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  • Lawmakers reject Cabinet drone bill, pass own instead

    LIMITED: The bill’s NT$40bn annual spending cap would prevent Taiwan from effectively building up its drone combat capabilities, National Defense Minister Wellington Koo said

    The legislature yesterday rejected the Executive Yuan’s NT$210 billion (US$6.62 billion) special budget proposal to buy military drones and instead passed its own plan, which earmarks NT$40 billion per year over six consecutive years.The Executive Yuan said its plan to buy about 210,000 drones by 20

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    Taiwan prepares national search-and-rescue team after Nepal-Tibet flood

    ICE BREAK: An event recorded as a quake was in fact seismic energy generated by the collapse of glacial rock and ice, the US Geological Survey said Taiwan has prepared its national search-and-rescue team to travel to Nepal, officials said yesterday, a day after a catastrophic and deadly torrent of water and mud several stories high swept through communities along the Nepal-China border following a glacier collapse.The government on Wednesday or

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    Brace for heavy rain, possible flooding from typhoon

    Taiwan is bracing for heavy rain in the south and rough seas around outlying Lienchiang County (Matsu), as Typhoon Saudel passes north toward eastern China, with forecasters yesterday warning of localized flooding over the next two days.Saudel is expected to pass closest to Taiwan today, when its ou

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    China deploys record number of ships near Taiwan

    China deployed a record number of coast guard, scientific research and other ships near Taiwan’s waters last month, the Coast Guard Administration (CGA) said, as Beijing dials up pressure on Taipei.The coast guard warned of an increasingly severe situation, as analysts say the increased activity is

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    Meta settlement draws global calls for curbs

    Meta Platforms Inc’s move to restrict teenagers’ use of social media in the US shows that companies have tools to better protect young people online, Australian officials said yesterday, as the EU and South Korea also called on Meta to address its “addictive design” following a landmark settlement.M

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    CEC warns of potential ballot disaster

    CHOICES: Ballot collection was not the cause of election problems in 2018; rather, it was that voters had to consider 10 referendum questions, CEC Chairman You said Putting all proposed referendums on one ballot, as some opposition lawmakers have proposed, could severely affect the local elections in November, Central Election Commission (CEC) Chairman Michael You (游盈隆) said yesterday.The Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) and Taiwan People’s Party (TPP)-controlle

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    Taiwan confirms two local mpox clade Ib cases

    PROTECTION: Nearly 90 percent of confirmed mpox cases were unvaccinated, the CDC said, adding that current vaccines are effective against clade Ib Two domestic cases of mpox clade Ib have been confirmed this month, marking the first locally acquired infections of the virus strain, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) said yesterday.The patients, both men in their 30s, are in stable condition and had not received an mpox vaccine before develop

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