US President Donald Trump met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday, in a summit that could shape not only the trajectory of the war in Ukraine, but also the future of European security.However, the much-anticipated meeting proved largely underwhelming, and international commenta
There is an old saying that if there is blood in the water, the sharks will come. In Taiwan’s case, that shark is China, circling, waiting for any sign of weakness to strike. Many thought the failed recall effort was that blood in the water, a signal for Beijing to press harder, but Taiwan’s democra
In the debate over restarting the Ma-anshan Nuclear Power Plant, supporters often cite the Palisades plant in Michigan as a comparison, since both use pressurized water reactors. Yet a closer look shows that the inspection and review process for Ma-anshan’s extension would be far longer and more com
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It is not just people who struggle to perform effectively when the temperature starts to soar. The electricity system we depend on to keep us cool is having the same problem.A swarm of jellyfish linked to unusually warm waters in northern Europe caused French utility Electricite de France to shut tw
It is a well-accepted quirk of law that corporations have the right to own property, enter into contracts and sue each other — just like an actual person. Ships also enjoy the perks of legal personhood. So it is not too much of a stretch to imagine that rivers, forests and mountains — ecosystems tha
The White House has promised swift action on homelessness. It aims to dismantle encampments, force addicts and the mentally ill into treatment, and yank federal funds from cities that refuse to police tents and open-air drug use. For residents exasperated by sidewalk squalor, that sounds like overdu
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) earlier this month raised its travel alert for China’s Guangdong Province to Level 2 “Alert,” advising travelers to take enhanced precautions amid a chikungunya outbreak in the region. More than 8,000 cases have been reported in the province since
Taiwan has lost Trump. Or so a former State Department official and lobbyist would have us believe. Writing for online outlet Domino Theory in an article titled “How Taiwan lost Trump,” Christian Whiton provides a litany of reasons that the William Lai (賴清德) and Donald Trump administrations have sup
In nature, there is a group of insects known as parasitoid wasps. Their reproductive process differs entirely from that of ordinary wasps — the female lays her eggs inside or on the bodies of other insects, and, once hatched, the larvae feed on the host’s body.The larvae do not kill the host insect
Christian Whiton’s recent article, “What Taiwan Should Do,” published on Domino Theory as a follow-up to his “How Taiwan Lost Trump,” presents an impressively broad collection of proposals for strengthening Taiwan’s military, economy, identity and international alliances. The scope alone makes it st
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Taxes have always been as inevitable as death. In British Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves’ Britain, it is looking like tax increases are as unavoidable as the grim reaper. She must find billions of pounds to fill a black hole in the public finances before the autumn budget.So far, she has
One of the most violent days in the history of Washington, was Jan. 6, 2021, and the instigator was then-outgoing US president Donald Trump, who, now back in office, has endeavored to seize control of the nation’s capital, after reports that a former employee of the Department of Government Efficien
Minister of Health and Welfare Chiu Tai-yuan (邱泰源) on Saturday last week outlined four strategies to address Taiwan’s declining birthrate: reducing the burden of childcare; improving maternal and child health; funding more childcare facilities and public housing for new parents; and encouraging marr
“All of my joints are in excruciating pain, as if I’ve been beaten.” This is not an account from a “re-education” camp in China’s Xinjiang region — it is how a person who contracted chikungunya fever in Guangdong Province’s Foshan described the illness.Yes, it was mosquitoes that did the beating, bu
Back-to-back killings of women supposedly protected by restraining orders have raised questions about what has gone so wrong in our legal system.The government has failed to heed the warning from the double homicide in New Taipei City’s Tucheng District (土城), in which the elder sister’s abusive husb
At a public hearing to discuss draft amendments to the Act for Education Development of Schools in Remote Areas (偏遠地區學校教育發展條例), research by the National Academy for Educational Research was presented that referred to post-bachelor’s degree programs as “back doors” for acting teachers — a category of
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