ALWAYS A TOPIC: While confirming Taiwan would be on the Trump-Xi agenda, Rubio added that the US and China do not want the region to be destabilized
The US and China see maintaining stability in the Taiwan Strait as being in their interests as the leaders of the two countries prepare to meet next week, with Taiwan likely to be on the agenda, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Tuesday.Rubio commented on Taiwan’s role in the upcoming meetin
A former television news host and six military personnel — active and retired — have been indicted on espionage charges, Kaohsiung prosecutors said yesterday.Lin Chen-you (林宸佑), a former CTi News host and YouTuber, last year allegedly made videos at the direction of a Chinese agent criticizing the D
Ukraine yesterday said Russia is flouting a Kyiv-proposed ceasefire by carrying out dozens of battlefield assaults, air strikes and drone attacks in what Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy described as Moscow’s “obvious spurning” of peace.Zelenskiy had floated the cessation, starting yesterday,
US President Donald Trump yesterday threatened Iran with more bombing if it does not reopen the Strait of Hormuz after a report that an agreement is emerging to end the war.Trump posted on social media that the war with Iran could soon end and oil and natural gas shipments could restart, but that wo
Waiting for the US to issue a letter of acceptance (LOA) to greenlight the budget for arms procurements would leave little time for approval, as the letter is only valid for 45 days, Minister of National Defense Wellington Koo (顧立雄) said today, as the special defense budget enters its fourth round o
OVERCOMING CHALLENGES: Despite external interference that delayed his plan to visit Eswatini, Taiwan showed its resolve to engage with the world, William Lai said
Bilateral visits between heads of state are a “basic right” and should not be seen as “breakthroughs,” President William Lai (賴清德) said yesterday upon returning from a delayed trip to the Kingdom of Eswatini.“Some media outlets described [overcoming] external [Chinese] interference as a breakthrough
Paraguayan President Santiago Pena’s state visit to Taiwan this week is a testament to the solid friendship between the two nations that cannot be undermined by Chinese coercion, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) said yesterday.MOFA spokesman Hsiao Kuang-wei (蕭光偉) made the remarks at a regular
The opposition-controlled Legislative Yuan yesterday voted down President William Lai’s (賴清德) nomination of Hsu Hsi-hsiang (徐錫祥) as prosecutor-general. With the rejection, the Ministry of Justice, the parent agency of the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office, would, as a matter of practice, submit a recommen
MARITIME CONFLICT: The draft resolution could impose sanctions or force on Iran, part of a strategy to pressure Tehran, three Western diplomats said
UN Security Council members were yesterday to begin talks on a US-Bahrain-backed draft resolution that could lead to sanctions against Iran, and potentially authorize force, if Tehran fails to halt attacks and threats to commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, three Western diplomats said.Fresh
China is slowing its efforts to repatriate Chinese nationals who are in the US illegally, a senior US official said, warning that Washington was prepared to increase travel restrictions on the country if Beijing did not reverse course.The new US threat toward China comes just days before US Presiden
President William Lai (賴清德) arrived home today from Eswatini saying Taiwan would not give in to pressure, having taken a circuitous route over the southern part of the Indian Ocean to avoid airspace controlled by close friends of China.The government said China had forced three Indian Ocean states
NON-INTERFERENCE: The US called Taiwan a trusted and capable partner, while an African Union leader urged nations to reflect on respect for sovereign choices
Taiwan is a “trusted and capable” partner of the US and Taipei’s global relationships, including with Eswatini, provide significant benefits, the US Department of State said of President William Lai’s (賴清德) trip to the southern African kingdom.Lai arrived in the former Swaziland on Saturday on a sur
Taiwanese shares yesterday posted a record daily gain of more than 1,700 points to close above 40,000 points for the first time, led by large-cap semiconductor stocks such as Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC, 台積電) and MediaTek Inc (聯發科) amid optimism about the artificial intelligence (AI)
CLOSE WATCH: The government is closely monitoring supplies of key commodities and providing subsidies for transportation and fuel costs to stabilize prices, Cho Jung-tai said
Premier Cho Jung-tai (卓榮泰) yesterday instructed ministries to coordinate assistance for Taiwanese shipping firms whose vessels were stranded due to the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz by Iran and the US.In a news release, the Cabinet said the premier convened a meeting on the situation, citing Mini
The US military yesterday denied claims that Iran struck a US Navy vessel as US forces offer to guide commercial ships through the Strait of Hormuz, where hundreds have been stuck since the Iran war began. Tehran over the past two months has attacked some vessels and blocked others that have not rec
Canberra and Tokyo yesterday agreed to deepen cooperation on energy and critical minerals, as Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi met her Australian counterpart, Anthony Albanese, during a three-day visit to the country.After signing a landmark defense deal last month, the two nations agreed to s
Like a plot straight out of the film Catch Me If You Can, a wanted fraudster who was once dubbed the “golden boy of real estate” was apprehended in Taipei late last year after hiding out in Pingtung County where he again swindled tens of millions of New Taiwan dollars from local residents, investiga
President William Lai (賴清德) yesterday visited several projects in Eswatini that are funded by Taiwan, and he called for increased private Taiwanese investment in the nation's sole African ally.Accompanied by senior Eswatini officials, Lai and his delegation began the second day of their visit to the
UNBOWED: No country has the right to obstruct Taiwan’s contributions to the world, Lai said, referencing revocation of overflight permits attributed to pressure from China
President William Lai (賴清德) and King Mswati III on Saturday reaffirmed diplomatic ties during the first day of Lai’s visit to the Kingdom of Eswatini, after an earlier trip to Taiwan’s sole African ally was suspended due to revoked overflight permits.After arriving at 9am on Saturday, Lai was welcom
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