ph_fpath":"2025\/01\/21","ph_fname":"P01-250121-316.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/01\/21\/P01-250121-316.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/01\/21\/thumbs\/P01-250121-316.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"","ar_views":"445","ar_id":"2003830564","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Front Page","ar_pubdate":"2025-01-21","ar_head":"Truce holding after first hostage-prisoner swap","dp_urlname":"front","ar_desc":"A fragile ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war was holding yesterday, following the dramatic exchange of three hostages for 90 Palestinian prisoners in an agreement aimed at ending more than 15 months of war in Gaza.The three hostages released on Sunday, all women, were reunited with their families and","ar_url":"News\/front\/archives\/2025\/01\/21\/2003830564","photo":{"ar_id":"2003830564","ph_attr":"Photo: Reuters","ph_cap":"A screen grab from a video shows Hamas militants handing over Israeli hostage Doron Steinbrecher to members of the International Committee of the Red Cross in Gaza City on Sunday. ","ph_fpath":"2025\/01\/21","ph_fname":"P01-250121-319.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/01\/21\/P01-250121-319.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/01\/21\/thumbs\/P01-250121-319.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"PUBLIC HEALTH:","ar_byline":"By Lee I-chia ","ar_views":"1325","ar_id":"2003830508","ar_sbhdbody":"People having an insufficient understanding of the government\u2019s public health policies would significantly affect their effectiveness, health groups said","ar_section":"Front Page","ar_pubdate":"2025-01-20","ar_head":"Cuts could hinder disease prevention","dp_urlname":"front","ar_desc":"Proposed cuts to the Ministry of Health and Welfare\u2019s (MOHW) budget might hinder disease prevention and health promotion efforts, nine medical workers\u2019 associations said yesterday, urging legislators to consider the public\u2019s health. \u201cThe Legislative Yuan has reviewed the central government\u2019s 2025 ge","ar_url":"News\/front\/archives\/2025\/01\/20\/2003830508","photo":{"ar_id":"2003830508","ph_attr":"Photo: Tyrone Siu, Reuters","ph_cap":"A teller counts NT$1,000 notes at a bank in Taipei in an undated photograph.\r\n","ph_fpath":"2025\/01\/20","ph_fname":"P01-250120-pic1AAA.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/01\/20\/P01-250120-pic1AAA.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/01\/20\/thumbs\/P01-250120-pic1AAA.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"IDENTITY: ","ar_byline":"By Chen Cheng-liang \r\nand William Hetherington","ar_views":"3774","ar_id":"2003830509","ar_sbhdbody":"Compared with other platforms, TikTok\u2019s algorithm pushes a \u2018disproportionately high ratio\u2019 of pro-China content, a study has found","ar_section":"Front Page","ar_pubdate":"2025-01-20","ar_head":"TikTok could be affecting views of young Taiwanese","dp_urlname":"front","ar_desc":"Young Taiwanese are increasingly consuming Chinese content on TikTok, which is changing their views on identity and making them less resistant toward China, researchers and politicians were cited as saying by foreign media. Asked to suggest the best survival strategy for a small country facing a pow","ar_url":"News\/front\/archives\/2025\/01\/20\/2003830509","photo":{"ar_id":"2003830509","ph_attr":"Photo: REUTERS","ph_cap":"China\u2019s flags are seen near a TikTok logo in this illustration picture taken July 16, 2020. ","ph_fpath":"2025\/01\/20","ph_fname":"P01-250120-323.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/01\/20\/P01-250120-323.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/01\/20\/thumbs\/P01-250120-323.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"By Lee Wen-hsin \r\nand Jason Pan","ar_views":"786","ar_id":"2003830510","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Front Page","ar_pubdate":"2025-01-20","ar_head":"Investment scams topped losses from fraud in 4th quarter","dp_urlname":"front","ar_desc":"Losses from investment scams made up the largest proportion of the total money lost due to fraud in the fourth quarter of last year, with many victims being women older than 50, Ministry of the Interior data showed.Taiwanese lost NT$37.19 billion (US$1.23 billion) to fraud in the final quarter of la","ar_url":"News\/front\/archives\/2025\/01\/20\/2003830510","photo":{"ar_id":"2003830510","ph_attr":"Photo courtesy of the police via CNA","ph_cap":"Banknotes along with other items are pictured on Jan. 10 after they were confiscated by New Taipei City police from alleged scammers.","ph_fpath":"2025\/01\/20","ph_fname":"P01-250120-606.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/01\/20\/P01-250120-606.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/01\/20\/thumbs\/P01-250120-606.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"","ar_views":"549","ar_id":"2003830511","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Front Page","ar_pubdate":"2025-01-20","ar_head":"TikTok blocked in US \u2018for now\u2019","dp_urlname":"front","ar_desc":"Millions of TikTok users were blocked from accessing the popular app in the US as a national ban came into effect yesterday, with US president-elect Donald Trump unable to intervene until he takes office.TikTok, removed from prominent app stores hours before the ban, said in a message to users attem","ar_url":"News\/front\/archives\/2025\/01\/20\/2003830511","photo":{"ar_id":"2003830511","ph_attr":"","ph_cap":"A screenshot from a cellphone displays a message from the TikTok app reading \u201cSorry, TikTok isn\u2019t available right now\u201d on Saturday in San Bruno, California. Photo: AP","ph_fpath":"2025\/01\/20","ph_fname":"P01-250120-322.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/01\/20\/P01-250120-322.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/01\/20\/thumbs\/P01-250120-322.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"","ar_views":"439","ar_id":"2003830512","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Front Page","ar_pubdate":"2025-01-20","ar_head":"Gaza ceasefire takes hold, raising hopes of ending war","dp_urlname":"front","ar_desc":"A ceasefire between Israel and Hamas took hold in the Gaza Strip yesterday, ushering in an initial six-week period of calm and raising hopes for the release of dozens of militant-held hostages and an end to a devastating 15-month conflict. A last-minute delay by Hamas put off the start of the truce ","ar_url":"News\/front\/archives\/2025\/01\/20\/2003830512","photo":{"ar_id":"2003830512","ph_attr":"","ph_cap":"Displaced Palestinians make their way past rubble as they return to their homes on the day a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas takes effect in the northern Gaza Strip yesterday. Photo: Reuters","ph_fpath":"2025\/01\/20","ph_fname":"P01-250120-326.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/01\/20\/P01-250120-326.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/01\/20\/thumbs\/P01-250120-326.jpg"}}]