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Taiwan’s economy is projected to grow at its fastest pace in 39 years this year, supported by robust domestic demand and exports, the Chung-Hua Institution for Economic Research (CIER, 中華經濟研究院) said yesterday.The think tank raised its growth forecast to 12.16 percent for this year, up 1.81 percentag
The National Immigration Agency (NIA) yesterday said it has revoked a Chinese exchange student’s entry permit and deported him over a gesture it said targeted President William Lai (賴清德). Lai on Monday delivered a speech at the closing ceremony of the Taiwan Bridge Program at National Taiwan Univers
‘DISGRACE’? The Ukrainian president said that Kyiv was abandoning the energy ceasefire that Trump had announced, as Russian airstrikes continued EU leaders yesterday rallied around Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy at a summit as US President Donald Trump fired another salvo at Kyiv, calling its strikes on Russian refineries a “disgrace.”The bloc is hosting Zelenskiy in Brussels at one of the most difficult moments for Ukraine, with mi
Indonesian stocks yesterday suffered their worst rout in nearly three decades after MSCI Inc warned the country’s emerging-market status was in jeopardy, raising the prospect of its removal from global indices and stoking fears of foreign capital flight.The benchmark Jakarta Composite Index tumbled
The Legislative Yuan today passed the third reading of amendments to the Senior Citizens Welfare Act (老人福利法) that would provide subsidies to cover National Health Insurance (NHI) premiums for people aged 65 and older. The amendment, a consolidated version of proposals by the Chinese Nationalist Part
TERAFAB? The main principle is that the fab has to be run by TSMC, whether it is similar to its Japan or Europe model, company chief executive officer C.C. Wei said Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC, 台積電) yesterday said it is in discussions with a customer to secure wafer capacity supply in Texas, potentially extending its US manufacturing footprint beyond Arizona to satisfy surging demand from customers for artificial intelligence (AI) chips. “Recent
SUSTAINABILITY: A recycling official said that small appliances are often dumped when they stop working, as the cost of repair can make new ones more attractive The Ministry of Environment is planning to provide vouchers to encourage home appliance repair.Most people replace small appliances — such as fans, rice cookers or blenders — when they stop working, as the cost at an official authorized repair service can approach the cost of a replacement. That has
Taiwan is to donate more than 20,000 tonnes of locally grown rice to 17 countries that require food assistance this year, the Ministry of Agriculture’s Agriculture and Food Agency said on World Food Day yesterday.Taiwan began providing international food assistance in 2002 through the Food Humanitar
People departing on trips should manage their time wisely, consumer protection officials said, citing an incident in which a family of four missed check-in for a flight by one minute.The family from Yilan County planned to fly to Fukuoka, Japan, on an AirAsia flight at noon on July 9, but were unabl
A security guard and three others have been detained incommunicado after the guard allegedly stole an armored vehicle containing NT$14.5 million (US$448,389) in cash, Tainan police said yesterday.The incident occurred on Thursday last week, when the guard, surnamed Kuo (郭), was conducting a routine
SPACE PARK? NCU president Hsiau Shu-san said that the name links Kinmen National Park’s historical and natural heritage on Earth with space exploration The International Astronomical Union has approved the name “Kinmen” — referring to Kinmen National Park — for asteroid 755922, which was discovered by National Central University’s (NCU) Lulin Observatory, the university said yesterday.The asteroid was discovered by Lulin Observatory director Lin Hu
LONG-ARM THIS: Law enforcement agencies are doing interagency planning to target China’s cat’s-paws in Taiwan, in order to visit extreme legal displeasure upon them Police would target organized crime groups, private investigative agencies and other Taiwanese complicit in China’s transnational repression targeting the nation, the Criminal Investigation Bureau said yesterday.In a news release, the bureau said that Taiwan would not tolerate any criminal, private
The Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) has recommended that Taiwanese avoid events in China next month for the anniversary of the birth of Sun Yat-sen (孫逸仙), lauded by Taipei and Beijing for bringing an end to the last imperial dynasty, and a major historical fault line.China announced last year that it
Kratos Defense is seeking US government authorization for Taiwan to produce the jointly developed Mighty Hornet IV one-way strike drones, Kratos representative Steve Fendley said.Fendley, president of Kratos’ uncrewed systems division, was speaking after taking part in the uncrewed aerial vehicle’s
Experts at the International Conference on Sea Lane Security on Wednesday called for early preventive measures, including the establishment of international maritime cooperation mechanisms, to safeguard shipping routes through the Taiwan Strait against Chinese maritime coercion.China’s maritime quar
‘HANGING IN THERE’: Global central banks opted for ‘a synchronous tightening in monetary policy,’ while benefiting from an AI ‘investment surge’,’ the Fed chair said Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh voiced optimism yesterday about US economic strength and surprise about how well global economies have been “hanging in there” amid continued energy shocks and tighter monetary policy to fight inflation.He said the US and many other economies were benefiting from
Taiwan should not rule out any energy source or abandon environmental sustainability in favor of ideology and short-term benefits, President William Lai (賴清德) said in an interview, calling for a “professional assessment” of whether nuclear power should be reintroduced into Taiwan’s energy mix.In an
JUST FOR SHOW: The new-generation sports car, which would not begin production until 2028, finally gives Tesla a showpiece after years of missed Roadster deadlines Tesla unveiled a redesigned Roadster powered with rocket-style thrusters on Thursday and said it would start production in 2028, more than a decade after it first showed a next-generation version of its electric sports car.The white two-seater vehicle, developed in collaboration with CEO Elon Musk’s
The Ministry of Labor on Tuesday rejected claims that employers must financially support a migrant domestic worker’s entire family if she becomes pregnant.The statement came as a result of a complaint by a family who, shortly after hiring a migrant domestic helper, discovered that she was pregnant.
On Tuesday last week, Lin Chien-cheng (林健正), a retired National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University professor, wrote on Facebook comparing the “Han wave” (韓流) that led to now-Legislative Speaker Han Kuo-yu’s (韓國瑜) surprise 2018 Kaohsiung mayoral victory to the “Ocean wave” (洋流) of support for Legislator
The Ministry of Education described its progress in efforts to expand publicly funded kindergarten and childcare capacities. Since 2017, the government has subsidized the establishment of more than 4,100 additional classrooms at kindergartens nationwide, bringing the total to about 270,000 places.Th
SAFETY CONCERNS: The Asian Cup is still expected to take place in Saudi Arabia next year, despite multiple sporting events being postponed after the Houthi attack in Riyadh The Asian Cup soccer tournament is on track to take place in Saudi Arabia early next year, local organizers said yesterday, but golf’s Asian Tour has postponed the Saudi International indefinitely in the aftermath of a deadly attack on Riyadh.Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi movement claimed responsibili
The European Champions Cup has proved a surprising struggle for South African clubs whose entry into the rugby competition four years ago was expected to intensify the battle for silverware, but whose results have been underwhelming.Since the 2022 season, none of the South African representatives ha
FIFA president Gianni Infantino gave “no satisfactory answers” when grilled on Thursday during a meeting to discuss his attempts to sell stakes in the World Cup to private investors, senior members of soccer’s global governing body said, but he did offer an apology for the failed project.“We asked a
There is much debate over who should win the Ballon d’Or this year, but if Lamine Yamal’s recent form continues over the season, handing out next year’s award would be simple.The teenage winger was at his mesmerizing best as Barcelona waltzed to a 4-1 win at Galatasaray in the Champions League on Tu
TOKYO: The US outreach to the military-backed regime is a sharp reversal from its stance since the 2021 coup, with the talks focused on scam hubs and rare earths The US and Myanmar’s military-backed government held talks in Tokyo last week, people familiar with the matter said, their second meeting in a month as Washington steps up re-engagement with the generals it shunned after their 2021 coup.Earlier talks in Myanmar’s capital, Naypyidaw, in the middle of
A 16-year-old on Thursday shot his way through locked doors to get into an elementary school in Bend, Oregon, killing three children and a teacher. He was then shot by a person at the scene who followed him inside, authorities said.The suspect was found dead inside the school minutes after the shoot
CREDENTIALS? Katie Zacharia said she had been told she could label herself a lawyer given her law degree and business law experience in China New White House press secretary Katie Zacharia on Thursday acknowledged that she had failed the bar exam, as her credentials face scrutiny. Zacharia has described herself as a lawyer during television appearances and on social media, and listed herself as general counsel of a California-based conser
A leading voice in Europe’s contemporary dance scene, the Greek minimalist choreographer Christos Papadopoulos makes his Taiwanese debut this month, as ARTQUAKE Festival opens with his latest group piece, My Fierce Ignorant Step.For Papadopoulos, the road to international recognition and to the play
Since Russia invaded more than four years ago, Ukraine has become a global leader in military drone innovation, enabling its forces to grind a much larger enemy to a stalemate.But this technological force multiplier has come with an unsettling vulnerability: Ukrainian drone makers are highly depende
Just 10 years ago, the site of Shuanghu Forest Park (雙湖森林公園) was a blight on the Kaohsiung landscape. Motorists on the nearby freeway were treated to a view of a weedy hill covered in scattered graves, with a few corrugated steel buildings thrown in for good measure. Things got worse before they got
A new UK app called Birdex is changing how people explore nature by turning birdwatching into a game. To encourage people to step outside, the app allows users to collect digital cards of birds whenever they spot one. Users also earn points for each sighting, with rarer species offering higher rewar
A: To prevent “AI doomsday theory” from becoming a reality, novelist Isaac Asimov actually proposed the “Three Laws of Robotics” in 1942.B: Aren’t those the robot laws that often appear in sci-fi films?A: Bingo, that’s them. The First Law: “A robot may not injure a human being or, through inactio
A: Wow, former Anthropic AI researcher Jacob Coxon recently warned, “The people building AI earnestly believe that it could kill us all by the end of the decade.” B: Why’s this “AI doomsday theory” so popular? A: Because companies like Anthropic and OpenAI have competed in developing recursive
| New Taipei City | 25-33 | 10% |  |
| Hsinchu County | 24-31 | 0% | |
| Hsinchu City | 24-31 | 0% | |
| Taipei City | 25-33 | 10% | |
| Miaoli County | 23-32 | 0% | |
| Taoyuan City | 25-34 | 0% | |
| Keelung City | 25-30 | 20% | |
| Yunlin County | 23-33 | 10% | |
| Taichung City | 24-33 | 0% | |
| Nantou County | 23-33 | 10% | |
| Changhua County | 24-32 | 0% | |
| Chiayi County | 23-33 | 10% | |
| Chiayi City | 23-33 | 10% | |
| Tainan City | 25-31 | 0% | |
| Kaohsiung City | 26-32 | 0% | |
| Pingtung County | 25-33 | 10% | |
| Yilan County | 24-31 | 30% |  |
| Hualien County | 24-31 | 20% |  |
| Taitung County | 25-31 | 20% | |
| Kinmen County | 24-31 | 10% | |
| Penghu County | 25-30 | 10% | |
| Lienchiang County | 23-27 | 20% |  |
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