SAFETY FIRST: Double the number of police were deployed at the Taipei Marathon, while other cities released plans to bolster public event safety
Authorities across Taiwan have stepped up security measures ahead of Christmas and New Year events, following a knife and smoke bomb attack in Taipei on Friday that left four people dead and 11 injured.In a bid to prevent potential copycat incidents, police deployments have been expanded for large g
The Ministry of Transportation and Communications (MOTC) has previewed proposed amendments to the Road and Traffic Safety Training Regulations (道路交通安全講習辦法) and Road Traffic Safety Rules (道路交通安全規則) to tackle problems caused by people driving without a license. The new measures are to be launched eith
The US seized another oil tanker off Venezuela on Saturday, a move Caracas deemed a “theft and kidnapping,” in the latest salvo of a pressure campaign by Washington, the US government said.It was the second time in two weeks that US forces have interdicted a tanker in the region, and comes days afte
Nine people have died and at least 10 were wounded after a group of gunmen carried out a shooting at a South African pub during the early hours of yesterday, authorities said.The incident occurred just before 1am in the township of Bekkersdal, 46km west of Johannesburg. It is the second mass shootin
PUBLIC SAFETY: The premier said that security would be tightened in transport hubs, while President Lai commended the public for their bravery
The government is to deploy more police, including rapid response units, in crowded public areas to ensure a swift response to any threats, President William Lai (賴清德) said yesterday after a knife attack killed three people and injured 11 in Taipei the previous day.Lai made the remarks following a b
REBUFFED: In response to Chinese criticism over recent arms sales, Washington urged Beijing to engage in meaningful dialogue instead of threats and intimidation
Washington’s long-term commitment to Taiwan would not change, the US Department of State said yesterday, urging Beijing to stop pressuring Taiwan and engage in meaningful bilateral dialogues.The remarks came in response to a backlash from Beijing about Washington’s latest approval of arms sales to T
The Ministry of Environment said it is planning to require carbon storage projects to undergo an environmental impact assessment (EIA) regardless of size.The ministry on Friday announced draft amendments to articles 29, 42 and 46 of the Standards for Determining Specific Items and Scope of Environme
The US Department of Justice on Friday began releasing a long-awaited cache of records from its investigations into the politically explosive case of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein — although much of the material remained heavily redacted.Among the trove are numerous photographs depicting fo
US President Donald Trump left open the possibility of war with Venezuela, as US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Friday vowed to enforce a blockade on the country’s oil wealth.Asked in an interview with NBC News conducted on Thursday about a war with Venezuela, Trump said: “I don’t rule it out, no
‘ILLEGAL RULING’: The KMT and the TPP slammed the Constitutional Court judgement, saying it contravened the law and was trying to clear the way for a ‘green dictatorship’
The Constitutional Court yesterday ruled that amendments to the Constitutional Court Procedure Act (憲法訴訟法) passed by the Legislative Yuan last year are unconstitutional, as they contravene due legislative process and separation of powers.The Legislative Yuan on Dec. 20 last year passed amendments st
TRAGEDY STRIKES TAIPEI: The suspect died after falling off a building after he threw smoke grenades into Taipei Main Station and went on a killing spree in Zhongshan
A 27-year-old suspect allegedly threw smoke grenades in Taipei Main Station and then proceeded to Zhongshan MRT Station in a random killing spree that resulted in the death of the suspect and two other civilians, and seven injured, including one in critical condition, as of press time last night.The
The US House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) yesterday released a bipartisan report titled Ten More for Taiwan identifying urgent, near-term steps to deter Chinese aggression. Committee Chair John Moolenaar and Ranking Member Raja Krishnamoorthi built on the original Ten for Ta
Japan yesterday reaffirmed its decades-old pledge never to possess nuclear weapons after local media reported that a senior security official suggested the country should acquire them to deter potential aggressors.The unnamed official said Japan needed nuclear weapons because of a worsening security
EU leaders yesterday agreed to provide a massive interest-free loan to Ukraine to meet its military and economic needs for the next two years, but they failed to bridge differences with Belgium that would have allowed them to use frozen Russian assets to raise the funds.The IMF estimated that Ukrain
NEXT STEP: The DPP caucus urged lawmakers to pass the Cabinet’s NT$1.25 trillion special defense budget, which is to be used for some of the US-approved items
Washington on Wednesday announced US$11.1 billion in potential arms sales to Taiwan, the largest-ever US weapons package to the nation.It is the second announcement of arms sales to Taiwan by US President Donald Trump’s administration since he returned to the White House in January.The proposed sale
HARSHER PENALTIES: The proposed revision would lengthen prison terms and raise fines for those who leak state secrets to a ‘foreign hostile force’
The Cabinet yesterday unveiled draft changes to the National Security Act (國家安全法) and three other laws, including fines of up to NT$1 million (US$31,729) for advocating the end of Taiwan’s sovereignty through non-peaceful means.Under the draft, the fines would be levied on those whose public speech,
A Taiwanese research team has developed a machine-learning model that analyzes electroencephalography (EEG) brain wave patterns to distinguish individuals with Internet addiction from healthy subjects with 86 percent accuracy, researchers said yesterday.The method’s accuracy is significantly higher
Hundreds of people across Japan yesterday sued the central government, seeking damages for “unconstitutional” inaction on climate change in the country’s first such litigation.The landmark lawsuit criticizes Japan’s “grossly inadequate” fight against the climate crisis, saying it jeopardizes the hea
ON ALERT: Taiwan’s partners would issue warnings if China attempted to use Interpol to target Taiwanese, and the global body has mechanisms to prevent it, an official said
China has stationed two to four people specializing in Taiwan affairs at its embassies in several democratic countries to monitor and harass Taiwanese, actions that the host nations would not tolerate, National Security Bureau (NSB) Director-General Tsai Ming-yen (蔡明彥) said yesterday.Tsai made the c
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