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CALL FOR CHANGE: They urged the UN to facilitate Taiwan’s involvement in the body, recognize its peace efforts and to work with members in preventing military conflict Representatives to the UN from five of Taiwan’s diplomatic allies sent a joint letter to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday, calling for the country’s inclusion in the body.Allies in the letter sent ahead of the 81st session of the UN General Assembly General Debate made three demands i
The government is set to impose tougher penalties for drug driving, including vehicle confiscation and fines of up to NT$270,000 for drivers who refuse drug tests, after 23 people were killed in drug driving-related incidents in first half of this year, the Ministry of Transportation and Communicati
Smoke and flames rose near Riyadh’s international airport yesterday, as a flight tracking Web site reported cancelations and delays at the hub, hours after Saudi Arabian authorities issued an air raid alert.Firefighters could be seen trying to extinguish the flames of a burnt-out fuel tank emblazone
The death toll from an explosion and gun attack at a police headquarters in northern Pakistan rose to at least 31, including 16 police personnel, a senior police official said yesterday.Attackers stormed the Old Police Lines complex at Kohat on Friday afternoon.The police compound serves as a distri
IMPROVEMENTS: The government has been integrating the coast guard into defense planning, with one new frigate and nine new patrol boats to be deployed next year President William Lai (賴清德) yesterday inspected joint precision missile live-fire drills at the Jioupeng Base (九鵬基地) in Pingtung County, where multiple types of attack drones took part in joint combat exercises for the first time.The three-day drills, which concluded yesterday, featured indigenous H
The US remains committed to maintaining deterrence along the First Island Chain, Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) Deputy Minister Shen Yu-chung (沈有忠) said yesterday.Taiwan remained in close communication with the US, Shen said, adding that messages received by Taipei indicated that maintaining deterre
‘FORTRESS OF FREEDOM’: Taiwan should convince Beijing that the cost of winning a war against Taiwan is ‘insanely high’ and ‘not worth winning,’ Palmer Luckey said Anduril Industries founder Palmer Luckey yesterday told a forum in Taipei that “freedom is the most powerful weapon that Taiwan has.”Luckey, who was sanctioned by China last year due to his defense firm’s weapons and drone sales to Taiwan, made the comments during his keynote speech on Responding to
COGNITIVE THREAT: A coherent counter-narrative and media literacy are the answer to neutralizing the threat of foreign information manipulation, an official said Diplomats from the US, UK and EU yesterday underscored the need to counter electoral interference and cognitive warfare operations ahead of Taiwan’s year-end local elections.They made the remarks at this year’s Resilient Taiwan for Sustainable Democracy International Forum hosted by the Presidential
“Skepticism toward the US” and “skepticism toward Taiwan are essentially myths, said former US deputy national security adviser Matt Pottinger in Taipei yesterday, stating people should instead scrutinize the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) promises and shift the focus toward “skepticism toward the
Former German member of the European Parliament Reinhard Butikofer on Thursday urged the international community to counter China’s use of UN Resolution 2758 against Taiwan.He made the comments at a conference hosted by the Taipei Representative Office in Berlin, saying that the deliberate misinterp
Five televised forums or debates on a referendum about whether to abolish Taiwan’s policy of creating a “nuclear-free homeland” are to begin on Nov. 12, the Central Election Commission (CEC) announced on Friday.The referendum asks whether voters support the government using nuclear power to boost Ta
Taiwanese Tsai Chin-shu (蔡金樹), who had been imprisoned in China for engaging in activity that “endangers national security,” said on Facebook on Friday that he has returned to Taiwan.Tsai, chairman of the Southern Taiwan Union of Cross-strait Relations Associations, had traveled frequently between T
ROAMING FREE: Hundreds gathered yesterday to urge a more effective and comprehensive involvement in solving the problem of stray animals in Taiwan The Walk for Wildlife Association yesterday in Taipei held a march urging the government to incorporate ecological governance into free-roaming animal management schemes to curb conflicts between strays and wildlife.Association president Lee Tsung-chen (李宗宸) said this year’s march has four demands:F
Ahead of a minimum wage review scheduled for this week, a study has recommended an increase at least equal to the annual consumer price index (CPI) growth rate to ensure workers receive a fair share of economic growth.The Minimum Wage Review Committee, which would determine the size of next year’s m
Members of Kuai Kuai Co’s Jhongli Plant Union yesterday voted to authorize a strike if called for after the company’s closure of a major factory triggered sweeping layoff fears and dissatisfaction over wages.The namesake manufacturer of the famous snacks — the green-bagged snacks workers often place
Engineer Rinzin Galley stands on a platform overlooking a former military shooting range on the edge of Bhutan’s capital, Thimphu, now home to a field of solar panels.With abundant waterways, Bhutan has long relied on hydroelectric power to meet its electricity needs and stay carbon negative.However
As the International Space Station (ISS) nears the end of its operational life, drugmakers are laying the groundwork for commercial pharmaceutical research and manufacturing in low Earth orbit while working with regulators to establish rules for producing medicines in space.Pharmaceutical, biotechno
In the coastal Gambian town of Tanji, Sirah Darboe-Manneh cleans fish next to a row of ice boxes laying empty because of relentless power cuts. With limited supplies of ice, storing the daily catch has become almost impossible.Since June the tiny west African nation has been hobbled by prolonged bla
Academia Historica director Chen Tsui-lien (陳翠蓮), speaking at the handover ceremony for her new role on Monday, said that when she accepted the position, she knew that her peaceful life as a history professor was a thing of the past, and that from now on she would have to “wear a helmet.”A specialis
Over the past several decades, Taiwan has undergone a transformation in its societal values surrounding survival, ways of living and the meaning of life itself — all within the span of just two or three generations. Generational conflict is the inevitable consequence of the shift from a mindset of c
Escalating tensions in the Middle East have led to a rise in international oil prices, causing inflationary pressures to resurface. The Executive Yuan’s price stabilization task force has decided to extend tax reduction measures for key raw materials through the end of March next year and continue s
HOMERS, HITS: Lin Tzu-wei and Yu Chang have had three-hit games in the MLB, but Lee topped them both and also went past Chang in home runs in a season Detroit Tigers infielder Lee Hao-yu on Friday set Taiwanese MLB records for home runs in a season and hits in a game as he helped his team rally past the Chicago White Sox 11-8.The 23-year-old went four-for-five with three RBIs and two runs scored, tying the game at 8-8 with a two-run homer in the e
Taiwan successfully defended their senior women’s 500kg title for the fifth consecutive year, winning two golds and a bronze at the Tug of War Outdoor World Championships in South Africa on Friday.The championships began in Mossel Bay, South Africa, on Wednesday and were to conclude after press time
The president of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) yesterday said that politics — in the form of a welcoming ceremony involving Taiwan — had already entered into the Asian Games.He did not sound pleased about it, speaking just hours before the official opening ceremony.Some events at the Asian Games
COMPLAINTS ABOUND: Long delays, unsuitable accommodation and transport issues have overshadowed the lead-up to the Games, which are to open today The Asian Games in Japan on Friday faced more accusations of poor organization with a world champion gymnast “totally exhausted,” the public drafted in to rescue stranded athletes and South Korea lodging a complaint about a Japanese warlord.The continent’s premier sporting spectacle opens in Nagoya
TOUGH TIMES: Blackouts recently have lasted more than 30 hours in Havana, while those who live in provinces at times deal with more than 60 hours without electricity Cuba was plunged into its seventh massive blackout of the year on Friday as fuel shortages wear on the US-blockaded island.Just five percent of residents in the Cuban capital Havana had power on Friday evening.“A total disconnection of the electrical system has occurred,” Cuba’s Ministry of Energy a
CAUTIOUS: Airspace safety fears were raised in June when an aircraft smashed into Beijing’s tallest building, which seems to have unsettled authorities in the capital Drone owners in Beijing flocked to designated buy-back sites this week, looking to sell their devices for as much as possible ahead of an impending citywide ban.New rules in the Chinese capital ban not just the flying of uncrewed aerial vehicles, but the possession or storage of them, meaning owners
US President Donald Trump on Friday said he had struck a deal with Denmark to give Washington “permanent control” over Greenland’s security that would bar Russia and China from setting up bases in the Arctic territory.Trump has repeatedly insisted that Washington needed to control Greenland for stra
Sept. 21 to Sept. 27When the Shah of Iran became the Grand Hotel’s (圓山大飯店) first head-of-state guest in 1958, it was hardly the landmark it is known as today. A Chinese-style, two-story structure with just 36 rooms built on the former site of the Taipei Shinto Shrine, the hotel was still referred
At National Cheng Kung University, researchers began with magnets from discarded electric-vehicle motors supplied by a local recycler. They dissolved a one-gram sample and tested how to separate dysprosium, a valuable rare-earth metal, from neodymium and praseodymium.A 2022 paper in Materials, by Ch
The one-day trip begins at the geographical center of Taiwan: Puli Township’s (埔里) Hutou Mountain Geographic Center of Taiwan Monument (臺灣地理中心碑), embedded at the foot of Nantou County’s dense forested slopes. It sits entrenched in forest vegetation amid the tall, spindly bodies and spiky heads of th
Continued from yesterday（延續自昨日）https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/langLike espresso, regular coffee is consumed worldwide and plays an important role in many people’s daily routines. Millions of people rely on it for the energy they need to start their day or get through a tiring task. Coffee is typic
Sitting down with a cup of coffee is one of life’s simple pleasures. However, many people are not fully aware of the actual differences between different types of coffee beyond their names. For example, what exactly is espresso? Although the name may sound like “express,” it is more closely related
A: Wow, the 20th Asian Games will open tomorrow in Nagoya, Japan, with over 11,000 athletes from 45 countries and regions competing in 43 sports.B: To save costs, instead of building an athletes’ village, Nagoya’s renting a cruise ship and some container houses. The quality and quantity of accommo
| New Taipei City | 28-31 | 30% |  |
| Hsinchu County | 28-31 | 10% |  |
| Hsinchu City | 28-30 | 10% | |
| Taipei City | 27-31 | 30% | |
| Miaoli County | 28-31 | 10% | |
| Taoyuan City | 28-32 | 10% | |
| Keelung City | 26-28 | 30% | |
| Yunlin County | 29-33 | 0% | |
| Taichung City | 30-33 | 0% | |
| Nantou County | 30-34 | 0% |  |
| Changhua County | 29-32 | 0% | |
| Chiayi County | 29-33 | 0% | |
| Chiayi City | 29-33 | 20% | |
| Tainan City | 30-32 | 30% | |
| Kaohsiung City | 30-32 | 20% | |
| Pingtung County | 29-33 | 30% |  |
| Yilan County | 28-32 | 20% | |
| Hualien County | 28-31 | 10% | |
| Taitung County | 28-31 | 10% | |
| Kinmen County | 28-31 | 10% | |
| Penghu County | 28-31 | 0% | |
| Lienchiang County | 26-29 | 10% | |
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