Five people have died, three people remain missing and 78 people have been injured amid torrential downpours that have battered Taiwan since Monday last week, the Central Emergency Operation Center (CEOC) said in a statement yesterday.The latest death was reported by police in Chiayi County yesterda
BE CAREFUL: The virus rarely causes severe illness or death, but newborns, older people and those with medical conditions are at risk of more severe illness
As more than 7,000 cases of chikungunya fever have been reported in China’s Guangdong Province this year, including 2,892 new cases last week, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) yesterday said it is monitoring the situation and considering raising the travel notice level, which might be announced
Police last night arrested 16 people who allegedly impersonated security personnel to break into Kaohsiung’s Park One International Hospital, overpowering security guards, breaking equipment, and scaring patients and medical personnel.The group’s alleged leaders, a 48-year-old woman surnamed Juan (阮
Taiwanese choreographer Huang Yi (黃翊) and his industrial robot “Kuka” debuted in Japan on Sunday with a human-machine dance performance, as part of the “We Taiwan” exhibition at the Kansai Expo in Osaka. The performance, which was part of a government-sponsored program to showcase Taiwanese cultural
FINANCIAL WOES: Among fathers who showed higher levels of depression, 5.9% said they did not make enough money at all and 21.9% felt their salaries were insufficient
Eighty percent of fathers in Taiwan said their income was insufficient to cover family expenses, a Child Welfare League Foundation survey released yesterday showed. Of those surveyed, 43.3 percent reported signs of moderate to severe depression, 14.4 percent of whom fell into the “severe” or “extrem
Taiwanese e-sports player Lin “ET” Chia-hung (林家弘) claimed victory in The King of Fighters (KOF) XV and placed second in Fatal Fury: City of Wolves at this year’s Evolution Championship Series (EVO) in Las Vegas on Sunday. Lin outdid his performance at EVO 2024, where he placed second in the KOF XV
Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson arrived in Taipei yesterday , marking his first visit to Taiwan, to attend the Ketagalan Forum on Indo-Pacific security issues and would meet with president Lai Ching-te(賴清德), former president Tsai Ing-wen(蔡英文) and senior security officials, according to t
INACTION? KMT lawmakers accused the Executive Yuan of dragging its feet and failing to present its own version of the bill, which could boost the industry’s competitiveness
Lawmakers yesterday completed an initial review of the draft of the “fundamental act of artificial intelligence” (AI) (人工智慧基本法), with most provisions left to be determined via cross-caucus negotiations.The legislature’s Education and Culture Committee and Transportation Committee reviewed the bill a
Taiwan last week saw its first full week of “extremely heavy” rain since 1998, the Central Weather Administration (CWA) said yesterday.The CWA defines extremely heavy rain as when 24-hour accumulated rainfall exceeds 200mm, or accumulated rainfall exceeds 100mm in three hoursThe CWA made the stateme
Following disruptions caused by Typhoon Danas, Chunghwa Telecom expects to restore phone, broadband and MOD services today, and complete equipment repairs at the end of next month, an official said yesterday.Speaking at a meeting of the legislature’s Transportation Committee, Chunghwa Telecom chairm
Restarting the Ma-anshan Nuclear Power Plant would be irresponsible, as it would not be technologically sound or safe, civic groups said yesterday ahead of the nuclear referendum on Aug. 23.Wild at Heart Legal Defense Association, Taiwan convened a news conference alongside nuclear experts at the Le
The German Institute Taipei yesterday issued a statement condemning the use of Nazi symbols and signs after YouTuber Pa Chiung (八炯) was accused of mimicking them.In a YouTube video posted on Sunday, Taiwanese rapper Chen Po-yuan (陳柏源) said that Pa Chiung had sought to secretly copy the Nazis’ method
Academia Sinica fellow and famed Taiwanese-American historian Hsu Cho-yun (許倬雲) died on Sunday in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, at age 95. Hsu played a vital role in founding the Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange.After receiving the Tang Prize in Sinology last year, Hsu do
ACADEMIC WORK: Researchers would have to obtain permits for the controlled drugs, and keep a daily log of their use, quantity and disposal
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is to list several substances similar to etomidate — an increasingly abused anesthetic in Asia — as controlled drugs in line with their classification as narcotics by the Ministry of Justice, an agency official said early last month.The FDA on July 4 announced
A man identified as the manager of a talent agency was killed in Taichung yesterday, possibly in revenge for allegedly sexually harassing the girlfriend of the assailant.The case transpired at 10:27am after the man stepped out of a FamilyMart convenience store on Nanyang Road in Taiching’s Fengyuan
Children of the Kaohsiung Hakka Children’s Choir perform in Penang City, Malaysia, in an undated photograph. The Kaohsiung Hakka Affairs Council signed a memorandum of understanding with the Penang Hakka Association of Malaysia in Penang City yesterday.
Three women play volleyball on a beach in Penghu County yesterday.
Eighty percent of fathers in Taiwan said their income was insufficient to cover family expenses, a survey released today by the Child Welfare League Foundation showed.In addition, 43.3 percent of those surveyed reported showing signs of moderate to severe depression as measured by the Depression Anx
The Childcare Policy Alliance today called for flexible leave policies and better paternity leave, rather than only extending maternity leave to 12 weeks as proposed.Draft amendments to the Labor Standards Act (勞動基準法) proposed by several legislators would extend required maternity leave the current
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