Mon, Sep 21, 2026
NO REGRETS: Lo Shu-ting of the women’s soft tennis team, who previously said this would be her ‘last dance,’ said she was proud to go home with silver Chien Hui-hsuan (簡慧萱) yesterday won a bronze medal in the women’s individual kata event in karate, earning Taiwan’s first medal at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, while Taiwan’s men’s and women’s soft tennis teams each won silver medals.Chien defeated Iran’s Fatemeh Sadeghi 4-1 in the bronze medal bou
Aerospace Industrial Development Corp (AIDC, 漢翔航空工業) has finished production of the nation’s T-5 Brave Eagle (勇鷹) advanced jet trainers, with the final aircraft scheduled to be formally delivered at a ceremony on Thursday.The delivery of the trainer jets marks the end of the program, which dates bac
Ukraine yesterday launched what Moscow’s mayor called the biggest drone attack yet on the Russian capital, as Russians voted on the final day of a parliamentary election that Russian President Vladimir Putin has cast as a test of support for the war in Ukraine.The drone strikes killed two people in
North Korea yesterday launched two missiles off its eastern coast, its second set of tests in about a week and days after Pyongyang accused the US of driving tensions on the Korean Peninsula through a series of military drills. Just three hours after launching a short-range ballistic missile toward
MILESTONE: It is a major breakthrough in Taiwan’s efforts to take part in international organizations, and the nation is confident in what it brings to the table, William Lai said President William Lai (賴清德) yesterday announced the establishment of the World Alliance for Disaster Management (WADM), calling it a major breakthrough in Taiwan’s participation in international organizations over the past half-century.Lai made the announcement at the opening of the Resilient Taiwan
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
NO ONE SAFE: Politicians from the ruling and opposition parties alike have been targeted by AI-generated fakes, casting a shadow over the nation’s democratic system The Ministry of Justice yesterday said authorities would crack down on deepfake election content ahead of the year-end local elections.Law enforcement agencies would step up forensic tracing, take down deepfake content promptly, and strictly investigate and hold perpetrators accountable in accordanc
A growing number of China-linked figures are entering the local elections, the Democratic Progressive Party’s (DPP) China Affairs Department said yesterday as it urged vigilance over possible political influence.A total of 19,695 candidates have registered for 11,051 positions in the nine-in-one loc
CONSTRAINTS: Although Taiwan is a member of APEC, the president cannot attend the meeting and instead appoints a special envoy to represent them Minister of Labor Hung Sun-han (洪申翰) yesterday left for China to attend an APEC event, the first ministerial-level visit of President William Lai’s (賴清德) administration at a time when Beijing has ramped up military and political pressure against Taipei.The APEC group is one of the few international
The US is considering postponing the announcement of major arms sales to Taiwan until after November’s APEC summit in Shenzhen, the South China Morning Post reported on Saturday.The potential delay comes as Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平) prepares to travel to Washington on Thursday for a state v
The annual Taiwan Bubble Tea Festival was held in Rockville, Maryland, on Saturday, celebrating Taiwanese culture through the island’s iconic beverage.According to the organizers, Taiwan Sister Cities (TSC) and the Rockville Sister Cities Corporation, visitors were able to sample Taiwanese specialti
CRAB CAMPAIGN: While a campaign in the early 2000s helped conservation efforts, a survey in 2024 found that large hermit crabs had almost disappeared from coastal forests The Hengchun Peninsula’s (恆春半島) coastal ecosystems are facing a severe ecological crisis, with invasive yellow crazy ants, overfishing and regulatory loopholes endangering terrestrial hermit crabs, Conservation researchers have warned.While efforts to protect terrestrial hermit crabs saw success in
SEASONAL ALTERNATIVE: While Lishan honey apples are usually harvested from late October until December, Hokuto apples are ready from mid-September, an official said The Taichung Agricultural Tourism Industry Development Association yesterday encouraged people to purchase Hokuto apples grown in Taichung’s Lishan (梨山) area, which it said are in season and ideal for a Mid-Autumn Festival giftbox.The Lishan area is famous for its Megumi apple production, commonly k
A Hualien pomelo farmer refused to sell to China after the country announced it would permit more Taiwanese pomelo imports, prompting widespread support from Taiwanese consumers, who rallied to buy his fruit.China’s Taiwan Affairs Office last month said that China’s General Administration of Customs
Two of Taiwan’s international carriers, EVA Airways and Starlux Airlines, secured prestigious five-star airline ratings at this year’s Skytrax World Airline Awards held in London on Friday.EVA Air also won three world No. 1 honors, while Starlux was named the world’s cleanest airline.EVA Air said in
MINIMAL EXPECTATIONS: Analysts think that the two sides are likely to aim for ‘status quo’-level agreements, maintaining civility, without major trade breakthroughs US Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent and Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng (何立峰) were set to meet yesterday to try to set up potential agreements on artificial intelligence (AI), tariffs and critical minerals for a summit in Washington this week between US President Donald Trump and Chinese Presi
CPC Corp, Taiwan (CPC, 台灣中油) announced on Saturday that it would leave its domestic gasoline and diesel prices unchanged this week, while Formosa Petrochemical Corp (台塑石化) yesterday said it would maintain its fuel prices at the same levels despite higher crude oil purchasing costs.The decisions came
Berkshire Hathaway Inc has been synonymous with Warren Buffett. It falls to his oldest son, Howard Buffett, to keep the conglomerate’s “culture” alive.Friday’s announcement that Warren Buffett, 96, stepped down as chairman means the longtime investor would no longer have a management role at the com
Taipei Mayor Chiang Wan-an (蔣萬安) last month said the Taipei-Shanghai Twin City Forum was expected to be held in Taipei in December, but the Mainland Affairs Council’s (MAC) rejection of a Shanghai official’s application to enter Taiwan last week reignited the debate: “Why hold the Twin City Forum?”T
Taiwan’s democracy and high-tech economy play a crucial role in global affairs and are central to the world’s embrace of a raft of next-generation technologies, including AI. It is underpinned by a security relationship with the United States that’s existed in several iterations since 1949 and the C
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REPUTATION UNDER SCRUTINY: The opening ceremony followed a troubled buildup as some delegations complained about accommodation and registration arrangements The 20th Asian Games on Saturday opened in Nagoya with a glittering ceremony of dance and fireworks following a buildup marred by operational gaffes and logistical problems. Five years after the Tokyo Olympics played out at empty venues due to COVID-19 restrictions, Japan welcomed fans to the Mizuho
Raphinha on Saturday continued his red-hot form with a hat trick in a 3-1 win at Sevilla as defending champion Barcelona recorded a seventh straight victory in Spanish La Liga. Lamine Yamal set up two of the irrepressible Brazilian’s goals to make it a La Liga-high 12 so far — one less than Raphinha
Myanmar’s Wai Khin Hnin yesterday became the first Asian Games gold medalist in teqball, an acrobatic soccer-table tennis hybrid making its debut at this year’s event in Japan. Watched by Barcelona and Spain soccer legend Carles Puyol, Wai Khin Hnin beat Indonesia’s Sumaya, who goes by one name, 2-1
Iran yesterday withstood a late fightback to beat China 79-70 and win Asian Games men’s basketball bronze, an achievement that left their players “speechless” after months of war back home. China led 31-29 at half-time in Nagoya, but Iran took charge in the third quarter to lead 55-46 going into the
LOW RATINGS: One voter said that although he fears the AfD, he hopes the CDU would be ‘punished’ in the election, and ‘maybe then Friederich Merz will be gone’ Germans yesterday began voting in two state elections where far-right and far-left gains could send fresh shock waves through Berlin and rock the government of embattled German Chancellor Friedrich Merz.Merz, 70, has scheduled a crisis meeting of his Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party leadership
ON THE MOVE: Trump unexpectedly cut short a trip to return to the White House, while the State Department warned Americans to avoid travel to the Middle East The US on Saturday warned that hostilities between Saudi Arabia and Iran-backed Houthis could “escalate rapidly” after a missile attack targeted Riyadh for the first time since the Yemen conflict resumed.US President Donald Trump on Saturday cut short a weekend at Camp David, a secluded presidential
World leaders gather in New York this week for the UN General Assembly, bracing for US President Donald Trump’s return to the rostrum for a second year running, with talks centering on the widening conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine and the risks of artificial intelligence (AI).Nearly 130 head
Apetition on the Web site of the National Development Council (NDC) arguing that non-citizens receiving National Health Insurance (NHI) should make up payments from their birth to their current age has reached 5,000 signatures last week, the threshold requiring a response. The comments under the pet
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
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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
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