UPGRADE: The nation climbed two spots mainly due to a significant rise in economic performance and improvement in business efficiency, the IMD’s annual report said
Taiwan has risen two spots to sixth place out of 69 major economies in the latest World Competitiveness Ranking report published by the Switzerland-based International Institute for Management Development (IMD).Taiwan also retained its position as the world’s most competitive economy among economies
Starting on Oct. 1, foreign nationals visiting Taiwan have to fill out an online arrival card three days before entering the nation’s borders, as paper forms are being phased out, the National Immigration Agency announced yesterday.The policy would expedite foreigners’ passage through immigration wh
Israel appeared to be expanding its air campaign against Tehran five days after its surprise attack on Iran’s military and nuclear program, as US President Donald Trump posted an ominous message warning residents of the capital to evacuate.“IRAN CAN NOT HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON,” Trump wrote on Monday
Six of the G7 leaders were trying on the final day of their summit yesterday to show that the wealthy nations’ club still has the clout to shape world events, despite the early departure of US President Donald Trump.Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and his counterparts from the UK, France, German
ALL-DEMOCRATIC: The president thanked US Representative Ami Bera for leading a delegation of new members of the House armed services and foreign affairs committees
President William Lai (賴清德) yesterday welcomed a delegation of US lawmakers and said he hoped that Taiwan-US military cooperation can expand to include joint research and development.Speaking at the Presidential Office, Lai thanked US Representative Ami Bera, cochair of the Congressional Taiwan Cauc
Cancer topped a list of 10 leading causes of death in the nation last year for the 43rd straight year, while suicide made a comeback after a 14-year gap, the Ministry of Health and Welfare said yesterday.There were 54,032 cancer deaths last year, with the top five types of cancers responsible for th
New Taipei City prosecutors yesterday indicted nine entertainers over their alleged connection to a fraud ring that produces falsified documents to help people evade military service, including actor Darren Wang (王大陸) and show host William Liao (廖威廉).Twenty-eight people were charged with contravenin
Iran fired a new wave of missile attacks on Israel early yesterday, killing at least five people, while Israel claimed it had achieved air superiority over Tehran and could fly over the Iranian capital without facing major threats.On the fourth day of the conflict, the Israeli military said it had d
CHALLENGES: Talks on the first day were to focus on the world economy and trade, before aiming for a consensus on Kyiv and the Israel-Iran conflict
The leaders of the G7 nations yesterday began annual talks amid wars in Ukraine and the Middle East that add to global economic uncertainty, as host Canada tries to avoid a clash with US President Donald Trump.The G7 leaders from the UK, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the US, along with t
CHIP WAR: The new restrictions are expected to cut off China’s access to Taiwan’s technologies, materials and equipment essential to building AI semiconductors
Taiwan has blacklisted Huawei Technologies Co (華為) and Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp (SMIC, 中芯), dealing another major blow to the two companies spearheading China’s efforts to develop cutting-edge artificial intelligence (AI) chip technologies.The Ministry of Economic Affairs’ Inte
CRITICISM: It is generally accepted that the Straits Forum is a CCP ‘united front’ platform, and anyone attending should maintain Taiwan’s dignity, the council said
The Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) yesterday said it deeply regrets that former president Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) echoed the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) “one China” principle and “united front” tactics by telling the Straits Forum that Taiwanese yearn for both sides of the Taiwan Strait to move towar
If Taiwan could resist a Chinese invasion attempt for a few months, the attempt would be a “comprehensive disaster” for China, retired US admiral Dennis Blair, a former US Pacific Fleet commander, said following a civilian-organized tabletop exercise in Taipei last week.China would assess whether Ta
Israel yesterday continued its bombardment campaign on Iran, striking a defense facility and fuel depots as the two archfoes kept up their most intense confrontation in history. It came after Iranian missile fire targeting Israel killed at least 10 people overnight, pushing the death toll up to 13 s
A search was under way on Saturday for an assailant who shot two Democratic state lawmakers in Minnesota, killing one and her husband, and wounding the other, in what the northern US state’s governor said were politically motivated attacks. The shootings came as deep political divisions have driven
DEFENSE: The US would assist Taiwan in developing a new command and control system, and it would be based on the US-made Link-22, a senior official said
The Ministry of National Defense is to propose a special budget to replace the military’s currently fielded command and control system, bolster defensive resilience and acquire more attack drones, a senior defense official said yesterday.The budget would be presented to the legislature in August, th
CROSS-STRAIT: The MAC said it barred the Chinese officials from attending an event, because they failed to provide guarantees that Taiwan would be treated with respect
The Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) on Friday night defended its decision to bar Chinese officials and tourism representatives from attending a tourism event in Taipei next month, citing the unsafe conditions for Taiwanese in China. The Taipei International Summer Travel Expo, organized by the Taiwan
Maintaining peace and stability across the Strait is not only Taiwan’s responsibility, but also an important priority for democracies worldwide, a Taiwanese official told a forum in Prague. Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Chen Ming-chi (陳明祺) on Friday attended an annual forum by GLOBSEC, a think
Iran fired hundreds of ballistic missiles at Israel in response to an unprecedented attack on its nuclear facilities, escalating a conflict between sworn enemies that threatens to engulf the oil-rich Middle East. The Islamic Republic targeted Israeli cities with multiple waves of missiles and a barr
The official Web site of a Hong Kong-based group that tracked worker unrest in China was unavailable to access on Friday, a day after it abruptly announced it would cease operations due to financial issues. Founded by veteran pro-democracy protest leader Han Dongfang (韓東方) in 1994, China Labour Bull
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