Wed, Oct 18, 2017
Cabinet willing to cancel minesweeper contract: Lai
The Cabinet would dissolve a multibillion-dollar contract to build minesweeper ships with financially troubled Ching Fu Shipbuilding Co (慶富造船) if necessary, Premier William Lai (賴清德) told lawmakers yesterday. Ching Fu, one of the nation’s largest private shipbuilders, won a NT$35.85 ...FULL STORY
Lai calls for new cross-strait plan, abated hostility
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Duterte declares Marawi liberated as battle goes on
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte yesterday declared Marawi liberated from Islamic State group militants,...FULL STORYN Korean hacker group linked to Far Eastern cyberheist
Lazarus, a hacking group linked to North Korea, might have been behind this month’s theft of US$60 million...FULL STORY
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- MND dismisses ‘assistance’ report
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- Ko says 3,453 more public housing projects to be completed in first term
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About five months after supporters of same-sex marriage celebrated the historic constitutional...FULL STORY
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Water caltrops look like devil’s horns. They look like bats on the...FULL STORY
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- Rescue workers abseil down mountain valleys for annual Hehuanshan litter clean up
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