It has been more than a year since US President Donald Trump took office for a second term. The past year has witnessed unprecedented and unforeseen developments that have altered the geopolitical landscape, with repercussions across the world. The deterioration in Canada-US and India-US relations,
Whenever the Ministry of Health and Welfare releases a salary survey of nursing staff claiming annual salaries of NT$700,000 to NT$800,000 (US$22,097 to US$25,254), nurses across Taiwan roll their eyes. The enormity of the gap between official data and reality is not a simple statistics error, but a
The attacks on Iran are a clear warning to all countries living under the threat of missiles. Since the initial airstrikes, Iran has launched ballistic missiles at targets in Israel and at US military bases and embassies. Although Israel possesses a multilayered air defense system — including the Ir
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The scandal surrounding the convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein has dominated headlines around the world since the US Department of Justice released millions of files on the case federal prosecutors were preparing when he died in custody in 2019. Nearly a decade after the #MeToo movement, the affair
Since Pakistan declared “open war” on the Taliban regime in Kabul last week, it has sent waves of jets over its disputed border with Afghanistan. It continued to do so even as Iran, which neighbors both countries, was attacked by the US and Israel, and retaliated with drone and missile strikes acros
The major assault against Iran launched by the US and Israel has already triggered retaliatory strikes across the Middle East. A broader regional conflict looks increasingly likely, with grim unintended consequences, such as the downing of three US warplanes by “friendly fire” in Kuwait. So, why did
After “Operation Absolute Resolve” to capture former Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro, the US joined Israel on Saturday last week in launching “Operation Epic Fury” to remove Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and his theocratic regime leadership team. The two blitzes are widely believ
In a report released on Feb. 26, US think tank the Center for a New American Security asserted that Taiwan could deploy large numbers of drones and other uncrewed systems, in combination with conventional weapons, to create a “hellscape” scenario for Chinese forces attempting to cross the Taiwan Str
A recent survey on academic pressure among junior-high students found that 44 percent sleep less than eight hours per day. More than half consider themselves to be in a state of moderate to severe fatigue, citing leaving the house early and returning late, frequent examinations and insufficient slee
What is happening between the US, Israel and Iran is not a regional crisis that would burn itself out in the Gulf. It is a reconfiguration that is already reshaping balances far beyond the Middle East, stretching across the Indo-Pacific region and the broader Eurasian space. The most common mistake
On Sunday, the Taipei City Government’s pilot program to subsidize reduced working hours for parents opened for applications. Under the plan, the city government is to cover 80 percent of lost wages for employees with children aged 12 and younger to reduce their working hours. Expected to help with
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As the US and Israel opened a new chapter of chaos in the Middle East, China stands to benefit from a Washington establishment that does not have the political or physical resources to focus on Asia.Officially, China has condemned the attacks. Chinese Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Yi (王毅) called
Japanese lawmakers reeling from attacks on Iran by the US and Israel gathered on Monday at the ruling party’s offices in Tokyo to question bureaucrats about evacuation plans, energy stocks and the legal basis for US action.However, one query posed at the closed-door meeting, described to Reuters by
The US military campaign against Iran has put Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平) on the back foot ahead of an expected summit with US President Donald Trump, who for the second time in as many months has turned Washington’s military against one of Beijing’s close partners.Trump is set to arrive in B
The Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) on Saturday warned Taiwanese businesspeople operating in China to reassess mounting economic and political risks.In China, politics and economics are inseparable. Political risk is compounded by deepening structural challenges: a sharp decline in foreign investment
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres this month announced the first meeting of the new Independent International Scientific Panel on Artificial Intelligence (AI), a body composed of 40 experts selected from nearly 2,700 global applicants. It marked AI governance’s formal entry into a more instituti
Last month’s general election in Japan ended in a sweeping victory for Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), which achieved an absolute two-thirds majority in the House of Representatives, a milestone unprecedented for any Japanese political party sinc
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