The legislature’s Social Welfare and Environmental Hygiene Committee yesterday gave preliminary approval to a proposed amendment to Article 53-3 of the People with Disabilities Rights Protection Act (身心障礙者權益保障法), which would change the term used in Mandarin from “courtesy seat” to “priority seat,” a
Minister of Economic Affairs J.W. Kuo (郭智輝) yesterday said that if domestic fuel costs rise 10 percent due to a potential closure of the Strait of Hormuz amid rising Middle East tensions, it could push up the nation’s consumer price index (CPI) by 0.3 percentage points.Imported crude oil and natural
Israel yesterday hit Revolutionary Guard sites and the notorious Evin prison in Tehran, calling them its most powerful strikes yet on the Iranian capital on the 11th day of the war.Iran, in turn, fired missile barrages at Israel and vowed retaliation against the US after it struck the Islamic republ
STRIKING CIVILIANS: The most severe damage was in Kyiv’s Shevchenkivskyi District, where a section of a five-story apartment building collapsed, killing six
Russian drones and missiles killed at least 10 civilians in Ukraine in overnight attacks, local officials said yesterday, with seven deaths reported in the capital, Kyiv, where emergency crews raced to search for people believed trapped under a partially collapsed apartment building.Russia fired 352
‘OF COURSE A COUNTRY’: The president outlined that Taiwan has all the necessary features of a nation, including citizens, land, government and sovereignty
President William Lai (賴清德) discussed the meaning of “nation” during a speech in New Taipei City last night, emphasizing that Taiwan is a country as he condemned China’s misinterpretation of UN Resolution 2758.The speech was the first in a series of 10 that Lai is scheduled to give across Taiwan.It
‘RED LINE’: The Iranian ambassador to the UN described the strikes as ‘heinous’ and ‘illegal,’ while the foreign minister said that diplomacy was no longer an option
The US military struck three sites in Iran early yesterday, inserting itself into Israel’s effort to decapitate Iran’s nuclear program in a risky gambit to weaken a longtime foe amid Tehran’s threat of reprisals that could spark a wider regional conflict.The decision to directly involve the US comes
The national security team has promptly assessed the situation in the Middle East following the US bombing of Iran, Presidential Office spokesperson Karen Kuo (郭雅慧) said yesterday.Kuo made the remark following US President Donald Trump’s announcement yesterday that US forces had attacked three nucle
More than 1,450 news media researchers and professionals, as well as journalism students, have endorsed legislation that would require cross-border platform operators to negotiate with Taiwanese news media over a fair share of advertising revenue for publishing their content on their platforms.The o
Japan spotted Chinese vessels sailing near disputed islets in the East China Sea for a record 216 consecutive days, the Japan Coast Guard said yesterday.The Tokyo-administered islands — known as the Diaoyutai Islands (釣魚台) to Taiwan and Senkaku Islands in Japan, and which China also claims — have lo
ENGAGEMENT: Each of his 10 talks would address matters of national interest, including national identity, solidarity, the Constitution, defense and foreign affairs
President William Lai (賴清德) is to embark on a nationwide tour, delivering 10 public speeches to urge national solidarity and a joint stand against external threats, Presidential Office spokeswoman Karen Kuo (郭雅惠) said yesterday.Each of the 10 talks would address matters of national interest, includi
AMENDMENT: Climate change is expected to increase the frequency of high-temperature days, affecting economic productivity and public health, experts said
The Central Weather Administration (CWA) is considering amending the Meteorological Act (氣象法) to classify “high temperatures” as “hazardous weather,” providing a legal basis for work or school closures due to extreme heat.CWA Administrator Lu Kuo-chen (呂國臣) yesterday said the agency plans to submit
Taiwanese rice exports to Japan reached 7,759 tonnes in the first five months of this year, a sixfold increase amid a 101.7 percent price surge in Japanese-grown rice compared with the same period last year, data from the Ministry of Agriculture showed.As the price of domestic Japanese rice continue
Hours of talks aimed at de-escalating fighting between Israel and Iran failed to produce a diplomatic breakthrough as the war entered its second week with a fresh round of strikes between the two adversaries.European ministers and Iran’s top diplomat met for four hours on Friday in Geneva, Switzerla
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday said that in his view the whole of Ukraine was “ours” and cautioned that advancing Russian forces could take the Ukrainian city of Sumy as part of a bid to carve out a buffer zone along the border.Putin, who ordered troops into Ukraine in 2022 after eight y
MISSION: The Indo-Pacific region is ‘the priority theater,’ where the task of deterrence extends across the entire region, including Taiwan, the US Pacific Fleet commander said
The US Navy’s “mission of deterrence” in the Indo-Pacific theater applies to Taiwan, Pacific Fleet Commander Admiral Stephen Koehler told the South China Sea Conference on Tuesday.The conference, organized by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), is an international platform for
UNPRECEDENTED: In addition to the approved recall motions, cases such as Ma Wen-chun’s in Nantou are still under review, while others lack enough signatures
The Central Election Commission (CEC) announced yesterday that a recall vote would take place on July 26, after it approved the first batch of recall motions targeting 24 Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) lawmakers and Hsinchu Mayor Ann Kao (高虹安).Taiwan is in the midst of an unprecedented wave of mass
A newly approved Alzheimer’s drug is set to be administered for the first time in Taiwan on Monday, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital in New Taipei City announced yesterday.Kisunla, the brand name of the monoclonal antibody donanemab, developed by US pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly and Co, would be giv
Iranian Minister of Foreign Affairs Abbas Araghchi yesterday was to meet in Geneva with leading European counterparts, who hoped to open a window for a diplomatic solution to the week-old war that has seen Israeli airstrikes target Iranian nuclear and military sites and Tehran firing back.British Se
Embattled Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra faced the prospect of losing her government’s majority yesterday, as a vital coalition partner looked set to demand her resignation and senators launched a legal bid to remove her from office.Paetongtarn, the politically inexperienced daughter of
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