Fri, Nov 13, 2026
JOINT STATEMENT: G7 ministers said they opposed unilateral attempts to change the ‘status quo’ and supported Taiwan’s participation in international organizations Taiwan will continue bolstering its self-defense capabilities and resilience following a joint statement by G7 foreign ministers emphasizing the importance of peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait, the Presidential Office said yesterday.Presidential Office spokesperson Karen Kuo (郭雅慧) reitera
President William Lai (賴清德) yesterday called on Acer Group founder and honorary chairman Stan Shih (施振榮), his representative to the APEC Leaders’ Meeting in Shenzhen, China, to convey Taiwan’s commitment to collaborating with international partners on artificial intelligence (AI).At a news conferenc
MORE HYBRID WARFARE: Italian police said they suspect that hackers had hijacked university servers in Taiwan or spoofed e-mail addresses in a relay attack A Taiwanese university’s alumni e-mail account was allegedly hacked and used to send bomb threats to more than 6,000 public schools across Italy on Wednesday, Italian media reported.Taiwan’s representative office in Italy on Wednesday night said that Taiwan condemns any threatening behavior and that
Indonesia’s vice president yesterday resigned as questions grew over his eligibility for the office after court rulings disputed his educational credentials.Gibran Rakabuming Raka, the son of former Indonesian president Joko Widodo, submitted his resignation to the leadership of the People’s Consult
China's increasingly assertive actions in the waters east of Taiwan threaten regional stability and freedom of navigation, G7 foreign ministers said in a joint declaration published late yesterday following a meeting in Paris. China, which claims Taiwan as its own, has stepped up activity off the n
FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM: Federal workers could spend up to a year in Taiwanese government offices to build familiarity with and understanding of the nation Some US federal employees would work in Taiwanese government offices for up to a year under a new scheme to tighten ties between Taipei and Washington, the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) said yesterday.The US, like most countries, has no formal diplomatic ties with Taiwan, but is its most import
SAME OLD: The council said that the wording on unification was ‘not much different from the past,’ while an official criticized China’s reverence of Sun Yet-sen The Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) yesterday said that Chinese President Xi Jinping’s (習近平) vow to peacefully “reunify” Taiwan in a speech marking the 160th birthday of Sun Yat-sen (孫逸仙) is not new.Speaking at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing yesterday, Xi said that resolving the Taiwan quest
The Taiwan Renewable Energy Alliance yesterday unveiled its evaluation of energy resilience policies proposed by candidates running for mayor or county commissioner this year.Alliance vice chairwoman Chang Ya-tun (張雅惇) told a news conference that the alliance had received responses from 18 candidate
BEWARE: Professionals traveling to China should consider bringing a dummy phone that does not contain business secrets or sensitive personal information, the MAC said Three cases have been reported so far of Taiwanese high-tech professionals who were prevented from returning after traveling to China, the Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) said yesterday.MAC Minister Chiu Chui-cheng (邱垂正) told lawmakers at the Legislative Yuan’s Foreign Affairs and National Defense Co
Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim yesterday reaffirmed Malaysia’s commitment to its “one China” policy and played down tensions with Taiwan, days after Taipei suspended investment negotiations following his comments on China’s potential use of force against the nation.Taiwan is an important tra
ID WOES: A Bureau of Consular Affairs investigation found that 72,702 passport photos uploaded to its Web site were affected by hackers, as were letters of authorization About 8 million personal-data records were affected in a spate of attacks over the past few weeks, a top cybersecurity official said yesterday, as the Bureau of Consular Affairs revealed that hackers had compromised 70,000 passport photographs.Cyber Security Administration Deputy Director-General Ch
OUTRAGE: A victim said she was ‘extremely angry’ that Taipei Mayor Chiang Wan-an was using the incident to talk up his record while on the campaign trail The Taipei District Court yesterday sentenced Polam Kopitiam (寶林茶室) owner Li Fang-hsuan (黎仿軒) to one year and 10 months in prison for negligent homicide in a first-instance ruling following a nearly two-year trial over a fatal food poisoning incident.Substitute cook Ho Ching-fu (胡清富) was sentenced t
Doctors yesterday unveiled new obesity prevention and treatment guidelines that emphasize waist measurements and tailoring medical treatment to disease severity.The Diabetes Association of the Republic of China and 13 other groups jointly developed the Taiwan Clinical Practice Guidelines on Adult Ob
The renovated Dongju Lighthouse (東莒燈塔) has become a popular tourist attraction, drawing hundreds of visitors to Dongju Island (東莒) in Lienchiang County (Matsu) over the past two months, the Maritime and Port Bureau said yesterday.The British-designed lighthouse, designated a national historic site i
The Tea and Beverage Research Station has developed a powderization method that can replace up to 15 percent of plastic raw materials with repurposed spent tea leaves and coffee grounds.About 300,000 tonnes of tea waste and 200,000 tonnes of coffee grounds are generated in Taiwan every year, station
PROMISING: The company expects demand to continue growing for its cloud and networking products, smart consumer electronics and computing products Hon Hai Precision Industry Co (鴻海精密) yesterday reported record net profit in the third quarter, growing 34 percent year-on-year to NT$77.52 billion (US$2.36 billion), driven mainly by continued demand for artificial intelligence (AI) servers by major US cloud service providers.“Even after the US mid
E Ink Holdings Inc (元太科技), the world’s biggest e-paper display supplier, yesterday cuts its full-year revenue growth forecast for a second time to 9 percent, citing sluggish demand for consumer electronics including e-readers as surging memorychip costs drive up retail prices.Despite the downgrade,
A union representing workers at a Micron Technology Inc plant in Taiwan yesterday said that it would pull out of further talks with the US chip giant after “our defeat” in trying to secure a new profit-sharing deal.Surging global demand for chips used in artificial intelligence (AI) data centers has
After more than seven weeks on the run, Chang Chun-chieh (張俊傑), the former legislative office director of independent indigenous Legislator May Chin (高金素梅), allegedly fled Taiwan on a fishing boat from Keelung’s Jhengbin Fishing Harbor (正濱漁港) on Oct. 28. Chang’s escape after breaching his electronic
Singer Lo Ta-yu (羅大佑) on Tuesday blamed the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) government for what he described as a decline in Taiwan’s cultural standards. In an interview with UFO Radio’s Tang Hsiang-lung (唐湘龍), Lo singled out Minister of Culture Li Yuan (李遠) and music critic, DJ and author Ma Shi
Taiwan makes the chips the world’s artificial intelligence (AI) runs on. However, how many Taiwanese companies get to use it?The Ministry of Digital Affairs in September set out its approach: Private operators would build, own and run new AI computing centers, and the government would ease the inves
QUICK VICTORY: The 19-year-old French Open champion defeated world No. 2 Aryna Sabalenka in 62 minutes, earning her spot among the final four at Indian Wells French Open champion Mirra Andreeva stormed past Aryna Sabalenka 6-4, 6-0 to reach the last four of the WTA Finals on Wednesday as Elina Svitolina kept her bid on track with a three-set win over Karolina Muchova.Russian 19-year-old Andreeva held her nerve after falling behind 4-1 in the opening set
South Korea captain Son Heung-min yesterday said that he and four teammates had resolved their differences and they wanted to set a good example for the next generation of players.In a joint statement posted by the Korea Football Association, Son, Lee Jae-sung, Hwang Hee-chan, Hwang In-beom and Kim
Russia’s national anthem played during the medal ceremony on the first day of the Youth Olympics at a pool in Senegal’s capital, Dakar, a small, but symbolic victory in Moscow’s quest to return to the international sporting stage.The International Olympic Committee (IOC) suspended the Russian Olympi
Australia captain Pat Cummins said he plans to address Usman Khawaja’s “long list of allegations” about the 2018 ball-tampering scandal today after taking time to “better understand” them.Pressure has been mounting for Cummins to front the media since the retired Khawaja reignited the explosive issu
BEST SCENARIO: If countries did act decisively to slash emissions, temperature projections would become less daunting, but the world would still heat up by 1.9°C by century-end The world is heading for an “irrecoverable overshoot” of global temperature thresholds that would plunge billions of people into disastrous climate impacts, because governments have stalled for so long to cut planet-heating emissions, an analysis found.Under current policies, the planet would heat u
Firefighters dug through the rubble of a three-story building in Brooklyn after it collapsed at the edge of a construction site on Wednesday afternoon, killing at least two people and trapping others beneath the wreckage.Scores of firefighters and police officers wielding pickaxes and power saws cla
A 17-year-old boy with autism was found alive yesterday after six days lost in eastern Australian woodlands.The boy, whom police identified only as William, was camping with a teenage friend when he disappeared on Friday last week near Walhalla, police said.A police helicopter crew found him surroun
High up on the Alishan Highway in Chiayi County, the road passes through the village of Shihzihlu (十字路), where a station on the Alishan Forest Railway is also located. The village name refers to a four-way crossroads, and although this village is the point where the railway and highway have their cl
I Play Rocky, Peter Farrelly’s comic and crowd-pleasing tale about the making of Rocky, might seem like a one-two punch of pure nostalgia. It’s been almost exactly 50 years since Sylvester Stallone’s breakthrough boxing classic first arrived in theaters. You need hardly more than a few Philadelphia
As an early stab at rules for conversation, Cicero did a fine job: watch your tone, never look bored, never lose your temper and never ramble on, particularly about yourself, he advised.Now scientists have followed in the great orator’s footsteps and discovered a telltale signature of an enjoyable c
A: Japanese superstar Takuya Kimura is finally touring Taiwan for two shows at the Taipei Music Center. He’s also celebrating his 54th birthday today.B: Kimura has been a dominant force in the Asian showbiz for years, but he’s never held a solo concert overseas. This will be his first time.A: And
A: Japanese superstar Takuya Kimura will perform at the Taipei Music Center this week, while South Korean sensation, Blackpink’s Lisa is heading to Las Vegas, becoming the first K-pop artist to headline a residency in the “Sin City.”B: Lisa has also joined the recent wave of music documentaries, r
While November 11 is widely celebrated as a massive online shopping festival, it also holds a quieter, more artistic significance: World Origami Day. This date is not just a random choice. The four ones in “11/11” represent the four equal sides of a square sheet of paper, which is the traditional st
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