‘BUILDING BRIDGES’: The program is to bring Nobel laureates to Taiwan to promote science and its use for common good, a head of the initiative said
President William Lai (賴清德) yesterday presided over the launch of an international academic exchange initiative, expressing hope that the program would bolster Taiwan’s higher education and deepen the country’s ties with research institutions worldwide.Speaking at the launch ceremony for the Taiwan
Vice President Hsiao Bi-khim’s (蕭美琴) recent trip to Brussels and her address to the European Parliament were facilitated by the EU and the Belgian government, and were not linked to any “quid pro quo,” the organizers said on Sunday.The invitation to attend the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (
The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) yesterday criticized the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) for downplaying Vice President Hsiao Bi-khim’s (蕭美琴) historic speech at the European Parliament.“The DPP has opened up to welcome the world, while the KMT is moving to embrace China,” DPP spokeswoman Han
The government has received complaints from Chinese spouses in Taiwan about a woman named Qian Li’s (錢麗) activities, who allegedly set up a Facebook page to advocate for China’s use of force to take over Taiwan, an official said yesterday. The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Qian’
BEWARE: The FDA urged people not to buy or consume eggs with the code ‘I47045,’ while an expert said that ingesting high levels of fipronil sulfone could be dangerous
More than 150,000 eggs potentially contaminated with high levels of pesticide residue have entered the market in 10 administrative regions, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said on Sunday night.The agency has issued an emergency recall of the eggs in Taoyuan, Taichung, Tainan, Kaohsiung and Ch
EMERGENCY: Surgeons removed necrotic heart ventricles and installed two assist devices, essentially achieving the effect of a functional artificial heart
National Taiwan University Hospital (NTUH) has performed Asia’s first surgery to remove both heart ventricles and implant two long-lasting ventricular assist devices.Chen Yih-shurng (陳益祥), head of the hospital’s organ transplant team, yesterday told a news conference that a 46-year-old man, surnamed
The nation’s population last month declined for the 22nd consecutive month, data released yesterday by the Ministry of the Interior showed.A total of 9,458 babies were born last month, 855 more than in September, but a 2,612 decrease (22 percent) from the same time last year, the data showed.Last mo
Nearly 5 million people have signed up to receive the government’s NT$10,000 (US$322) universal cash handout since registration opened on Wednesday last week, with deposits expected to begin tomorrow, the Ministry of Finance said yesterday.After a staggered sign-up last week — based on the final dig
Taiwan grown kiwifruit is more expensive than imports because of their limited quantity, but have a sweetness and delicate texture that comes from being harvested closer to ripeness than their foreign counterparts, the Ministry of Agriculture said yesterday.Efforts are being made to expand productio
A woman in her 70s whose violent confrontation over a Taipei MRT priority seat went viral in September was yesterday charged with attacking a father and daughter with an umbrella on the MRT last year.The woman, surnamed Tseng (曾), was charged with causing bodily harm to a minor over the umbrella att
The Control Yuan late last month impeached High Court justice Chen Yung-sung (陳勇松) due to delays in court procedures and failure to extend electronic monitoring of convicted businessman Chung Wen-chih (鍾文智), who jumped bail and fled the country to evade serving a prison term.The Supreme Court on Mar
A documentary tracing the development of Taiwan’s semiconductor industry over the past five decades received its United States East Coast premiere on Saturday at New York’s Regal Theater in Times Square.The film, “A Chip Odyssey” (造山者--世紀的賭注), is Taiwan’s first documentary spotlighting its worl
Representatives from labor groups hold banners outside the Ministry of Labor in Taipei yesterday, petitioning for a clear legal provision that sick leave should not result in disadvantageous treatment from employers. The groups made the appeal before participating in a meeting held by the ministry o
The Central Weather Administration (CWA) today issued a sea warning for Typhoon Fung-wong effective from 5:30pm, while local governments canceled school and work for tomorrow.A land warning is expected to be issued tomorrow morning before it is expected to make landfall on Wednesday, the agency said
A Formosan pangolin gifted to Prague Zoo in 2022 as part of a breeding and conservation program has died, Taipei Zoo said today.Taipei Zoo said the underlying cause of the seven-year-old female pangolin's death remained unclear, but that the animal, named Run Hou Tang (潤喉糖), had been receiving assis
The Criminal Investigation Bureau today said it would investigate the source of a false report that Taiwan “bought” its way into speaking at the recent Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC) summit.Vice President Hsiao Bi-khim (蕭美琴) addressed the European Parliament at the annual IPAC summit i
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi today said that she would not retract her recent statement that Japan could mobilize armed forces if China uses force against Taiwan, despite inciting anger from Beijing, Japanese media reported.On Friday last week, Takaichi told a parliamentary session that ar
A magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck Kaohsiung at 1pm today, the Central Weather Administration said.The epicenter was in Jiasian District (甲仙), 72.1km north-northeast of Kaohsiung City Hall, at a depth of 7.8km, agency data showed.There were no immediate reports of damage.The earthquake's intensity, w
Nearly 5 million people have already signed up to receive the government’s NT$10,000 (US$323) universal cash handout since registration opened on Wednesday last week, with deposits expected to begin on Wednesday, the Ministry of Finance said today.After a staggered sign-up last week according to the
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