A LONG JOURNEY: Years before implementing its hepatitis C elimination plan, Taiwan had already started expanding screening and treatment, the HPA head said
Taiwan is to apply for WHO certification by the end of this year for meeting the global body’s hepatitis C elimination goal five years ahead of schedule, President William Lai (賴清德) said yesterday.Taiwan was the first country to launch a universal hepatitis B vaccination program for newborns in 1984
The Chungshan Institute of Science and Technology-developed Sea Oryx missile system, which passed combat trials in October, is to enter mass production.Sea Oryx, one of the few infrared homing short-range air defense systems, intercepted drones and anti-ship missiles in the trials, a source within t
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday ordered a “blockade” of all sanctioned oil tankers entering and leaving Venezuela, in Washington’s latest move to increase pressure on Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s government, targeting its main source of income.It is unclear how Trump would impose the m
Australian police yesterday charged one of the alleged Bondi Beach gunmen with murder and terrorism, as grief-stricken mourners buried the first of 15 people slain in the attack.Sajid Akram and his son, Naveed, are accused of opening fire on a Jewish festival at the famed surf beach on Sunday evenin
BACK TO WORK? Prosecutors said they are considering filing an appeal, while the Hsinchu City Government said it has applied for Ann Kao’s reinstatement as mayor
The High Court yesterday found suspended Hsinchu mayor Ann Kao (高虹安) not guilty of embezzling assistant fees, reducing her sentence to six months in prison commutable to a fine from seven years and four months.The verdict acquitted Kao of the corruption charge, but found her guilty of causing a publ
The Legislative Yuan yesterday passed amendments to legislation governing ships, ports, meteorological facilities and telecommunications following the Executive Yuan’s push to update the nation’s undersea-cable laws.The changes to the Shipping Act (船舶法), Meteorological Act (氣象法), Telecommunications
With the Japanese Diet wrapping up its session today, several influential Japanese lawmakers are scheduled to visit Taiwan this and next month, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) affiliated Taiwan-Japan Relations Association said yesterday.Starting on Sunday, Loichi Hagiuda, a member of the Hous
DECEPTION? The US president accused the British broadcaster of doctoring his speech to interfere in the 2024 US presidential election
The BBC yesterday said it would fight a US$10 billion lawsuit brought by US President Donald Trump against the British broadcaster over a documentary that edited his 2021 speech ahead of the US Capitol riot.“As we have made clear previously, we will be defending this case,” a BBC spokesperson said i
A father and son were driven by “Islamic State ideology” when they fired on crowds at Bondi Beach in one of Australia’s deadliest mass shootings, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said yesterday.Sajid Akram and his son Naveed opened fire on people thronging the famous beach for the Jewish f
NO CONFIDENCE MOTION? The premier said that being toppled by the legislature for defending the Constitution would be a democratic badge of honor for him
Premier Cho Jung-tai (卓榮泰) yesterday announced that the Cabinet would not countersign the amendments to the local revenue-sharing law passed by the Legislative Yuan last month.Cho said the decision not to countersign the amendments to the Act Governing the Allocation of Government Revenues and Expen
Governments and rights groups yesterday condemned the conviction of Hong Kong pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy Lai (黎智英), who was found guilty on all three charges in his national security trial, which could send him to prison for the rest of his lifeBeijing has rejected the international backlash, a
The US government has signed defense cooperation agreements with Japan and the Philippines to boost the deterrence capabilities of countries in the first island chain, a report by the National Security Bureau (NSB) showed. The main countries on the first island chain include the two nations and Tai
PORCUPINE ACT: The legislation would make Taiwan eligible for shorter certification and US congressional notification for sales of US weapons
The US Senate last week passed the PORCUPINE Act to speed up US defense sales and facilitate the transfer of military equipment from US allies to Taiwan.The act, which amends the Arms Export Control Act and is formally called the Providing Our Regional Companions Upgraded Protection in Nefarious Env
Australia’s leaders yesterday agreed to toughen gun laws after attackers killed 15 people at a Jewish festival on Bondi Beach, the worst mass shooting in decades decried as anti-Semitic “terrorism” by authorities. Dozens fled the tourist hotspot in panic, as a father and son fired into crowds packin
‘WIN-WIN’: The Philippines, and central and eastern European countries are important potential drone cooperation partners, Minister of Foreign Affairs Lin Chia-lung said
Minister of Foreign Affairs Lin Chia-lung (林佳龍) in an interview published yesterday confirmed that there are joint ventures between Taiwan and Poland in the drone industry. Lin made the remark in an exclusive interview with the Chinese-language Liberty Times (the Taipei Times’ sister paper). The gov
DEFENSE: The first batch of 38 M1A2T Abrams tanks was delivered to Taiwan in December last year, while the remaining 28 tanks are expected to arrive early next year
A batch of 42 M1A2T Abrams tanks delivered by the US in July are beginning a month-long testing program today at a northern army base, including multiple live-fire drills using the tanks’ 120mm main guns, a source familiar with the matter said yesterday. The source said the US-made tanks were recent
Two gunmen yesterday opened fire at Sydney’s Bondi Beach, killing 11 people and wounding multiple others in a “terrorist incident” aimed at a gathering for the Jewish festival of Hanukkah in Australia. Emergency responders rushed at least 29 people to local hospitals from the beach, one of the bigge
Obesity is a chronic disease that can be treated with comprehensive and lifelong care, so people should not expect a one-time treatment through medication, the Taiwan Medical Association for the Study of Obesity said yesterday, as it released the 2025 Clinical Practice Guidelines on Adult Obesity in
Hong Kong’s oldest pro-democracy party yesterday formally decided to disband, its leader announced, following its annual meeting. The Democratic Party was founded in 1994, near the end of British colonial rule, when Hong Kong’s leading liberal groups merged. “We have officially announced the disband
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