PROTECTING TAIWAN: Taipei has a ‘smooth communication channel’ with Washington, and would keep a close eye on the latest high-level US-China talks, a MOFA official said
Taipei is in close contact with Washington to make sure its interests are protected ahead of a meeting between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平), who are expected to also discuss Taiwan, a Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) official said yesterday. Taiwan always keeps
CHALLENGES: Geopolitical tensions, supply chain disruptions, AI and aging populations are risks and opportunities for the region, the APEC envoy said
President William Lai (賴清德) yesterday urged regional leaders to collaborate in technology and secure supply chains ahead of the APEC summit in South Korea on Friday next week.Presidential adviser and Taiwania Capital chairman Lin Hsin-i (林信義) has accepted the government’s request to again act as Tai
GENDER GAP: Despite her pledge to sharply increase the number of women in the Cabinet, Sanae Takaichi appointed only three, who backed her LDP chair bid
The Japanese parliament yesterday elected conservative Sanae Takaichi as the nation’s first female prime minister, a day after her struggling party struck a coalition deal with a new partner expected to pull her governing bloc further to the right.Takaichi replaces Shigeru Ishiba, ending a three-mon
Authorities are investigating up to 120 people suspected of dodging their military service amid a widening probe into celebrities who allegedly evaded service by forging medical documents, the Ministry of the Interior said yesterday.The latest wave of investigations would target those not yet named
Beijing aims to annex Taiwan and reshape the international order, National Security Council Secretary-General Joseph Wu (吳釗燮) and Jamestown Foundation president Peter Mattis told an international forum in Taipei yesterday.The premise for US-Chinese interaction and co-commitment to peace dissolved wi
US President Donald Trump on Monday signed a landmark pact with visiting Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to boost the US’ access to rare earths and other critical minerals, an effort to counter China’s tight grip on the supply chains of key metals.The two governments are to jointly invest
‘IMPOSSIBLE’: Peace cannot be achieved solely through a peace agreement, the president said, as the KMT chairwoman-elect vowed to push the ‘1992 consensus’
President William Lai (賴清德) yesterday said that it would be impossible to achieve cross-strait peace simply by accepting the so-called “1992 consensus” and Beijing’s “one China” principle.Lai made the remarks at the opening ceremony of the Overseas Community Affairs Council Conference in Taipei afte
The first batch of Harpoon missiles purchased from the US would be delivered around the end of this year to provide critical combat power for the Littoral Combatant Command (LCC), the navy said yesterday.Following the establishment of the LCC on Jan. 1, the first batch of the 400 Harpoon anti-ship
‘NOT REHABILITATIVE’: Caning would be a ‘step backwards’ for human rights in Taiwan and draw world condemnation, a DPP legislator said
Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Legislator Hung Meng-kai (洪孟楷) last week sparked widespread discussion when he proposed that people convicted of fraud be caned as punishment.Hung in a Facebook post that started with “Singapore can. Can Taiwan?” cited a Straits Times report as saying that the Singapo
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy yesterday called for the delivery of an additional 25 US Patriot anti-missile batteries amid the rapidly escalating air war with Russia, as it became clear that US President Donald Trump had once again tacked sharply toward Moscow.He added that he would be rea
Bolivians on Sunday elected a pro-business center-right senator as their new president, ending two decades of socialist rule that left the South American nation deep in economic crisis.With 97.8 percent of ballots counted, Rodrigo Paz had 54.6 percent of the vote to 45.4 percent for his rival, right
COOPERATION: Taiwan is aligning closely with US strategic objectives on various matters, including China’s rare earths restrictions, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said
Taiwan could deal with China’s tightened export controls on rare earth metals by turning to “urban mining,” a researcher said yesterday. Rare earth metals, which are used in semiconductors and other electronic components, could be recovered from industrial or electronic waste to reduce reliance on i
MAINTAINING DIGNITY: More Taiwanese are willing to make advance plans for the final stages of their lives, demonstrating concern for patient autonomy, an official said
Taiwan ranked first in Asia for hospice and palliative care, the World Map of Palliative Care released by a WHO collaborating center said. The report, released earlier this month by ATLANTES Global Observatory of Palliative Care at the University of Navarra in Spain, analyzed and compared the status
The combined effect of the monsoon, the outer rim of Typhoon Fengshen and a low-pressure system is expected to bring significant rainfall this week to various parts of the nation, the Central Weather Administration (CWA) said. The heaviest rain is expected to occur today and tomorrow, with torrentia
Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and the Japan Innovation Party (JIP) have broadly agreed to form a coalition government, setting the stage for the country’s first female prime minister, Kyodo news agency reported yesterday. LDP President Sanae Takaichi and JIP leader Hirofumi Yoshimura are se
Pakistan and Afghanistan agreed to an “immediate ceasefire” at talks in Doha, after at least 10 Afghans were killed in Pakistani airstrikes that broke an earlier truce. For more than a week, the South Asian neighbors have engaged in bloody border clashes — their worst conflict since the return of th
Thieves wielding power tools robbed the Louvre yesterday, taking some of France’s priceless crown jewels in a brazen, seven-minute heist carried out in broad daylight, officials and sources said.Authorities recovered a 19th-century gem-encrusted crown -- damaged -- near the museum, but the culprit
‘TRUE PEACE’: Peace cannot be achieved through a single agreement, but through enhancing defenses to deter war and preparedness to avoid war, the president said
Peace is Taiwan’s goal, but it cannot be achieved through a single agreement, President William Lai (賴清德) said yesterday, adding that defending the Republic of China (ROC) must begin with safeguarding Taiwan, as the ROC can only exist if Taiwan exists.Lai made the remark in an address at a ceremony
UNITED: The other candidates congratulated Cheng on her win, saying they hoped the new chair could bring the party to victory in the elections next year and in 2028
Former Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) lawmaker Cheng Li-wun (鄭麗文) yesterday won the party’s chair election with 65,122 votes, or 50.15 percent of the votes.It was the first time Cheng, 55, ran for the top KMT post, and she is the second woman to hold the post of chair, following Hung Hsiu-chu (洪秀柱)
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