Tue, Oct 06, 2026
Taipei Mayor Chiang Wan-an (蔣萬安) yesterday defended the city as welcoming and inclusive after a police raid of a gay bar sparked protests by the LGBTQ community over alleged discrimination and official misconduct.One video of the weekend raid that circulated on social media showed a police officer a
The northeast monsoon is expected to strengthen, bringing rain and cooler temperatures to northern and eastern Taiwan, with temperatures in low-lying areas likely to drop to as low as 16°C from tomorrow through Friday, independent meteorologist Daniel Wu (吳德榮) said yesterday.Rain fell in northern an
Brazilian Senator Flavio Bolsonaro, an ally of US President Donald Trump, and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva are to face off in a runoff on Oct. 25 for the top job of Latin America’s powerhouse economy after neither won a majority in Sunday’s vote.The country’s electoral court in Bras
OPTOGENETICS: The trio’s research opened a new era in neuroscience, unraveling the pathways that lead to behavior and disease, the institute said The Nobel Prize in medicine was yesterday awarded to three scientists who created a tool that uses light to help unravel how the brain works.Karl Deisseroth, 54, Peter Hegemann, 71, and Georg Nagel, 73, have carried out research into light-gated ion channels and optogenetics.The Nobel Assembly laude
The Presidential Office today condemned China's transnational repression after an alleged Chinese foreign agent was arrested in California yesterday on suspicion of surveilling President William Lai's (賴清德) son, Lai Ting-yu (賴廷與), the FBI said. The 34-year-old woman, named Wanying Heather Zhang (張婉瑩
INVESTING IN TAIWAN: As of August, 10 AI start-ups have received funding, of which NT$255m came from the NDF, while NT$570m was from the private sector The government would soon be able to invest in offshore artificial intelligence (AI) companies that conduct their primary business activities in Taiwan, following an amendment aimed at boosting investment in AI start-ups. The National Development Fund (NDF) in 2024 earmarked NT$10 billion (US$314.17
FRIENDSHIP TEST: A failure to come to Taiwan’s aid in a crisis could represent a significant geopolitical gain for Beijing, a Bloomberg Economics analyst said Taiwan’s representative to the US projected confidence that US President Donald Trump would ultimately approve additional weapons sales to Taiwan, which has been waiting for a US$14 billion arms package.“Obviously the speed could be a little faster, but we hope the United States — the United States
US defense liaisons are to take part in 130 meetings and map-based war games in Taiwan under an expanded joint assessment program, the Ministry of National Defense said in a report.Sources have previously said that the Pentagon would station personnel at the ministry under a joint program that is to
At least 126 Taiwanese in 140 cases have been subjected to Chinese transnational repression, the Mainland Affairs Council said yesterday, following news reports of the arrest of a woman who was accused of spying for China on President William Lai’s (賴清德) son and his family in the US.China has repeat
LOST IN TRANSLATION: An interpreter refused to translate comments to Yang Shuang-zi and would not translate certain Mandarin words such as ‘Taiwan’ The Chinese consulate in Munich last week unsuccessfully pressured a local literary institute to cancel a talk by Taiwanese author Yang Shuang-zi (楊?子), said Chao Yen-ching (趙彥清), director-general of the Munich office of the Taipei Representative Office in Germany.Tanja Graf, managing director of Li
The Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) caucus yesterday called for the government to suspend Overseas Community Affairs Council (OCAC) Minister Hsu Chia-ching (徐佳青) and investigate her for allegedly bringing her teenage son on an official overseas trip as a “staff photographer” and allowing her husband to
Taiwanese television host Kevin Tsai (蔡康永) has faced a backlash in China after he on Sunday attended the opening of Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Taipei mayoral candidate Puma Shen’s (沈伯洋) campaign headquarters.Shen has been called a “staunch Taiwanese independence separatist” by the Chinese Co
Eswatini will continue advocating for Taiwan’s meaningful participation in international organizations, the African country’s new ambassador to Taiwan said yesterday at a ceremony where he presented his credentials to President William Lai (賴清德).Eswatini is one of the Republic of China’s 12 dipl
LESSONS LEARNED: After smashing ridership records during the Mid-Autumn Festival weekend, THSRC is running more non-reserved trains on Friday evenings Taiwan High Speed Rail Corp (THSRC) said yesterday that beginning on Thursday, it would operate eight southbound train services from Taipei to Taichung between 5pm and 9pm every Friday consisting solely of non-reserved seat carriages to ease passenger pressure.The announcement came after the high-sp
The government would begin black-box cybersecurity testing using agentic artificial intelligence (AI) to imitate hackers next year, the National Institute of Cybersecurity said yesterday. The institute’s new director, Dennis Kung (龔化中), told a news conference in Taipei that this would be one of the
JUMPING STOCKS: Chipmaker TSMC accounts for about 41 percent of the TAIEX’s weighting, and its gain alone contributed about 595 points to the index’s advance Taiwanese stocks surged to a record high yesterday, buoyed by a rebound in US technology shares after surprisingly weak US jobs data reduced expectations for another US Federal Reserve rate hike, analysts said. The benchmark TAIEX rose 1,236.3 points, or 2.55 percent, to close at 49,712.04, extendin
Hon Hai Precision Industry Co (鴻海精密) yesterday reported a 38.42 percent year-on-year increase in revenue last month to a record NT$1.16 trillion (US$36.49 billion), driven by strong growth in its cloud and networking, electronic components and computing products businesses. On a monthly basis, reven
The nation’s foreign exchange reserves decreased by US$1.159 billion to US$600.745 billion last month from the previous month, the central bank said in a statement yesterday. The decline in foreign exchange reserves was mainly due to the strengthening US dollar and the central bank’s intervention in
Data centers have become one of the fastest-growing infrastructure sectors globally, driven by the rapid expansion of artificial intelligence (AI). However, debates over data centers in the US as well as Asia-Pacific nations have intensified, with public focus shifting from economic growth and techn
US President Donald Trump might tout his “truly great friendship” with Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平), boasting after their summit last month that the two countries “have never gotten along better,” but beneath the smiles in Washington, the reality remains stark: “strategic stability” is an illu
In June of this year, the Ministry of Environment completed its first collection cycle under the carbon fee system, the first phase of which targets close to 500 of Taiwan’s largest emitters. The scheme is to be gradually expanded to encompass small and medium-sized manufacturers and commercial serv
TENSE GAME: Just as in last week’s first match, the Irish players again bowed their heads during the Israeli anthem and the teams refused to shake hands Portugal on Sunday became the first team to reach the quarter-finals of the UEFA Nations League when they beat Norway 2-1, but Juergen Klopp’s Germany were frustrated by Greece. The Portuguese showed they did not need Cristiano Ronaldo, who on Wednesday walked out of the camp when coach Jorge Jesus
The CTBC Brothers on Sunday clinched the Chinese Professional Baseball League’s (CPBL) second-half title with a 12-1 victory over the TSG Hawks, securing a playoff berth after finishing last in the first half. Before a sellout crowd of 20,000 at Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium, the Brothe
The Atlanta Braves on Sunday shut down the Los Angeles Dodgers’ star-studded batting lineup to score a series-leveling 3-2 victory in MLB playoffs as the Milwaukee Brewers snatched a dramatic walk-off win to defeat the San Diego Padres. A superb collective Braves pitching performance set up a vital
Japan is traditionally seen as a reliable host for major sporting events, but an Asian Games dogged by organizational woes has tarnished that image and raised questions over future bids, experts said. The Games in Aichi-Nagoya saw a catalogue of mishaps, from athletes bussed to the wrong venues to t
FAIRFORD: The B-1 bombers have been redeployed to their home stations in the US, with an unidentified official saying they were moved after an ‘unspecified new threat’ The US on Sunday confirmed that it has withdrawn all B-1 bombers from the British air base of RAF Fairford, with officials telling US media that the move was linked to “new threats.”Police were called to the base in southwest England on Sept. 27 after a local farmer reported a group of men with seve
DIFFICULT TIMES: While promoting dialogue, the prime minister said Japan would also firmly assert the country’s position and call for responsible behavior Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi yesterday called China an “important neighbor” and pledged to build a stable relationship between the rival nations in a policy address.Diplomatic relations between the Asian economic giants have been at rock bottom since Takaichi suggested in November that Tok
The Flydubai copilot who stabbed his captain in a suspected attempt to crash the plane has told United Arab Emirates (UAE) interrogators he planned the attack before he was hired by the Dubai state-owned airline, two Israeli officials with knowledge of the probe said.A third source briefed on the UA
There was a time, a few decades ago, when the men who owned the world’s biggest pornography businesses were happy to be famous. They paraded a lifestyle they hoped looked glamorous, appearing in public dressed in silk pajamas or with a woman in swimwear on each arm. Porn moguls like Hustler’s Larry
In 1904 the Japanese introduced caning to Taiwan. As a punishment, caning was applied by the Japanese to Taiwanese and Chinese subjects, never to the Japanese themselves (it had been outlawed in Japan in 1882). An imperial and colonial act, caning thus functioned to define and display social class b
OCT. 5 to OCT. 11Many worshippers of Taoist deity Lord Su (蘇府王爺) had never witnessed his “north-south grand inspection tour” of central Taiwan. The historic procession last took place in 1969, and before that, in 1893.Lukang’s Fengtian Temple (奉天宮) in Changhua County last Sunday completed Lord S
★ Bilingual Story is a fictionalized account. 雙語故事部分內容純屬虛構。Two red flares rose from the black sea. The men stopped eating beside their stranded tank and stared toward the water. The platoon leader shouted for everyone to get into position. Hsiung Chen-chiu climbed into Tank No. 66 and looked throu
對話 Dialogue華華：這個星期五就是國慶連假了，你有什麼計畫嗎？Huáhua: Zhège xīngqíwǔ jiù shì Guóqìng liánjià le, nǐ yǒu shénme jìhuà ma?清清：我跟家人打算先去花蓮玩，再去台東看國慶煙火。Qīngqīng: Wǒ gēn jiārén dǎsuàn xiān qù Huālián wán, zài qù Táidōng kàn Guóqìng yānhuǒ.華華：到時候人和車一定都很多吧？你們打算怎麼去？Huáhua: Dào shíhou rén hàn chē yídìng dōu hěn duō ba? Nǐ
1. 不該把一個生病的孩子獨自留在家裡。ˇ It’s not advisable to leave a sick child all alone at home.χ It’s not advisable to leave an ill child all alone at home.註︰ill 和 sick 都可用作補語形容詞，例如：〔英語〕I have been ill/unwell for two weeks.〔美語〕I have been sick for two weeks.但作為修飾形容詞置於名詞之前時，英美都用 sick，不用 ill，如 a sick man /woman, a
| New Taipei City | 24-25 | 20% |  |
| Hsinchu County | 23-28 | 20% |  |
| Hsinchu City | 23-28 | 20% | |
| Taipei City | 24-26 | 30% |  |
| Miaoli County | 22-29 | 10% | |
| Taoyuan City | 23-26 | 20% | |
| Keelung City | 24-26 | 30% | |
| Yunlin County | 24-33 | 10% | |
| Taichung City | 24-32 | 10% | |
| Nantou County | 24-33 | 10% | |
| Changhua County | 24-32 | 10% | |
| Chiayi County | 24-33 | 10% | |
| Chiayi City | 23-34 | 10% | |
| Tainan City | 25-32 | 20% | |
| Kaohsiung City | 27-31 | 20% | |
| Pingtung County | 26-33 | 20% | |
| Yilan County | 23-24 | 30% | |
| Hualien County | 24-27 | 20% | |
| Taitung County | 25-30 | 20% |  |
| Kinmen County | 23-28 | 20% | |
| Penghu County | 25-29 | 10% | |
| Lienchiang County | 23-26 | 20% | |
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