Thu, Sep 17, 2026
SUSPICIOUS E-MAILS: Scammers often attempt to trick people with claims of tax refunds, winning lottery invoices or unpaid traffic fines, the police agency said Total losses due to fraud declined last month, but reports of phishing rose substantially, with 505 cases and NT$54.51 million (US$1.71 million) in total losses reported, the National Police Agency’s Criminal Investigation Bureau (CIB) said on Tuesday.In the same period last year, there were 253 cas
Taiwan is open to all possibilities for relations with Honduras, Minister of Foreign Affairs Lin Chia-lung (林佳龍) said on Tuesday during a meeting with a Honduran congressman in Taipei.Lin welcomed the visit by Jorge Calix, caucus whip of Honduras’ opposition Liberal Party, saying during the meeting
Chinese Minister of National Defense Dong Jun (董軍) yesterday urged nations to avoid provocative acts and curb the resurgence of regressive historical trends in remarks likely to be taken as veiled criticism of Japan.Warning that the world had arrived at a “fragile moment,” Dong called for a fresher,
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen yesterday called on EU states to work together and form a new partnership with Canada to tackle climate change, competition from China and other challenges.The bloc was dealing with “an openly hostile world,” Von der Leyen said in her annual speech
READY FOR TAKEOFF: Taiwan could start training up to 30 drone pilots locally from Palau, the Marshall Islands or Tuvalu late this year or early next year, an official said The privately funded Global UAV Academy (GUAVA) is to be registered as a juridical person next week and its offices are to be set up before the end of this year, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) said yesterday.The ministry is assisting in the establishment of GUAVA, which aims to help Taiwan’s
‘GLOBAL WARNING’: The infiltration is not just a local problem, as Beijing has been deploying the same tactics worldwide against Western democracies, a report said Between 50,000 and 100,000 Chinese spies are operating in Taiwan, far more than the National Security Bureau’s previous estimate of 5,000, German journalist and author Jurgen Kremb said on Monday.Kremb presented his research, titled “The War of Spies: How China’s Intelligence Services Are Infiltrati
US Representative Young Kim on Tuesday urged Washington to support Taiwan's admission to the IMF and encourage Taipei to apply as soon as possible.Kim, chair of the US House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on East Asia and the Pacific, raised the issue with US Secretary of the Treasu
Minister of Digital Affairs Lin Yi-jing (林宜敬) recently visited Washington and met with US officials, think tanks and major technology companies to discuss cooperation on artificial intelligence (AI) and cybersecurity, his ministry said yesterday.During the trip, Lin and his delegation held talks wit
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) yesterday thanked the European Parliament for recognizing Taiwan’s resilience and technological strengths in its report titled Findings and Recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield.Taiwan is a like-minded partner that has begun
Marriage leave for workers would be extended from eight to 14 days from Oct. 1, with the wage costs of the additional six days of leave to be covered by government subsidies, the Ministry of Labor said today.Under the new rules, newly married workers would be entitled to apply for 14 days of marriag
Japanese police have launched an investigation into suspected property damage after a banner displayed at a training facility used by Taiwanese athletes in Nagoya was defaced ahead of the Asian Games, Japanese media reported.The orange banner, measuring about 5m by 1.5m, was hung near the entrance t
Taipei police said they have launched an investigation into an online threat claiming a random knife attack would take place at the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall this afternoon.Police have have identified a related Internet Protocol address and stepped up security deployments in the area, Taipei May
A 67-year-old Singaporean woman was seriously injured yesterday morning when a bus struck her, trapping her under it, while she was crossing a street in Taichung, authorities said.The Taichung Police Department’s First Precinct said it received a report that a bus had hit a pedestrian at the interse
A northeasterly wind system would continue to affect northern and eastern Taiwan over the next few days, bringing mild temperatures and a chance of rain, the Central Weather Administration (CWA) said.Although the wind system would weaken slightly today, it would continue to affect Taiwan's weather t
URGENT: The KMT needs to follow through and deliver the resources needed to build Taiwan’s critical defense capabilities, a US lawmaker told a visiting KMT delegation The politicization and delay of Taiwan’s increased defense spending has raised concerns among Taiwan’s partners, US Representative John Moolenaar, chairman of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the US and the Chinese Communist Party, said on Tuesday. Moolenaar released a
Meta Platforms Inc on Tuesday announced the official launch of Meta One in Taiwan, a subscription service bundling premium features, artificial intelligence (AI) usage quotas and advanced creative tools across Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp.Single-product plans start at NT$49 per month for WhatsAp
APPEAL: Any agreement to produce advanced memory such as HBM or DRAM could run into opposition from Seoul as those technologies are sensitive, sources said South Korea’s SK Hynix Inc is in talks with Intel Corp about a deal that would see it manufacture memory chips on US soil for the first time, three people familiar with the discussions said. Under one potential scenario, SK Hynix would lease part of Intel’s long-planned chipmaking facility in Ohio,
Despite rapid growth in data center power demand, global grid capacity has failed to keep pace, market researcher TrendForce Corp (集邦科技) said yesterday. Global data center power demand is forecast to grow 31 percent to 161 gigawatts (GW) this year from 122.9GW last year, and further increase by more
Taiwanese-Americans, lawmakers and civic groups marched through Manhattan on Saturday last week in support of Taiwan’s participation in the UN. Marshall Islands Permanent Representative to the UN John Silk joined the demonstration, saying he hoped Taiwan would one day be able to participate in UN me
In metallurgy, alloys are stronger than pure metals, because adding different-sized atoms to fill into the voids among atoms prevents atomic layers from sliding or breaking. Diversity is strength. However, divergent views might polarize a society to the extent that those would deny a nation the oppo
Taipei has seen successive incidents involving the shirking of responsibility in recent years. The first involves city police repeatedly failing to crack down on drug trafficking, only to realize that former Taipei mayor Ko Wen-je’s (柯文哲) administration had made public detailed data on all municipal
MR 300: Alonso gave a rare curtain call for a visiting player after his 300th career homer against his former team, with the crowd calling to fire the Mets’ manager Taiwanese infielder Lee Hao-yu on Tuesday night launched a 124m dinger into the left field stands at Rogers Centre, tying Yu Chang for the single-season record for homers by a Taiwanese MLB player and giving the Detroit Tigers their ninth run of the evening in their 10-1 drubbing of the Toronto Blue
The best pitcher in baseball on the team with the best record in baseball is not sure how exactly the Milwaukee Brewers keep doing this.Asked how a team that works on the fringe of baseball’s middle class has turned Champagne celebrations into a September ritual, Jacob Misiorowski shrugged.“I couldn
The Washington Capitals on Tuesday deflected criticism of star Alex Ovechkin’s appearance in a campaign video for Russian President Vladimir Putin, saying the NHL all-time goal-scoring leader had been “asked by his country to participate.”Ovechkin is seen in the commercial standing behind Russian Mi
Real Madrid defended their players’ right to have differing opinions after forwards Kylian Mbappe and Vinicius Jr obscured a solidarity message for the people of Ceuta before Tuesday’s La Liga clash with Elche.Both teams emerged wearing T-shirts reading “Todos somos caballas” (“We are all mackerels”
WARPLANE DOWNED: The Houthis said they had shot down a Saudi Arabian F-15 using a locally made air-to-air missile ‘while it was carrying out hostile operations’ Saudi Arabia’s crown prince on Tuesday sought backing from the president of Egypt, as the kingdom faces increased attacks by Yemen’s Houthi rebels on shipping and infrastructure, while the militants yesterday said that they had shot down a Saudi Arabian fighter jet.The Iranian-backed rebels have cap
Gaza rescuers yesterday combed through the wreckage of a bombed-out apartment building that collapsed overnight, killing at least 12 people, including five children, and trapping dozens of others beneath the rubble.The incident highlights the ongoing danger for tens of thousands of Palestinians who
An English village of about 350 people yesterday announced that a vast majority of residents had voted yes in an “independence referendum” to protest plans to house more than 1,200 migrants in a nearby facility.Piddington in central England, 25km from the university city of Oxford, has grabbed headl
Two years ago, the music came to an abrupt halt at one of Taiwan’s largest independent music festivals. The problem: a single noise complaint. The DJ’s high-energy tunes had exceeded the allowed sound limit. As per regulation, the performance took a several-minute pause and then continued, this time
Focus Taiwan reported on the Kuai Kuai land sale, with a narrative centered on the famed snack factory’s workers. But buried in it was a glimpse of the way Taiwan’s land markets are being relentlessly reshaped by the multiple pressures of sagging traditional industry fortunes and surging AI and rela
As the rapid development of artificial intelligence triggers a renewed debate about its risks, the US and China keep racing to develop increasingly powerful models.The US has outpaced China and other countries in AI model capabilities, research, citations and other areas. China has been rapidly catc
A: The 2026 Nagoya Asian Games will open on Sept. 19 and run through Oct. 4.B: How many athletes will Taiwan send to the games?A: It will send 482 athletes to compete in 34 sports this time, including 45-year-old senior shooter Lin Yi-chun, an eight-time Asian Games veteran.B: And the news says
Effective presentations focus on delivering a clear perspective rather than simply listing facts and numbers. To achieve this, you must prioritize logic and visual simplicity over information overload.Successful speakers follow the principle that every slide should focus on a single core concept. If
The UN has voted to adopt a resolution for the world to formally phase out the traditional Mercator map of the globe in favor of one that more accurately displays Africa’s size.In a session at its headquarters in New York, the UN general assembly officially retired the 16th-century Mercator projecti
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