Some foreign companies are considering moving Taiwanese employees out of China after Beijing said it could impose the death penalty on “die-hard” Taiwanese independence advocates, four people familiar with the matter said.The new guidelines have caused some Taiwanese expatriates and foreign multinat
Two Taiwanese crew members onboard a Keelung-registered fishing vessel were questioned by Japanese authorities after their boat was intercepted for allegedly operating in Japanese waters yesterday morning, the Coast Guard Administration (CGA) said.The Japanese authorities agreed, after negotiations,
LANDSLIDE WIN: The Labour leader reiterated his campaign promise to put country first, party second, and to serve public interests
New British Prime Minister Keir Starmer yesterday pledged action to fix the country, not just words, but warned the voters who handed him a massive electoral majority and those who voted against him, that improvements would take time.Standing outside his new office and residence at No. 10 Downing St
The UN and partners say more migrants and refugees in Africa are heading northward toward the Mediterranean and Europe, crossing perilous routes in the Sahara where criminal gangs subject them to enslavement, organ removal, rape, kidnapping for ransom and other abuses.A report released yesterday by
‘HEALTHY TAIWAN’ PLAN: The government’s new measures include early tests and relaxing age requirements for cancer screenings, a health official said
The government is considering expanding free cancer screenings and providing publicly funded health checkups to people as young as 30, the Health Promotion Administration (HPA) said yesterday.The agency is assessing the viability of President William Lai’s (賴清德) “Healthy Taiwan” plan, which could in
China’s seizure of a Taiwanese fishing vessel on Tuesday might be an act of psychological warfare by Beijing aiming to increase pressure on Taipei, National Security Bureau Director-General Tsai Ming-yen (蔡明彥) said yesterday.Chinese officials boarded the boat and then took it to a port in China. It
Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) Legislator Mach Ngoc Tran (麥玉珍) yesterday apologized for hiding cuttings of dragon fruit inside her luggage to plant them at her family home in Vietnam decades ago, which officials said was illegal.Mach related the story on Wednesday during an event in Taichung’s Fongyuan
RETALIATION: Following the killing of one of its commanders by an Israeli strike, Hezbollah launched hundreds of rockets targeting military bases
Hezbollah yesterday said it launched more than 200 rockets at several military bases in Israel in retaliation for a strike that killed one of its senior commanders.The attack by the Iran-backed militant group was one of the largest in the months-long conflict along the Lebanon-Israel border, with te
US President Joe Biden is “absolutely not” pulling out of the US presidential race, his spokeswoman said on Wednesday, as pressure mounted following his disastrous debate performance against former US president Donald Trump.Panic has gripped the Democratic Party in the wake of last week’s TV debate,
WARNING: China has stepped up harassment of foreign vessels after its new regulation took effect last month, an official said, citing an incident in the Diaoyutai Islands
The Coast Guard Administration (CGA) yesterday linked China’s seizure of a Taiwanese fishing vessel illegally operating in its territorial waters to Beijing’s new regulation authorizing the China Coast Guard to seize boats in waters it claims.Chinese officials boarded and then seized a Taiwanese fis
HEALTHCARE: About 32,000 people have used the waiver program, and if the amendments passed, they would benefit about 55,000 people, an official said
The Ministry of Labor is planning to expand a waiver program for applying to hire foreign at-home caregivers by September, which is expected to benefit about 55,000 people nationwide, Deputy Minister of Labor Wang An-pang (王安邦) said yesterday.There are 910,000 people in Taiwan aged 80 or older, and
As eight basketball-playing international students appealed to the Taiwanese basketball industry after they were excluded from the draft of an upcoming new league merging the P.League+ and the T1 League, the new league’s preparatory committee spokesperson Chang Shu-jen (張樹人) yesterday said the commi
Severe overcrowding and a lack of exits contributed to a stampede at a religious festival in northern India, authorities said yesterday, leaving at least 121 people dead as the faithful surged toward the preacher to touch him and chaos ensued.Five died yesterday morning and 28 people were still bein
Japan’s top court yesterday ruled that a defunct eugenics law under which thousands of people were forcibly sterilized from 1948 to 1996 was unconstitutional.The Japanese Supreme Court also declared that a 20-year statute of limitations could not be applied, paving the way for compensation claims fr
HELPING AN ALLY: The project is an afforestation initiative in Paraguay, which needs backing to protect and develop its forests, the Taiwan Carbon Solution Exchange said
The Taiwan Carbon Solution Exchange (TCX) has listed its first green carbon project, and expects it to generate carbon credits for 10,000 tonnes of carbon. The newly listed project is an afforestation initiative in eastern Paraguay, a diplomatic ally of Taiwan, and carbon credits for the project are
CLOSE TO HOME: William Lai said that he wants to promote telemedicine because of his experiences as a doctor and growing up in a remote township
President William Lai (賴清德) yesterday visited a hospital to oversee implementation of the “acute care at home” trial program after amendments to the Rules of Medical Diagnosis and Treatment by Telecommunications (通訊診察治療辦法) aimed at expanding telemedicine services took effect on Monday.The amendments
American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) Director Sandra Oudkirk was yesterday honored with a diplomacy medal for her contributions to relations between Taipei and Washington as her term comes to an end.Minister of Foreign Affairs Lin Chia-lung (林佳龍) presented the Grand Medal of Diplomacy to Oudkirk, prai
The US Supreme Court’s landmark ruling on presidential immunity sets a “dangerous precedent” that former US president Donald Trump would exploit if elected in November, US President Joe Biden said on Monday.The conservative-dominated high court ruled that Trump — and all presidents — enjoy “absolute
Hurricane Beryl yesterday roared through open waters as a monstrous Category 5 storm on a path that would take it near Jamaica and the Cayman Islands after earlier making landfall in the southeast Caribbean, killing at least two people.A hurricane warning was in effect for Jamaica and a hurricane wa
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