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PROMISING PROSPECTS: Full-year economic growth could surpass 10 percent if the current momentum persists, buoyed by exports and domestic demand, the DGBAS said Taiwan’s economy expanded at the fastest pace in nearly four decades in the second quarter, propelled by a surge in artificial intelligence (AI)-related demand that lifted exports, business investment and domestic activity, underscoring the nation’s growing role in the global technology supply chain
Hamas reached an agreement to disarm, officials said yesterday, a significant move that could help end the war in Gaza — but one that would face many hurdles and could take a long time to achieve, if at all.The group agreed to a road map as long as Israel also makes concessions, including ending hos
The Coast Guard Administration (CGA) yesterday said it was closely monitoring Chinese coast guard patrols in waters east of Taiwan, condemning the move as a political operation aimed at expanding Beijing’s control.The China Coast Guard said in a statement that the patrols were led by one of its ship
The EU yesterday scrambled to contain one of the largest migrant crises faced by the block in recent years, after tens of thousands of people poured into Spain’s exclave in north Africa in just days.About 60,000 migrants have crossed into the territory from Morocco, Ceuta Mayor-President Juan Jesus
CRIMINAL HISTORY: CUPP members attacked student protesters in 2017 and threw red paint at Denise Ho when she visited Taiwan in 2019, a source said The Ministry of the Interior’s Political Party Review Committee yesterday said it would file a petition to dissolve the China Unification Promotion Party (CUPP) following a year-and-a-half investigation, calling it organized crime dressed as a political party, and saying that incidents of violence i
LANDMARK CHANGE: Eligible Siraya are expected to be able to apply for inclusion in the official Siraya membership register from the middle of next month The Executive Yuan yesterday officially recognized the Siraya as an indigenous group, making them the 17th officially recognized indigenous peoples and the first recognized under the Pingpu Indigenous People’s Status Act (平埔原住民族群身分法). The decision marks a historical milestone as Taiwan acknowledges
SHELL OF A BRANCH: Without new members, the Control Yuan would be unable to investigate, impeach or issue corrective measures, a Control Yuan official said The Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) caucus yesterday vowed to abolish the Control Yuan, as the branch’s members have reached their term limits, but no successors have been approved.The legislature has to date refused to hear the Cabinet’s candidates for the Control Yuan. By law, new appointees should ha
The National Communications Commission (NCC) yesterday said the legislature’s refusal to confirm nominations would result in administrative paralysis unprecedented since the body’s establishment in 2006.There are four vacancies in the NCC’s seven-member panel, and the terms of three serving members
Officials yesterday launched the Taiwan Culinary Exhibition at the Taipei World Trade Center to burnish the nation’s profile as a tourist destination.The event is runs through Monday next week.President William Lai (賴清德) at the festival’s grand opening said that gastronomy is a central feature of Ta
Premier Cho Jung-tai (卓榮泰) yesterday praised late Causeway Bay Books founder Lam Wing-kei (林榮基) for standing up to authoritarianism in his lifelong pursuit of freedom and democracy.Speaking during a memorial service at Che-lam Presbyterian Church in Taipei, Cho described Lam, who relocated to Taiwan
Taiwan is moving from a largely invisible supplier to a more influential global player as economic power increasingly shapes international trade, an economist said on Thursday.The shift presents opportunities for the nation, whose technological, manufacturing and economic capabilities are gaining gr
ISSUE: Structures such as ports and breakwaters are blocking sand drifts, resulting in sand accumulating in one area, while others see increasingly severe erosion The Executive Yuan has approved a Category One coastal retention project in response to coastal erosion, the Tainan Water Resources Bureau said during a city council meeting yesterday.A stretch of coastline from Bajhang Creek (八掌溪) to Erjen Creek (二仁) is experiencing severe erosion, the bureau said
Taiwan’s Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) on Friday removed Finland from its list of African swine fever (ASF)-free areas and warned that anyone caught importing pork products from Finland could face penalties, after the country confirmed domestic ASF cases.In a notice, the Central Emergency Operation
Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairwoman Cheng Li-wun (鄭麗文) yesterday donated NT$1 million (US$30,967) from her personal account to Japan’s Kumamoto Prefecture, in support of relief and reconstruction efforts following Tuesday’s devastating earthquake.Cheng wrote on Facebook that she visited the J
REFOCUSING: The ministries would re-evaluate event schedules and the coaching system to balance focus between competitive and non-competitive sports Oversight of Taiwan’s physical education (PE) system is to return to the Ministry of Education with a renewed focus on holistic development rather than athletic performance, Deputy Minister of Education Chang Liao Wan-chien (張廖萬堅) said in an interview published yesterday.Speaking with the Liberty Ti
TURNOVER WATCH: While the benchmark jumped 3,186.45 points, a turnover fall indicated that investors are still wary of volatility in geopolitics in the Middle East Taiwan stocks rebounded yesterday, with the benchmark TAIEX surging nearly 8 percent in its largest-ever points gain as a global technology rally and renewed confidence in artificial intelligence (AI) demand lifted heavyweight electronics shares.The TAIEX jumped 3,186.45 points, or 7.98 percent, to
INCREASING SCALE: The company’s CEO said it expects to generate more than US$2bn from chips used in data centers this year, and for 2027 revenue to jump MediaTek Inc (聯發科), the world’s biggest smartphone chip supplier, yesterday said it aims to capture up to 20 percent of the serviceable available market of the customized artificial intelligence (AI) accelerator market next year, accelerating its push into AI data centers.The goal is up from the com
Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. said Friday that its subsidiary Visionbay.ai has begun commercial operations of a 5-megawatt AI cluster built using Nvidia’s HGX B300 systems, with more than 90 percent of its capacity already in use.In a news release, Hon Hai, better known as Foxconn, said the AI clus
The Delivery Workers Rights Protection and Delivery Platform Management Act (外送員權益保障及外送平台管理法) — Taiwan’s first law governing delivery platforms — took effect on Tuesday last week. Passed on Jan. 6, the law mandates that delivery workers receive no less than NT$45 per order and at least 1.25 times th
A few days ago, the results of the senior-high school admissions through the exam-free entrance channels were announced. Local governments have been offering scholarships to top-performing students in a bid to encourage them to choose community high schools, which have rushed to report on how many “
The cooking oil scandal is first and foremost a regulatory failure. Contaminated oil entered the food-processing system, corporate safeguards failed and authorities struggled to explain how far the problem had spread.Yet the scandal is no longer only about what entered Taiwanese kitchens. It is also
SOCCER PLANS LAMBASTED: UEFA said it would not attend FIFA competitions due to Gianni Infantino’s plans to spin off its commercial operations to private investors European nations on Thursday agreed to boycott the FIFA World Cup and all other FIFA competitions to protest FIFA president Gianni Infantino’s plan to sell stakes in soccer’s biggest tournament to private equity investors.The North American soccer body rejected Infantino’s plan later the same day.“U
The Minnesota Twins have not forgotten the sting from the day of the MLB trade deadline last year and their latest feel-good win on Thursday added yet more fuel for the front office to be in buy mode this time instead of the massive sell-off last summer.After being no-hit through six innings by the
Defending champion Alex de Minaur on Thursday powered into the Washington Open quarter-finals with a clinical 6-2, 6-3 victory over fellow Australian Cruz Hewitt.Men’s second seed Ben Shelton also advanced, as did women’s top seed Jessica Pegula and No. 2 Elina Svitolina.Top-seeded De Minaur was alw
English cricket on Thursday turned to another New Zealander to coach the men’s Test team, hiring former Kiwi star Stephen Fleming with Joe Root reappointed as captain.Fleming replaced his former teammate Brendon McCullum, who was fired after losing the Ashes series in Australia 4-1 over the winter a
AI RACE: Chinese military researchers distill US models to create smaller and more secure versions, but an expert said these models have limited capabilities Chinese military researchers have used outputs from leading US artificial intelligence (AI) models developed by OpenAI and Anthropic to train domestic AI systems to advance China’s defense capabilities, according to a Reuters review of more than 80 Chinese academic papers and patents.The previously
DEATH SENTENCE? The Malaysian pilot tested positive for meth, MDMA and cocaine, and customs officials found 14 bags of ecstasy in his suitcase A Malaysian pilot who tested positive for drugs after flying a passenger plane to Indonesia risks the death penalty for allegedly smuggling more than 70,000 ecstasy tablets in his suitcase, officials said yesterday.The 39-year-old pilot, identified only by his initials, MSO, was arrested on Wednesda
The US Department of State presented a map of Africa that mislabeled every nation on the continent that it attempted to highlight at the International AIDS Conference in Brazil this week.Nigeria, a vast country sitting on the Gulf of Guinea, was shown as a landlocked nation in the Sahara desert. Moz
Taipei Mayor Chiang Wan-an (蔣萬安) in recent weeks has taken the lead in the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) in more ways than one. He spearheaded efforts to organize last Saturday’s “I am human, I oppose a toxic Taiwan” rally, has stolen the march on the party’s agenda by proposing the legislature vo
Nichole Sims started using a tanning bed at 15 because she said everyone around her was doing it, especially before events like homecoming dances and prom.Eight years later, she was diagnosed with melanoma — a potentially life-threatening skin cancer.During that time, Sims has seen tanning become ev
On July 16, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC, 台積電) reported second-quarter revenue of US$40.2 billion and a gross margin of 67.7 percent, supported by global demand for AI chips. The following day, the TAIEX (台股加權指數) recorded its largest-ever single-day point decline.The Index fell 2,953.
Recently, travelers in Australia were left disappointed after trying to visit hot springs that didn’t actually exist. An AI-generated post on the Tasmania Tours website described the hot spring site as a “tranquil haven” and a “favorite” among hikers. The owner of a local hotel was confused when tou
A: The International Children’s Games set to open in Hualien tomorrow operates on a city-based representation model to promote inter-city exchanges.B: And what about the International Dragon Boat Federation Club Crew World Championships at the end of this month?A: The championships will be held
A: Two major international sports events are going to take place in Hualien County next month.B: The 58th International Children’s Games, or ICG, will run from Aug. 1 to 6. What’s the other event?A: The other is the 15th International Dragon Boat Federation Club Crew World Championships, from Au
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