OBJECTION: The opposition has no legal foundation for impeachment, and their intention is to subject Lai to unconstitutional questioning, a DPP lawmaker said
Some civic groups and Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) legislators yesterday condemned what they called “unlawful” moves and the “brazen political motives of the opposition to seize power” as the legislature opened public hearings regarding an impeachment motion raised by opposition parties agains
The Taiwanese passport ranked 33rd in a global listing of passports by convenience this month, rising three places from last month’s ranking, but matching its position in January last year.The Henley Passport Index, an international ranking of passports by the number of designations its holder can t
Tehran has warned neighbors hosting US troops that it would hit US bases if Washington strikes, a senior Iranian official said yesterday, as Iran seeks to deter US President Donald Trump’s threats to intervene on behalf of protesters.Three diplomats said that some personnel had been advised to leave
A crane at a China-backed high-speed rail project in Thailand yesterday collapsed onto a passenger train, causing it to derail, killing at least 32 people, authorities said.The massive crane’s broken structure was left resting on giant concrete pillars, while smoke rose from the wreckage of the trai
BROAD AGREEMENT: The two are nearing a trade deal to reduce Taiwan’s tariff to 15% and a commitment for TSMC to build five more fabs, a ‘New York Times’ report said
Taiwan and the US have reached a broad consensus on a trade deal, the Executive Yuan’s Office of Trade Negotiations said yesterday, after a report said that Washington is set to reduce Taiwan’s tariff rate to 15 percent.The New York Times on Monday reported that the two nations are nearing a trade d
President William Lai (賴清德) yesterday thanked Canada for its support during recent Chinese military drills and praised the deepening of ties between the two sides, shortly ahead of a visit to China by Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney.Two lawmakers from Carney’s Liberal Party this week ended a vis
A Ministry of Foreign Affairs official yesterday said that a delegation that visited China for an APEC meeting did not receive any kind of treatment that downgraded Taiwan’s sovereignty.Department of International Organizations Director-General Jonathan Sun (孫儉元) said that he and a group of ministry
UNREST: The US president moved to further isolate Tehran, announcing a 25 percent tariff on goods from nations doing business with the Islamic republic
Iranian protests appeared to persist in localized pockets overnight as an activist group warned of imminent executions by the state and said the civilian death toll from the unrest could be in the thousands.The Oslo-based Iran Human Rights group said at least 648 people had died in the protests by M
Finance ministers from the G7 and other major economies on Monday met in Washington to discuss ways to reduce dependence on rare earths from China, including setting a price floor and new partnerships to build up alternative supplies, ministers said.The meeting, convened by US Secretary of the Treas
The US and Taiwan have reached a broad consensus on their trade deal and further details would be announced after a final wrap-up meeting, the Executive Yuan’s Office of Trade Negotiations said today.The New York Times yesterday reported that the two nations are nearing a trade deal to reduce Taiwan
MIXED SOURCING: While Taiwan is expanding domestic production, it also sources munitions overseas, as some, like M855 rounds, are cheaper than locally made ones
Taiwan and the US plan to jointly produce 155mm artillery shells, as the munition is in high demand due to the Ukraine-Russia war and should be useful in Taiwan’s self-defense, Armaments Bureau Director-General Lieutenant General Lin Wen-hsiang (林文祥) told lawmakers in Taipei yesterday.Lin was respon
CHINA THREAT: Of the 127 people indicted since the act’s passage in 2020, only five have been convicted, with the sentences averaging three to six months, MAC said
The Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) yesterday urged lawmakers to approve proposed amendments to the Anti-Infiltration Act (反滲透法) given the light punishments meted out to offenders under current regulations.Speaking at a meeting of the legislature’s Internal Administration Committee reviewing the chan
The Taipei City Government is looking at options to limit smoking in public places, with one version of the policy likely to be implemented this year, Taipei Mayor Chiang Wan-an (蔣萬安) said yesterday.A “Taipei smoke-free city” plan is expected to be launched by the end of this year, Chiang said.City
US President Donald Trump said Iran wants to negotiate with Washington after his threat to strike the Islamic republic over its bloody crackdown on protesters, as activists yesterday said the death toll in the nationwide demonstrations rose to at least 544.Iran had no direct reaction to Trump’s comm
US prosecutors have opened an inquiry threatening a “criminal indictment” against the US Federal Reserve, its chairman Jerome Powell said, denouncing new “threats and ongoing pressure” from the administration of US President Donald Trump.Powell said in a rare video statement on Sunday that the US ce
BROAD CAMPAIGN: Beijing has adopted a government-civilian partnership model to disseminate disinformation in Taiwan through bots, AI and more, an NSB report showed
Taiwan’s national intelligence community recorded 45,590 fake online accounts last year, up from 28,216 in 2024, the National Security Bureau (NSB) said in a report released yesterday.As part of its cognitive warfare against Taiwan, the Chinese Communist Party has integrated the resources and techno
PREPAREDNESS: Given the difficulty of importing ammunition during wartime, the Ministry of National Defense said it would prioritize ‘coproduction’ partnerships
A newly formed unit of the Marine Corps tasked with land-based security operations has recently replaced its aging, domestically produced rifles with more advanced, US-made M4A1 rifles, a source said yesterday. The unnamed source familiar with the matter said the First Security Battalion of the Mari
A total of 1,624 illegal accommodations were reported last year, with fines totaling about NT$120.13 million (US$3.8 million), the Tourism Administration said. The agency recently released last year’s statistics, and said that the inspections of accommodation facilities — hotels and guesthouses — sh
At least 192 protesters have been killed in Iran’s biggest movement against the Islamic republic in more than three years, a rights group said yesterday, as warnings grew that authorities were committing a “massacre” to quell the demonstrations. The protests, initially sparked by anger over the risi
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