The Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) today said it has accepted President William Lai’s (賴清德) invitation for a national security briefing at the Presidential Office on Wednesday, while the Taiwan People’s Party has not confirmed its attendance.Last week, the Presidential Office invited KMT chairman E
Suicide returned to the top 10 leading causes of death last year, while COVID-19 dropped out of the ranking, the Ministry of Health and Welfare said today.Cancer remained the leading cause of death for the 43rd consecutive year, the ministry's data showed.Ranked at No. 10, there were more than 4,000
The US and Taiwan would maintain a collective military advantage over China in and around the Taiwan Strait if Beijing attempts aggression against Taiwan in 2027, as many have speculated, said retired US admiral Dennis Blair, a former commander in chief of the US Pacific Command.Blair, who was in Ta
Internet celebrity Holger Chen (陳之漢) yesterday concluded a six-day, five-night visit to Shanghai, responding to extensive media coverage in Taiwan by saying that he had paid for the trip with his own money.Chen said he "never degraded Taiwan, never said Taiwan was not good," despite accusations that
A delegation of US representatives led by US Congressional Taiwan Caucus cochair Ami Bera arrived in Taiwan for a three-day visit today.This visit demonstrates US Congress’ ongoing support for Taiwan and its commitment to maintaining peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait, the Ministry of Foreign
A Malaysian man has been arrested in Taichung for allegedly collecting cash and bank cards from a 79-year-old woman after duping her in a fake prosecutor scam, police said on Sunday last week.Officers from Liren Police Station saw the man and the woman exchanging a red envelope and a large brown env
First responders yesterday rescued six of seven junior and senior-high students who were swept away while swimming at Pingtung County's Fangliao (枋寮) fishing port, but found the last student dead this morning, local authorities said.The students were swimming at the port at about 3pm yesterday when
WARNING: People should understand the risks involved in engaging with China’s investment initiatives aimed at Taiwanese enterprises, the Mainland Affairs Council said
Beijing is touting 12 financial measures to attract Taiwanese investment as benefiting Taiwan, but they are actually aimed at bolstering China’s sluggish economy, the Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) said.The measures, announced by the People’s Bank of China and the State Administration of Foreign Exc
OUTSIDE INVOLVEMENT: While Japan participated in nearly all of the US team’s activities in the exercise, it would not fight without being attacked directly, ‘Global Views’ reported
A tabletop exercise simulating a Chinese invasion of Taiwan suggested that China could seize Taiwan’s outlying islands before conducting a surprise attack from the east of Taiwan proper, a source said.Nine retired generals from Taiwan, Japan and the US on Tuesday and Wednesday last week participated
Pope Leo XIV last week blessed Taiwanese newlyweds during a public appearance in Rome, while lauding missionary work in Taiwan and pledging to pray for peace in the nation.Chen Ssu-ying (陳思穎) and Wu Chun-chien (吳君健) met the pope on Wednesday during the weekly Papal Audience, the Embassy of the Repub
The latest photographs and video clips of the nation’s indigenous defense submarine prototype show it is progressing through harbor tests and likely to meet its scheduled November delivery deadline, a Taiwanese defense expert said.The submarine was spotted on Saturday undergoing trials at a southern
Taiwan’s government has helped 14 Taiwanese citizens leave Israel by land after the Middle Eastern country’s airspace was closed to civilian air traffic following recent escalations with Iran.The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) said the 14 Taiwanese left Israel and arrived in Jordan early Sunday
SHORTAGES: Only 600,000 to 650,000 people have consented to be organ donors, or fewer than 3 percent of Taiwanese, but fewer than 20 percent of those actually donate
Taiwan has seen significant growth in the number of organ donors and organ transplants performed over the past decade, but there are still more than 10,000 people waiting for transplants, according to data from the Taiwan Organ Sharing Registry and Patient Autonomy Promotion Center.The center’s data
ABUSED CHILDHOOD: The man had allegedly been kept inside his father’s apartment since he was very young, until he managed to climb out in February
More than 200 people have joined a Line group in support of a 21-year-old man who allegedly has never gone to school and lives on the streets without a national identification (ID) card, Su Yi-ching (蘇乙青), warden of the Beijing Borough (北京) in Taichung’s Beitun District (北屯), said yesterday.The man
The Civil Aviation Administration (CAA) said yesterday it would impose penalties on China Airlines (CAL), Starlux Airlines and the Starlux crew after an investigation found they failed to follow established diversion or go-around procedures earlier this year.On April 3, CAL flight CI753 from Taipei
A coalition of migrant worker rights groups yesterday rallied outside the Ministry of Labor in Taipei on the eve of International Domestic Workers’ Day to urge the government to extend labor insurance coverage to approximately 200,000 migrant domestic workers in Taiwan.Workers covered by labor insur
Temperatures in New Taipei City’s Sindian District (新店) climbed past 37°C yesterday, as the Central Weather Administration (CWA) issued heat alerts for 16 municipalities, warning the public of intense heat expected across Taiwan.The hottest location in Taiwan was in Sindian, where the mercury reache
Academia Sinica, the nation’s top research institution, is launching a second wave of recruitment targeting prospective doctoral students in the wake of continued uncertainty over the US academic landscape.The effort, part of Academia Sinica’s fast-enrollment program, is focused on doctorate candida
Renowned Taiwanese poet Cheng Chou-yu (鄭愁予) passed away in the early hours of Friday at the age of 91. Another local poet Hsiao Hsiao (蕭蕭) said yesterday that according to Cheng’s sister-in-law Lin Tsai-kuei (林彩桂), Cheng passed away due to heart failure.Born in 1933, Cheng’s birth name was Cheng W
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