BIOBANK: The idea of building the facility dates back to the COVID-19 pandemic, when the Ministry of Health and Welfare saw the need for a centralized biorepository
The National Infectious Disease Bank is expected to be completed next year, facilitating Taiwan’s research and international cooperation on epidemic prevention, National Health Research Institutes (NHRI) president Sytwu Huey-kang (司徒惠康) said yesterday.The NHRI has been constructing the facility to s
A ceasefire between Israel and Hamas came into effect in Gaza yesterday, the Israeli military said, hours after Israel’s Cabinet approved a deal to pause the fighting and exchange the remaining hostages for Palestinian prisoners.Tens of thousands of people who had gathered in Wadi Gaza in central Ga
The Nobel Peace Prize yesterday was awarded to Venezuela’s opposition leader and democracy advocate Maria Corina Machado, a “unifying” figure in what has become a “brutal” state, the Nobel jury said.Woken in the middle of the night by a call from Norwegian Nobel Committee secretary Kristian Berg Har
TECH SETBACK: Nvidia Corp said that the US is the company’s largest market and the legislation, although well-intentioned, addresses a nonexistent problem
Advanced artificial intelligence (AI) chipmakers Nvidia Corp and Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD) have to ensure US companies get priority access to their products before China under legislation the US Senate has passed, a setback for the industry’s efforts to block the measure.The bipartisan legisl
President William Lai (賴清德) today announced the government is to propose a special national defense budget by the end of this year that includes funds for a “T-Dome” air defense system in his keynote Double Ten National Day speech.Taiwan’s defense spending is to exceed 3 percent of GDP next year and
The Republic of China (ROC) is celebrating its 114th Double Ten National Day today, featuring military parades and a variety of performances and speeches in front of the Presidential Office in Taipei.The Taiwan Taiko Association opened the celebrations with a 100-drummer performance, including young
BROADER VIEW: Although the report does not include information gleaned from China’s military parade last month, it addresses tactics for dealing with drones and cyberattacks
The Ministry of National Defense yesterday outlined plans to build a more “agile and resilient” military with a new focus on multidomain strategies to deter and block enemy forces.The new National Defense Report’s emphasis on multidomain denial — a defense approach rooted in attrition and asymmetric
HOPE: People in Gaza hailed the announcement, even as Israeli strikes continued, with one person declaring that the whole world is happy to end the bloodshed
Israelis and Palestinians yesterday rejoiced after a ceasefire and hostage deal was announced, under the first phase of US President Donald Trump’s initiative to end the war in Gaza, which has killed tens of thousands and reshaped the Middle East.Officials on both sides confirmed they had signed the
People could soon be able to accumulate “health coins” when they get vaccinated, or undergo health screenings or physical exams, which could be used to offset the cost of health-related products, Minister of Health and Welfare Shih Chung-liang (石崇良) said yesterday.The policy is scheduled to be imple
A Chinese takeover of Taiwan would severely threaten the national security of the US, Japan, the Philippines and other nations, while global economic losses could reach US$10 trillion, National Security Council Deputy Secretary-General Lin Fei-fan (林飛帆) wrote in an article published yesterday in For
Hungarian writer Laszlo Krasznahorkai yesterday won the Nobel Prize in Literature “for his compelling and visionary oeuvre that, in the midst of apocalyptic terror, reaffirms the power of art,” the award-giving body said.“Laszlo Krasznahorkai is a great epic writer in the central European tradition
GLOBAL CONCERN: The former Austrlian prime minister praised Taiwan for increasing defense spending, while calling on countries to work together deter a Chinese attack
The world cannot afford to ignore Taiwan’s security and allowing the nation to succumb to China’s authoritarian rule would have global repercussions, former Australian prime minister Scott Morrison said yesterday.“Taiwan matters to the world,” Morrison said in his keynote address at the Taipei Secur
BALANCE: The proposed regulations would entitle litigants to oppose motions to broadcast a trial and to obscure or anonymize videos to protect people’s privacy
The Judicial Yuan yesterday unveiled proposed rules to govern the broadcast of court proceedings amid a partisan debate over the transparency and autonomy of the justice system.Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) and Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) lawmakers in June passed amendments to the Court Organizati
Enhancing bilateral cooperation is crucial for Taiwan and Paraguay to address the threat of authoritarian expansionism amid rapid global change, President William Lai (賴清德) said yesterday at an event welcoming a delegation of lawmakers headed by Paraguayan Chamber of Deputies President Raul Latorre.
CHINA THREAT: John Noh said Taiwan needs to spend more and acquire the asymmetric capabilities that would be most relevant in an invasion scenario
The nominee to be the Pentagon’s senior official for the Indo-Pacific region on Tuesday said that he strongly supported US President Donald Trump in saying that Taiwan should spend up to 10 percent of its GDP on defense.Taiwan’s proposed defense budget for next year is to be 3.32 percent of GDP, and
US President Donald Trump yesterday called for jailing Chicago’s mayor and Illinois’ governor, both Democrats, as his administration prepared to deploy military troops to the streets of the third-largest US city.Trump’s call to imprison the two prominent opponents of his immigration crackdown comes
Scientists Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar Yaghi yesterday won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developing a new form of molecular architecture, yielding materials that can help tackle challenges such as climate change and lack of fresh water.The laureates worked to create molecular constru
COVETED PRIZE: The US president would be a peace prize laureate should he persuade Xi Jinping to abandon military aggression against Taiwan, William Lai said
US President Donald Trump should get the Nobel Peace Prize should he be able to convince Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平) to abandon the use of force against Taiwan, President William Lai (賴清德) told a conservative US radio show and podcast in an interview.The US is Taiwan’s most important internat
The first satellite of Formosat-8, Taiwan’s first domestically developed optical remote sensing satellite constellation, left the Taiwan Space Agency (TASA) headquarters in Hsinchu yesterday ahead of its launch in the US next month.The Formosat-8 system is to replace Formosat-5, the nation’s first s
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