Cancer topped a list of 10 leading causes of death in the nation last year for the 43rd straight year, while suicide made a comeback after a 14-year gap, the Ministry of Health and Welfare said yesterday.There were 54,032 cancer deaths last year, with the top five types of cancers responsible for th
New Taipei City prosecutors yesterday indicted nine entertainers over their alleged connection to a fraud ring that produces falsified documents to help people evade military service, including actor Darren Wang (王大陸) and show host William Liao (廖威廉).Twenty-eight people were charged with contravenin
Iran fired a new wave of missile attacks on Israel early yesterday, killing at least five people, while Israel claimed it had achieved air superiority over Tehran and could fly over the Iranian capital without facing major threats.On the fourth day of the conflict, the Israeli military said it had d
CHALLENGES: Talks on the first day were to focus on the world economy and trade, before aiming for a consensus on Kyiv and the Israel-Iran conflict
The leaders of the G7 nations yesterday began annual talks amid wars in Ukraine and the Middle East that add to global economic uncertainty, as host Canada tries to avoid a clash with US President Donald Trump.The G7 leaders from the UK, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the US, along with t
CHIP WAR: The new restrictions are expected to cut off China’s access to Taiwan’s technologies, materials and equipment essential to building AI semiconductors
Taiwan has blacklisted Huawei Technologies Co (華為) and Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp (SMIC, 中芯), dealing another major blow to the two companies spearheading China’s efforts to develop cutting-edge artificial intelligence (AI) chip technologies.The Ministry of Economic Affairs’ Inte
CRITICISM: It is generally accepted that the Straits Forum is a CCP ‘united front’ platform, and anyone attending should maintain Taiwan’s dignity, the council said
The Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) yesterday said it deeply regrets that former president Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) echoed the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) “one China” principle and “united front” tactics by telling the Straits Forum that Taiwanese yearn for both sides of the Taiwan Strait to move towar
If Taiwan could resist a Chinese invasion attempt for a few months, the attempt would be a “comprehensive disaster” for China, retired US admiral Dennis Blair, a former US Pacific Fleet commander, said following a civilian-organized tabletop exercise in Taipei last week.China would assess whether Ta
Israel yesterday continued its bombardment campaign on Iran, striking a defense facility and fuel depots as the two archfoes kept up their most intense confrontation in history. It came after Iranian missile fire targeting Israel killed at least 10 people overnight, pushing the death toll up to 13 s
A search was under way on Saturday for an assailant who shot two Democratic state lawmakers in Minnesota, killing one and her husband, and wounding the other, in what the northern US state’s governor said were politically motivated attacks. The shootings came as deep political divisions have driven
DEFENSE: The US would assist Taiwan in developing a new command and control system, and it would be based on the US-made Link-22, a senior official said
The Ministry of National Defense is to propose a special budget to replace the military’s currently fielded command and control system, bolster defensive resilience and acquire more attack drones, a senior defense official said yesterday.The budget would be presented to the legislature in August, th
CROSS-STRAIT: The MAC said it barred the Chinese officials from attending an event, because they failed to provide guarantees that Taiwan would be treated with respect
The Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) on Friday night defended its decision to bar Chinese officials and tourism representatives from attending a tourism event in Taipei next month, citing the unsafe conditions for Taiwanese in China. The Taipei International Summer Travel Expo, organized by the Taiwan
Maintaining peace and stability across the Strait is not only Taiwan’s responsibility, but also an important priority for democracies worldwide, a Taiwanese official told a forum in Prague. Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Chen Ming-chi (陳明祺) on Friday attended an annual forum by GLOBSEC, a think
Iran fired hundreds of ballistic missiles at Israel in response to an unprecedented attack on its nuclear facilities, escalating a conflict between sworn enemies that threatens to engulf the oil-rich Middle East. The Islamic Republic targeted Israeli cities with multiple waves of missiles and a barr
The official Web site of a Hong Kong-based group that tracked worker unrest in China was unavailable to access on Friday, a day after it abruptly announced it would cease operations due to financial issues. Founded by veteran pro-democracy protest leader Han Dongfang (韓東方) in 1994, China Labour Bull
ELITE UNIT: President William Lai yesterday praised the National Police Agency’s Special Operations Group after watching it go through assault training and hostage rescue drills
The US Navy regularly conducts global war games to develop deterrence strategies against a potential Chinese invasion of Taiwan, aimed at making the nation “a very difficult target to take,” US Acting Chief of Naval Operations James Kilby said on Wednesday.Testifying before the US House of Represent
A RESPONSIBILITY: The interior ministry said all men with Chinese residency who held Taiwanese citizenship must serve and called on people not to dodge their obligations
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Legislator Puma Shen (沈伯洋) yesterday said he has proposed an amendment that would relieve former citizens of the obligation to serve in the military, following reports that a man who had forfeited his citizenship for Chinese residency was sent a service notice.Taiw
The Central Election Commission (CEC) has been named a founding member of the Artificial Intelligence Advisory Group on Elections (AI AGE) launched on Thursday by the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) in Washington.The group includes election officials and technology experts from
New Mongolian Prime Minister Gombojav Zandanshatar has pledged to address the economic demands of protesters, after their daily rallies led to the fall of his predecessor.Lawmakers approved former parliament speaker Zandanshatar as prime minister by an overwhelming majority in a vote late Thursday n
Israel attacked Iran early yesterday with a barrage of airstrikes that took out top military officers, and hit nuclear and missile sites, calling it just the beginning and raising the potential for an all-out war between the two Middle East adversaries. It appeared to be the most significant attack
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