SHARING INSIGHT: Taiwan’s representative to the UK would give oral evidence on an issue that JCNSS’ chair says is ‘one of the biggest challenges’ facing the UK
Representative to the UK Vincent Yao (姚金祥) has been invited by the UK’s Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy (JCNSS) to testify in a hearing scheduled for tomorrow on societal resilience.On its Web site, the UK Parliament said that Yao, along with Dutch Ambassador to the UK Paul Huijts,
China’s population is rapidly aging and moving toward a low-fertility society, with the demographic dividend that fueled three decades of rapid economic growth now turning into a demographic burden, according to a Taiwanese researcher.In an article titled “Observations on China’s Population Structur
Police said yesterday they would launch an investigation after unidentified people allegedly sprayed pepper spray near Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) founder Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) during a campaign event at Fengjia Night Market in Taichung the previous night, causing harm to him and others nearby.Ko was in T
LEAST CONCERN: The risk of eye disease as a result of Chinese farmed shrimp is low, the CDC said in response to a flurry of concern online over a study on the topic
The risk of contracting a new type of eye disease by covert mortality nodavirus (CMNV) via exposure to farmed shrimp from China is extremely low in Taiwan, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) said yesterday, responding to concerns spreading online.CMNV is listed by the World Organization for Anima
A man in Yilan County is under investigation for allegedly concealing the death of his mother to continue collecting her pension, police said yesterday after authorities entered their residence with a search warrant and found the woman mummified.It was estimated that she had been dead for at least f
UNREASONABLE SURVEILLANCE: A camera targeted on an road by a neighbor captured a man’s habitual unsignaled turn into home, netting him dozens of tickets
The Taichung High Administrative Court has canceled all 45 tickets given to a man for failing to use a turn signal while driving, as it considered long-term surveillance of his privacy more problematic than the traffic violations.The man, surnamed Tseng (曾), lives in Changhua County and was reported
The Hualien Fisheries Association along with five whale-watching operators yesterday launched a “friendly whale-watching” initiative under the auspices of the Ocean Affairs Council’s Ocean Conservation Administration (OCA), unveiling key guidelines, including “slow down, avoid circling, do not chase
A man died after a car driven by a 71-year-old woman crashed into a coffee shop in Miaoli County’s Toufen Township (頭份) yesterday morning while turning into a parking space, police said.The incident occurred at about 7am when the driver, surnamed Lin (林), was traveling from Section 2 of Jianguo Road
The Taipei City Animal Protection Office yesterday said it would consider setting up the city’s first public pet cremation furnace following allegations of a backlog of unburnt pet corpses at the Taipei Animal Shelter.The shelter was commissioned by the Taipei City Government to handle pet cremation
A man was sentenced to life imprisonment on Friday after a court found him guilty of suffocating his five-year-old son to death while the child slept in May last year.The defendant, surnamed Chien (簡), was given a life sentence and stripped of his civil rights for life, according to Presiding Judge
Nearly 7,000 people take part in a road running event on the Danjiang Bridge yesterday. The 920m bridge, which connects New Taipei City’s Tamsui and Bali districts, is slated to open for traffic on May 12.
National Security Council Deputy Secretary-General Lin Fei-fan, right, speaks as American Institute in Taiwan Director Raymond Greene, second left, and Minister of the Interior Liu Shyh-fang, second right, look on at the Central Joint Emergency Operations Center in New Tapei City yesterday. Greene w
President William Lai, at the podium, speaks at the opening ceremony of the National Middle School Athletic Games in the Chiayi County Baseball Stadium yesterday. Lai encouraged the athletes to bravely challenge themselves and push beyond their limits. More than 20,000 athletes are competing in 21 c
HEALTHIER CHOICES: The ‘red-yellow-green’ labeling system incorporates international studies to help consumers more easily understand product contents
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is planning to introduce a traffic light labeling system for packaged foods, allowing consumers to more easily understand if products contain low, medium or high saturated fat, sugar and salt.Citing the WHO having listed “unhealthy diet” as a leading risk facto
Labor groups yesterday said key demands for this year’s May 1 labor march would include raising labor pension contribution rates under the new labor pension system to 12 percent, and removing the cap of 45 base units under the old labor pension system.The goal is to push the government to reform pen
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) lawmakers yesterday said discrepancies between the new labor pension system and the old labor pension system have undermined workers’ rights and benefits under the old system, calling for reforms while ensuring protections for both employers and employees.DPP Legis
SHORT SHOWERS: Two weather fronts are expected to pass over Taiwan this week and next week, bringing short localized showers or storms, the CWA said
A frontal weather system is forecast to pass through Taiwan today, bringing scattered showers or thunderstorms to northern and eastern areas, the Central Weather Administration (CWA) said.CWA forecaster Huang En-hung (黃恩鴻) said yesterday that localized brief showers or thunderstorms are forecast tod
Taiwanese researchers have unlocked a key mechanism of a so-called “superbug” in a breakthrough that could lead to improved vaccines and treatment strategies to counter the pathogen.National Sun Yat-sen University associate professor of marine biotechnology Lee I-ming (李益銘) and Academia Sinica Insti
DEFENSE PLEA: Technologies transferred via commercial sales are crucial for Taiwan’s ability to fight a war alongside the US, retired rear admiral Mark Montgomery said
To strengthen military interoperability between Taiwan and the US, Taiwan should expand its procurement through direct commercial sales channel rather than relying solely on foreign military sales, a former US Navy rear admiral said in Taipei yesterday, adding that the legislature’s effort to separa
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