Fri, Oct 16, 2026
EAST OF GUAM: Tropical Storm Champi is forecast to strengthen into a typhoon, but its effect on Taiwan is uncertain due to the presence of a high-pressure system Tropical Storm Champi formed yesterday and has the potential to increase in strength, the Central Weather Administration (CWA) said yesterday.Forecasters are closely monitoring a Pacific high-pressure system that would dictate whether the storm turns north or moves toward Taiwan next week, the CWA s
E-cigarettes collected at anonymous disposal points had reached 633kg since the scheme began on Sept. 8, equivalent to about 12,660 devices based on an average weight of 50g each, the Health Promotion Agency (HPA) said yesterday.The six special municipalities accounted for about 70 percent of the to
The US is considering using its biggest non-nuclear bomb against Iran if US President Donald Trump should decide to renew combat in the war that has hit a deadlock, CNN reported early yesterday.The military is planning for the potential use of the GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast (MOAB) bomb — be
Venezuela’s interim government on Wednesday began a third round of talks with opposition representatives on a democratic transition, a senior US Department of State official said.The US-sponsored talks on transitioning from the rule of ousted former Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro began in Augus
Sanctions imposed by China’s Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) on a firm owned by Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Legislator Puma Shen’s (沈伯洋) father are an egregious attempt to pressure Taiwanese society and interfere with Taiwan’s democratic elections, the Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) said yesterda
PIPELINE PROJECT: Although there has been no word on a binding purchase agreement being signed, deliveries to Taiwan might begin in 2032, officials said Progress is being made in talks to buy liquefied natural gas (LNG) from an Alaskan project, with Taiwan considering an investment of up to US$4.4 billion, the government said yesterday after US President Donald Trump on Tuesday told a rally in the US state that Taiwan would buy 30 percent of the pro
UNDIRECTED? Beijing said that an aircraft carrier-led fleet began ‘routine drills’ in the western Pacific on Wednesday, adding that it was ‘not directed at any country or target’ The Ministry of National Defense yesterday said that it was closely monitoring the possibility of large-scale Chinese military exercises near Taiwan as the peak season for Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) drills approaches.At a news conference, defense officials were asked whether a large-scal
‘SIGNIFICANT REVERSAL’: Without the airport available as a base for military and domestic resources in the city, there would be a critical capability gap, an official said Taipei Mayor Chiang Wan-an (蔣萬安) yesterday attended a Cabinet meeting to discuss his proposal to relocate Taipei International Airport (Songshan airport), a week after his re-election campaign unveiled the proposition.Chiang and the Executive Yuan offered differing accounts of the meeting, with the
Deputy Legislative Speaker Johnny Chiang (江啟臣), the Chinese Nationalist Party’s (KMT) candidate for Taichung mayor, yesterday touted the city’s potential to become a global hub for robotics and drone manufacturing, while saying that political maneuvering for the 2028 presidential race has already be
Belize Prime Minister John Briceno has called for deeper cooperation with Taiwan through investment, technology exchanges and people-to-people ties, saying that he hopes the links would contribute to his country’s development.In an exclusive interview with the Central News Agency in Bangkok on Wedne
Taipei Mayor Chiang Wan-an (蔣萬安) of the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) and his challenger, Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Legislator Puma Shen (沈伯洋), yesterday agreed to hold their first televised debate on Oct. 31.The debate is to be held from 12pm to 2pm at the TVBS studio, cohosts TVBS and S
Taiwan has blocked the websites of Coinbase Global Inc. and Kalshi Inc. over suspected election betting, weeks before local polls that will test support for President Lai Ching-te’s government.A New Taipei court authorized the Taiwanese communications regulator and internet registry to bar domestic
“Democratic Taiwan” souvenir badges created by the National Cultural Association of Taiwan for the Double Ten National Day holiday have sold out, with more to go on sale in December.The 11 badges would be available along with additional new designs on UN Human Rights Day on Dec. 10, the association
The Army will open its Chengkungling base to the public on Oct. 24, showcasing new equipment including M1A2T tanks and HIMARS rocket systems, while offering rides in eight-wheeled armored vehicles and other hands-on military experiences, the Ministry of National Defense (MND) said Thursday.The event
MORE COVERAGE: The package includes help for people with early onset dementia, as well as subsidies for medicine and care for those with the disorder, regardless of their age The Ministry of Health and Welfare yesterday unveiled its dementia care 3.0 policy to provide improved care, community resources and National Health Insurance (NHI) coverage for dementia medications.The policy aims to achieve an 80 percent diagnosis rate, care service coverage and accessibility in p
IN GOOD FAITH: Lai said he appreciates Micron’s commitment to Taiwan and that it would continue expanding its investment in the country, while also working with labor President William Lai (賴清德) yesterday called for US memory maker Micron Technology Inc and its workers to negotiate “sincerely” ahead of a possible strike by the company’s union in Taiwan.Last week, a Taiwanese union representing workers at Micron said it had secured authorization from its members t
TECH STRAIN: TSMC and other major companies came under pressure as foreign investors pull back from chip and hardware stocks, an analyst said Stocks in Taiwan slumped to a four-week low yesterday as hotter-than-expected US inflation rekindled concerns over interest rates and a global sell-off in technology shares intensified.The benchmark TAIEX fell 1,655.96 points, or 3.41 percent, to close at 46,969.87, on turnover of NT$1.319 trillion
Real wage growth in Taiwan reached an 11-year high in the first eight months of this year as robust exports supported earnings gains and inflation remained relatively moderate, helping improve purchasing power despite wide differences across industries, the Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting
China’s revised National Defense Mobilization Law took effect on Oct. 1, allowing the government to mobilize civilians and redirect resources for military purposes, and ensures a rapid transition from peacetime to wartime. It has a wide scope of “national interests” pretexts, which would likely be u
President William Lai (賴清德) in 2024 outlined his vision for a “Healthy Taiwan,” and in his Double Ten National Day address last week introduced policies to address the declining birthrate and super-aged population. Those included a family support system, four major areas of medical care, the Long-Te
Beijing has made the purpose of its latest sanctions unusually clear: to warn others. On Monday, China targeted Paraguayan Minister of Information and Communications Technology Gustavo Villate and Belizean Minister of Foreign Affairs Francis Fonseca over their countries’ ties with Taiwan. However, t
‘SUPER SICK’: Two-time Cy Young winner Snell, who had not given up a home run in 46-1/3 innings prior to Game 3, gave up solo homers on his first and last pitches Jake Bauers and Garrett Mitchell on Wednesday night launched back-to-back homers off Blake Snell as Milwaukee regained the lead in the seventh inning and the Brewers beat the Dodgers 6-2 to build a 3-0 cushion in the National League Championship Series (NLCS).Jackson Chourio also went deep on the fi
Reigning champions Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) on Wednesday romped to a 4-2 victory away to embattled Manchester City in the UEFA Champions League, while Bradley Barcola hit his first Liverpool goals with a hat-trick in a 6-3 win over LASK in Austria.Elsewhere on a prolific night of European action, R
Spanish downhill skateboarder Diego Poncelet did not just want to set a standing world speed record; he wanted to know what it felt like going 150kph with no brakes.The two-time world champion finally achieved that goal on Sept. 22 in Canada when he reached a speed of 151.83kph, nine years after Pet
Seven years after COVID-19 put the brakes on Indonesia’s new women’s soccer league, Zahra Naqiyyah would finally return to the field with “high hopes” for the women’s game in the country.Sunday’s matches in the Indonesia Women’s League (IWL) would be the first since 2019 and a new chapter for women’
DATA SHARING: The mission includes keeping New Zealand safe, and the wider Pacific region open, stable and resilient, the NZ Security Intelligence Service said Fiji is enlisting New Zealand’s intelligence agency to help overhaul its fragmented security sector, Suva said on Wednesday, as US warnings of suspected China-linked cyberintrusions highlight concerns about vulnerabilities in the nation.The Fijian Cabinet approved a six-month partnership with the Ne
Former British prime minister Rishi Sunak on Wednesday urged so-called middle powers to become a “poisonous shrimp” to carve out strategic economic leverage in a more turbulent global environment.Sunak drew from a metaphor by former Singaporean prime minister Lee Kuan Yew (李光耀): A big fish will eat
KILLING COUNCILORS: Khethelo Mdluli, Lucky Sokhela and four members of the ANC youth division have died in attacks ahead of elections scheduled for Nov. 4 Gunmen in August opened fire on local government candidate Khethelo Mdluli outside his rural home as he was with his young children, one incident amid a surge of suspected political assassinations ahead of South Africa’s polls next month.The 40-year-old died in hospital at the end of August, with hi
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
Ten years ago moviegoers got a love letter to Los Angeles in the achingly sweet La La Land, where characters danced on air. Gravity arrives a decade later in Chris Rock’s terrific poison pen letter to the city, Misty Green.Rock, who directs and stars in the film as well as having written the screenp
When The Social Network came out, Mark Zuckerberg organized a staff viewing of a film he described as “fun.”A group corporate outing to the sequel is unlikely.The Social Network hardly portrayed the Facebook founder and his company in a hagiographical light (Zuckerberg later described the film as “h
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
Have you ever bought a product simply because everyone around you seemed to own one? Or have you ever supported an idea after seeing many classmates agree with it? If so, you have experienced the bandwagon effect, a psychological phenomenon in which people adopt certain behaviors, attitudes, or beli
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