‘NEGLIGIbLE’ RISK: A total of more than 263,000 batches of food were tested in the past 14 years and none failed the test, FDA Director-General Chiang Chih-kang said
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) yesterday announced that it plans to remove the special restrictions on food imports from five Japanese prefectures, including Fukushima, and that the restrictions might be lifted by the end of the year after a 60-day public comment period ends.Taiwan has banne
About 69 percent of ninth-graders use artificial intelligence (AI), most commonly for homework, creating images or videos, and chatting, a survey found yesterday.The poll was conducted by the National Academy of Educational Research (NAER) and Academia Sinica as part of the Taiwan Assessment of Stud
A massive rescue operation was under way in Afghanistan yesterday, after a strong earthquake and multiple aftershocks collapsed homes onto sleeping families in a remote, mountainous region, killing more than 800 people, Taliban authorities said.The magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck just before midnigh
Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平) and Russian President Vladimir Putin yesterday took turns to swipe at the West during a gathering of Eurasian leaders for a showpiece summit aimed at putting Beijing front and center of regional relations.The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), comprising Chin
CLEAR SKIES: The first batch of Stinger portable air-defense systems is set to arrive next year, with the 500 missiles divided between the army and the navy
Next year’s national defense budget would include NT$35.7 billion (US$1.17 billion) to purchase three National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems (NASAMS) from the US, with plans to purchase a further nine systems at a cost of about NT$110 billion, a military source said yesterday.The first and
CONTRADICTION: Authoritarian leaders’ attendance at a ceremony which claims to be commemorating a war against aggression and fascism is ironic, an official said
China’s planned military parade in Beijing on Wednesday, to which Russian President Vladimir Putin, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian have been invited, shows Beijing’s historical revisionism about World War II, a national security official said yesterday. The C
Jeremy Lin (林書豪), best known for his “Linsanity” run with the New York Knicks in 2012 and as a one-time NBA champion, announced his retirement from professional basketball yesterday after a decorated 15-year career in the US, China and Taiwan.“As athletes, we are always aware that the possibility of
Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平) gathered the leaders of Russia and India among dignitaries from about 20 Eurasian countries yesterday for a showpiece summit aimed at putting China front and center of regional relations.The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit is being held in the northe
Israeli forces pounded the suburbs of Gaza City overnight from the air and ground, destroying homes and driving more families out of the area as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s security Cabinet met yesterday to discuss a plan to seize the city.Local health authorities said Israeli gunfir
‘FRIENDSHIP AND DETERMINATION’: US Senator Roger Wicker said he visited to send a message that Taiwan is ‘separate, free and entitled to make its own decisions’
US Senator Roger Wicker in Taipei yesterday said he expects the US and Taiwan to jointly produce weapons, something Taipei has pushed for.Wicker, chairman of the US Senate Armed Services Committee, made the remarks when asked by local media how the US would enhance cooperation with Taiwan through th
FIREPOWER: On top of the torpedoes, the military would procure Kestrel II anti-tank weapons systems to replace aging license-produced M72 LAW launchers
Taiwan is to receive US-made Mark 48 torpedoes and training simulators over the next three years, following delays that hampered the navy’s operational readiness, the Ministry of National Defense’s latest budget proposal showed.The navy next year would acquire four training simulator systems for the
A US appeals court on Friday ruled that many of US President Donald Trump’s tariffs, which have upended global trade, were illegal — but allowed them to remain in place for now, giving him time to take the fight to the US Supreme Court.The seven to four ruling by the US Court of Appeals for the Fede
The disbursement of NT$10,000 cash handouts to the public would follow the model used in 2023, a source within the Executive Yuan said yesterday.The legislature on Friday passed amendments to the Special Act for Strengthening Economic, Social and National Security Resilience in Response to Internati
A US judge on Friday blocked US President Donald Trump’s administration from massively expanding a procedure that allows authorities to swiftly deport migrants without a court hearing, in a blow for the president’s mass deportation plans.The process, which is called “expedited removal,” had previous
‘AXIS OF AGGRESSION’: ‘It is our determination and our intention that Taiwan remain free and make its own decision,’ US Senator Roger Wicker said after the meeting
Two visiting US senators yesterday pledged to strengthen deterrence against what they described as the “axis of aggression” led by China, in a rare news conference held at the Presidential Office in Taipei.“There is an axis of aggression that threatens the freedom of many people around the world,” U
DEFENSE: China is expanding its nuclear and conventional strike forces, testing new carriers and aircraft, and is shifting toward a more proactive geostrategic posture
The Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) intends to achieve the capability to impose a joint blockade of Taiwan by 2035, the Ministry of National Defense (MND) said yesterday in its latest report on China’s military.The ministry submitted the report to the Legislative Yuan alongside the proposed d
The Legislative Yuan yesterday passed amendments aimed at boosting Taiwan’s appeal to foreign professionals by easing pathways to permanent residency, extending stays for digital nomads, and strengthening labor and social rights guarantees.The amendments to the Act Governing Recruitment and Employme
Protests erupted in multiple cities and tensions soared across Indonesia yesterday, a day after a delivery rider was allegedly run over by a police armored vehicle during clashes between riot police and students protesting against lawmakers’ allowances.Protesters marched to the headquarters of the p
The administration of US President Donald Trump has approved a US$825 million arms sale to Ukraine that would include extended-range missiles and related equipment to boost its defensive capabilities as US efforts to broker peace between Ukraine and Russia appear stalled.The US Department of State o
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