The Taipei District Court yesterday granted bail to former Taipei mayor Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) and Taipei City Councilor Angela Ying (應曉薇), after the completion of cross-examinations in the Core Pacific City corruption case.The two were granted bail of NT$70 million (US$2.29 million) and NT$30 million resp
Broadcom Inc is helping OpenAI design and produce an artificial intelligence (AI) accelerator, getting into a lucrative sphere dominated by Nvidia Corp.The two firms plan to ship the first chips in that lineup starting next year, a person familiar with the matter said.OpenAI would initially use the
The Lebanese government yesterday was discussing an army plan to disarm Hezbollah, which the Iran-backed militant group said plays into the hands of Israel and the US.Last month, under heavy US pressure and fearing Israel would intensify its strikes, Lebanon’s government ordered the army to draw up
READINESS: South Korea, Japan and the US said they are to conduct defensive drills on Sept. 15 to upgrade the countries’ capabilities against Pyongyang’s missile threats
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un told Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平) that it was his “steadfast will” to “steadily develop” bilateral relations, state media said yesterday.The two leaders held talks on Thursday evening at the Great Hall of the People, where Kim affirmed the “friendly feelings” be
TENANCY: The Stable Housing Plan would ensure that 20 percent of social housing is allocated to families with young children and newlywed couples, an official said
The Executive Yuan yesterday approved a suite of measures aimed at making housing more affordable for young families and offering flexible parental leave.The policies include the “Stable Housing Plan” to provide more social housing for newlyweds and parents of preschoolers, as well as protections fo
TRUCK SYSTEMS: In a separate military procurement, the air force has NT$4.9 billion to purchase missile launcher trucks and 11 other items across six years
The army has placed an order with the US for thousands of FIM-92 Stinger missiles worth NT$11.02 billion (US$358.91 million) on top of a previous order by the Ministry of National Defense for 2,621 Stinger systems for NT$69 billion, a military source said yesterday.The army ordered the missiles to i
The Ministry of Transportation and Communications yesterday defended its efforts to improve traffic safety after a report by a German news firm advised international travelers to think twice before visiting Taiwan, saying that road deaths were higher than the number of people killed (the US officia
A suspected attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels yesterday targeted a ship in the Red Sea, officials said, as the militants increase their missile fire targeting Israel.The attack off the coast of Hodeida, Yemen, follows an Israeli strike last week that killed the militant group’s prime minister along wi
The US and Panama are urging the UN Security Council to authorize a 5,550-member force with the power to detain gang members in Haiti to help stop the escalating violence.The two countries outlined their proposal to transform the Kenya-led multinational deployment in the Caribbean nation into a much
WAR’S END ANNIVERSARY: ‘Taiwan does not believe in commemorating peace by holding guns,’ the president said on social media after attending a morning ceremony
Countries should uphold peace, and promote freedom and democracy, President William Lai (賴清德) said yesterday as Taiwan marked 80 years since the end of World War II and the Second Sino-Japanese War.Lai, Vice President Hsiao Bi-khim (蕭美琴) and other top officials in the morning attended a ceremony at
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and Russian President Vladimir Putin flanked Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平) at a massive parade of military might in Beijing yesterday, capping a week of diplomatic grandstanding by the allies against the West.Xi shook Kim’s and Putin’s hands, and chatted with the
LAWMAKERS’ MEET: The groups discussed cable maintenance, including the possibility of establishing a method to share data, Legislator Kuo Kuo-wen said
Lawmakers from the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) explored ways to cooperate on undersea cable security during talks yesterday, DPP Legislator Kuo Kuo-wen (郭國文) told a news conference at the DPP’s headquarters in Taipei.The two groups discussed m
Taiwan’s first indigenous defense submarine on Tuesday was moved out of a dry dock to Pier 91 at Kaohsiung Harbor, with the vessel expected to start preparing to undergo diving tests, although the shipbuilder refused to comment on the matter other than to say that everything was proceeding according
Thailand’s acting prime minister yesterday moved to dissolve parliament, his party said, after the largest opposition group backed a rival candidate to lead the country.The decision could see the kingdom hold fresh elections before the year’s end, just two years after it last went to the polls in Ma
CHINESE INCURSIONS, SORTIES: President William Lai thanked military officers for shouldering the responsibility of defending the survival and development of Taiwan
President William Lai (賴清德) yesterday said that aggression would inevitably fail, pointing — on the day before a mass military parade in Beijing — to the lessons from World War II and key victories Taiwan claims against Chinese forces in 1958.Taiwan has over the past five years repeatedly complained
NO LIVERPOOL TRIP: Taiwan’s Lin Yu-ting, who won a gold medal in the boxing at the Paris Olympics, was embroiled in controversy about her gender at that event
Taiwanese boxer Lin Yu-ting (林郁婷) will not attend this year’s World Boxing Championships in Liverpool, England, due to a lack of response regarding her sex tests from the organizer, World Boxing.The national boxing association on Monday said that it had submitted all required tests to World Boxing,
The US has revoked Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co’s (TSMC, 台積電) authorization to freely ship essential gear to its main Chinese chipmaking base, potentially curtailing its production capabilities at that older-generation facility.American officials recently informed TSMC of their decision to
The Chungshan Institute of Science and Technology yesterday confirmed that it had detected suspicious activity, after Taiwan People’s Party Chairman Huang Kuo-chang (黃國昌) said that an insider had been selling sensitive tender documents to potential contractors.Huang earlier yesterday in a Facebook p
Russian President Vladimir Putin yesterday told Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平) that their countries’ ties were at an “unprecedented level,” during talks in Beijing ahead of a massive military parade.Today’s showcase of China’s might has been seized by world leaders as an opportunity to hold rare
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