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CANCER PREVENTION: The ‘Journal of the American Medical Association’ and the ‘New England Journal of Medicine’ covered NTUH’s two-in-one bacteria screening A two-decade research effort by National Taiwan University Hospital (NTUH) to develop a two-in-one screening program for Helicobacter pylori, bacteria that increase the risk of colorectal and stomach cancer, has been featured in leading international medical journals and could potentially be adopted
The Ciaotou District Prosecutors’ Office yesterday sought to detain two people suspected of contravening the National Security Act (國家安全法) and committing fraud in the procurement of military drones, while a source said they used components sourced from e-commerce platform Taobao (淘寶). The office rec
Japan yesterday underlined that security cooperation with the US and South Korea was “critical” for the region’s stability, after US President Donald Trump alarmed allies by scaling back military drills with Seoul while hailing his ties with Pyongyang. Trump on Sunday abruptly announced that he had
Japan will conduct tests of hypersonic missiles and other projectiles on Australian soil, the two countries’ defense ministers said yesterday as they deepened military cooperation, including with a codeveloped laser system. Australian Minister for Defence Richard Marles said alongside his Japanese c
2027 BUDGET: Given the nation’s strong economic growth, the government has proposed the universal cash handout to allow everyone to share in the ‘AI dividend’ The government would allocate NT$235.7 billion (US$7.4 billion) in next year’s budget to fund a NT$10,000 cash payment for every citizen next year as the economy continues to grow, President William Lai (賴清德) announced yesterday.Lai made the announcement after being briefed on the Executive Yuan’s p
The Executive Yuan will not countersign the opposition-backed Youth Development and Future Account Act (台灣兒少成長及未來帳戶條例), which passed the third reading in the legislature last month, Cabinet spokeswoman Michelle Lee (李慧芝) said yesterday.It is the sixth bill passed by the Legislative Yuan that the Exe
The Ministry of Health and Welfare yesterday released draft regulations governing childcare services that establish clear rules around naptime safety, hygiene, nutrition and daily care.The Childcare Services Act (兒童托育服務法) was promulgated by President William Lai (賴清德) on May 8. The ministry has sinc
A South Korean artist group issued a statement yesterday in support of Taiwan’s pavilion at this year’s Gwangju Biennale, criticizing organizers for removing the name “Taiwan” from promotional materials as a form of political censorship.The Artists’ Solidarity Against Censorship called for the immed
Schools are required to report cross-strait exchanges on a designated registration platform, and failure to do so properly could result in funding cuts, Deputy Minister of Education Chang Liao Wan-chien (張廖萬堅) said today.A recent Control Yuan investigation found unequal cross-strait student exchange
Taipei Zoo today said that premature orangutan Da Pao (大寶) continues to improve in intensive care, as the zoo marked International Orangutan Day.Da Pao and the primate's twin, Hsiao Pao (小寶), were born by cesarean section to Bornean orangutan Ke Yi (可乙) on June 29. Hsiao Pao died shortly after from
About 28.9 percent of Taiwanese who have never been married have also never dated before, with up to 69.68 percent not currently in a relationship, an ongoing demographics study has found.The 2024 Panel Study of Family Dynamics, led by Academia Sinica research fellow Yu Ruoh-rong (于若蓉), is the lates
Minister of Foreign Affairs Lin Chia-lung (林佳龍) today said the government "respects" different views in Japan regarding senior officials' visits to a controversial Tokyo shrine that honors Japan's war dead, including World War II war criminals, but also hopes Tokyo would reflect on its wartime aggre
The ongoing investigation into Taiwan's representative in Geneva, Greg Lee (李冠德), is to take an estimated two months given the extensive allegations made against him, Minister of Foreign Affairs Lin Chia-lung (林佳龍) said today.Speaking during a legislative session, Lin said the Ministry of Foreign Af
The Hualien County Fire Department yesterday released a veterinary report and photographs to prove that the death of a search-and-rescue dog under its care was accidental, following an accusation from a firefighter that the dog may have been tortured to death.The dog, Wilson, helped locate survivors
This year's Taiwan Culture in Europe initiative, which promotes Taiwanese arts and culture across the continent, made its latest stop in Dublin over the weekend when the Kaohsiung-based Taiwan Chorus performed there.The choir held a concert at a church in the Irish capital on Saturday, performing mo
COST OF CONFLICT: For every NT$1 increase in the cost of a cubic meter of natural gas, Taipower’s annual fuel costs jump NT$25 billion, the state energy utility said Taiwan Power Co (Taipower, 台電) yesterday said higher natural gas prices caused by the Middle East conflict could increase its fuel costs by more than NT$120 billion (US$3.76 billion) this year.The estimated cost increase comes as CPC Corp, Taiwan (台灣中油) has raised natural gas prices for power genera
MANY MILLIMETERS: Manz’ offerings in panel-level packaging continue to grow in demand in Taiwan’s specialized industrial ecosystem, the company president said Manz Taiwan Ltd (亞智科技), which specializes in panel-level packaging equipment manufacturing, yesterday said the semiconductor ecosystem has developed rapidly in Taiwan, boosting its business outlook.The company supplies electrochemical deposition (ECD) equipment used in panel-level packaging, includi
Innolux Corp (群創) yesterday said its fan-out panel-level packaging (FOPLP) business is expected to see double-digit percentage growth in shipments this year, along with a positive outlook for next year, company chairman Jim Hung (洪進揚) said during an earnings conference.The company’s FOPLP monthly sh
“The first step in liquidating a people is to erase its memory... Destroy its books, its culture, its history. Then have somebody write new books, manufacture a new culture, invent a new history. Before long the nation will begin to forget what it is and what it was. The world around it will forget
Discussions of allegations of fraud totaling NT$1.06 billion (US$33.18 million) by a lawyer and a vaccine broker in the purchase of vaccines during the COVID-19 pandemic rage on.On Aug. 10, Internet personality Liu Yu-hsi (劉宇席), known online as 4XCat (四叉貓), wrote about the indictment on Facebook, de
On Wednesday last week an Indonesian frigate conducted exercises with the Chinese navy east of Taiwan, in waters Beijing has repeatedly used to demonstrate its capacity to encircle and blockade the nation.What was Indonesia doing there? The answer comes readily from Jakarta. Indonesia was practising
HOME-FIELD ADVANTAGE: Playing at home, Taiwan can showcase the country to guests as the team vies for glory in November 2027, the CTBA president said The Taipei Dome is to host the opening and second rounds of the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Premier12 in November next year, organizers announced on Monday as they unveiled a new 16-team format for the tournament.At a news conference in Taipei announcing the hosting rights, organize
Detroit Tigers infielder Lee Hao- yu on Monday set the record for the most hits by a Taiwanese player in an MLB season after getting three hits in an 8-5 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates.Lee entered the series opener tied with Yu Chang, who recorded 54 hits for the Cleveland Guardians in 2021.Startin
New Zealand should be able to use record try-scorer Will Jordan and scrumhalf Cam Roigard in Saturday’s first test against the Springboks, despite the pair having yet to feature on the tour of South Africa.Coach Dave Rennie said he expected both players to be ready to play in the first of the four t
Thousands of Cameroonians gathered in Yaounde on Monday to celebrate the national soccer team after they won their first Women’s Africa Cup of Nations.The Cameroonian women were greeted by hundreds of supporters at the airport upon their return from Morocco where they beat Malawi 3-0 in Sunday’s fin
HORMUZ DEADLOCK: ‘If Oman gets in the way, we’ll bomb the shit out of them,’ the US president said as Tehran announced it was working on a joint declaration with Muscat US President Donald Trump on Monday threatened to bomb Oman if it “gets in the way” of a US deal with Iran on the Strait of Hormuz and called for Tehran to surrender in a war that has become a growing political burden. Control of the waterway, which Iran has effectively closed since the conflict beg
‘DEMILITARIZATION’: The understanding marks a new attempt by Washington to satisfy Israel after Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu rejected the latest part of a US plan US President Donald Trump’s envoy Jared Kushner on Monday said that progress toward disarming Hamas and moving forward with a Gaza peace plan could begin within a month, after meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. “We could be seeing progress ... in as little as 30 days, hopefully
The beach shrinks every year in Ayetoro, in southern Nigeria, and what is left is peppered with the remains of homes swallowed by the ocean — some years ago, some just months prior. “We are walking on people’s houses,” Thompson Akingboye, 35, said, moving along a narrow strip of sand only accessible
At the recent AI WAVE SHOW in Taipei, more than 200 companies displayed over 350 AI solutions under the slogan AI Ready: Put It to Work Now.” But the real star was the AI agent. Unlike a chatbot that mainly answers questions, an AI agent can be given a goal, access information and software, make int
Tattoo artist Remy painstakingly injects tiny dots of pigment into Koki Hatanaka’s bald scalp to mimic hair follicles, performing a grey-zone cosmetic procedure increasingly in the crosshairs of Japanese health authorities.Japan bucks a global trend by viewing permanent make-up as the domain of medi
The Tzu Chi Foundation, the globally known Buddhist charity, announced on July 21, 2021 that it had signed a deal to purchase 5 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech (BNT) COVID-19 vaccine. It said that the vaccine doses would be donated to the government’s COVID vaccine program. In October the Cente
Picture yourself standing before a gigantic iceberg, its surface glowing under the Arctic sun. The air is crisp, and the silence is broken only by the distant cracking of shifting glaciers. This is Greenland, the world’s largest island. Despite its massive size, fewer than 60,000 people call it home
Christopher Nolan’s adaptation of “The Odyssey” has not only lured legions of fans to cinemas, but sparked huge interest in the UK in Homer’s epic poem and other Greek and Roman mythology works. Some involved in Classics academia hope the blockbuster’s box office success and wider cultural impact wi
對話 Dialogue清清：最近好多餐廳都推出七夕套餐，連飲料店也有活動。Qīngqing: Zuìjìn hǎo duō cāntīng dōu tuīchū Qīxī tàocān, lián yǐnliàodiàn yě yǒu huódòng.華華：對啊，現在大家都把七夕當成華人的情人節。Huáhua: Duì a, xiànzài dàjiā dōu bǎ Qīxī dàngchéng Huárén de Qíngrénjié.清清：我一直以為七夕本來就是情人節，難道不是嗎？Qīngqing: Wǒ yìzhí yǐwéi Qīxī běnlái jiù shì Qíngrénjié
| New Taipei City | 27-29 | 50% |  |
| Hsinchu County | 26-31 | 30% | |
| Hsinchu City | 26-31 | 30% | |
| Taipei City | 27-29 | 60% | |
| Miaoli County | 26-30 | 30% | |
| Taoyuan City | 26-30 | 30% | |
| Keelung City | 26-28 | 50% | |
| Yunlin County | 26-30 | 70% |  |
| Taichung City | 27-31 | 60% | |
| Nantou County | 26-30 | 60% |  |
| Changhua County | 27-31 | 40% | |
| Chiayi County | 26-30 | 80% | |
| Chiayi City | 26-29 | 90% | |
| Tainan City | 27-29 | 80% | |
| Kaohsiung City | 27-31 | 70% | |
| Pingtung County | 26-30 | 80% | |
| Yilan County | 26-29 | 70% | |
| Hualien County | 26-30 | 40% | |
| Taitung County | 27-30 | 30% | |
| Kinmen County | 26-29 | 30% | |
| Penghu County | 26-29 | 30% | |
| Lienchiang County | 27-29 | 70% | |
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