North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and Russian President Vladimir Putin flanked Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平) at a massive parade of military might in Beijing yesterday, capping a week of diplomatic grandstanding by the allies against the West.Xi shook Kim’s and Putin’s hands, and chatted with the
LAWMAKERS’ MEET: The groups discussed cable maintenance, including the possibility of establishing a method to share data, Legislator Kuo Kuo-wen said
Lawmakers from the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) explored ways to cooperate on undersea cable security during talks yesterday, DPP Legislator Kuo Kuo-wen (郭國文) told a news conference at the DPP’s headquarters in Taipei.The two groups discussed m
Taiwan’s first indigenous defense submarine on Tuesday was moved out of a dry dock to Pier 91 at Kaohsiung Harbor, with the vessel expected to start preparing to undergo diving tests, although the shipbuilder refused to comment on the matter other than to say that everything was proceeding according
Thailand’s acting prime minister yesterday moved to dissolve parliament, his party said, after the largest opposition group backed a rival candidate to lead the country.The decision could see the kingdom hold fresh elections before the year’s end, just two years after it last went to the polls in Ma
CHINESE INCURSIONS, SORTIES: President William Lai thanked military officers for shouldering the responsibility of defending the survival and development of Taiwan
President William Lai (賴清德) yesterday said that aggression would inevitably fail, pointing — on the day before a mass military parade in Beijing — to the lessons from World War II and key victories Taiwan claims against Chinese forces in 1958.Taiwan has over the past five years repeatedly complained
NO LIVERPOOL TRIP: Taiwan’s Lin Yu-ting, who won a gold medal in the boxing at the Paris Olympics, was embroiled in controversy about her gender at that event
Taiwanese boxer Lin Yu-ting (林郁婷) will not attend this year’s World Boxing Championships in Liverpool, England, due to a lack of response regarding her sex tests from the organizer, World Boxing.The national boxing association on Monday said that it had submitted all required tests to World Boxing,
The US has revoked Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co’s (TSMC, 台積電) authorization to freely ship essential gear to its main Chinese chipmaking base, potentially curtailing its production capabilities at that older-generation facility.American officials recently informed TSMC of their decision to
The Chungshan Institute of Science and Technology yesterday confirmed that it had detected suspicious activity, after Taiwan People’s Party Chairman Huang Kuo-chang (黃國昌) said that an insider had been selling sensitive tender documents to potential contractors.Huang earlier yesterday in a Facebook p
Russian President Vladimir Putin yesterday told Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平) that their countries’ ties were at an “unprecedented level,” during talks in Beijing ahead of a massive military parade.Today’s showcase of China’s might has been seized by world leaders as an opportunity to hold rare
Israel on Monday launched strikes across the Gaza Strip, killing at least 31 people, while leading academics accused it of genocide, allegations the Israeli government vehemently rejected.“Another merciless night in Gaza City,” said Saeed Abu Elaish, a Jabaliya-born medic sheltering in the northwest
TPP RALLY: The clashes occurred near the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall on Saturday at a rally to mark the anniversary of a raid on former TPP chairman Ko Wen-je
People who clashed with police at a Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) rally in Taipei on Saturday would be referred to prosecutors for investigation, said the Ministry of the Interior, which oversees the National Police Agency.Taipei police had collected evidence of obstruction of public officials and coe
‘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
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