GUILTY AS CHARGED: Chen Hsueh-sheng repeatedly pressed his belly against a DPP lawmaker and made derogatory remarks when confronted over his behavior
The Taipei District Court yesterday upheld a verdict against Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Legislator Chen Hsueh-sheng (陳雪生), finding him liable for sexually harassing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Legislator Fan Yun (范雲) during a physical altercation on the legislative floor in 2020.The DPP
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has advised against traveling to South Africa due to poor public security and warned of telephone scams targeting overseas Taiwanese.The ministry issued an “orange” travel alert for South Africa at the end of last month due to an increase in cholera cases, rolling pow
The wall of a major dam in southern Ukraine collapsed yesterday, triggering floods, endangering Europe’s largest nuclear power plant and threatening drinking water supplies, as both sides in the war scrambled to evacuate residents and blamed each other for the destruction.Ukraine accused Russian for
China and Russia yesterday conducted joint air force patrols over the Sea of Japan and the East China Sea, as South Korea said it had deployed fighter jets in response to warplanes near its airspace.Beijing and Moscow “staged the sixth joint aerial patrol in accordance with an annual military cooper
NEW INFRASTRUCTURE: By 2030, new power plants would generate close to three times the energy generated by the first and second nuclear power plants combined
President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) yesterday reiterated the nation’s commitment to net zero carbon emissions by 2050, adding that a series of enforcement rules would soon be added to the Climate Change Response Act (氣候變遷因應法).Tsai made the remarks when meeting with representatives of environmental protecti
The US has an enduring interest in preserving stability across the Taiwan Strait, visiting American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) Chair Laura Rosenberger said in Taipei yesterday, adding that the US would continue to advocate freedoms of navigation in accordance with international law.The US would also
Young people can today start using and collecting “culture points” with a dedicated mobile app and enter prize draws to win more points, the Ministry of Culture said.The culture points are part of the ministry’s Young Adult Culture Vouchers initiative, which aims to encourage young people to engage
‘BONA FIDE JOURNALISM’: A happy Bao Choy said the judgement had stated the importance of Hong Kong’s constitutionally protected freedom of press and speech
An award-winning Hong Kong journalist yesterday won an appeal quashing a conviction related to research for an investigative documentary, a rare court ruling upholding media freedom in the territory.Bao Choy (蔡玉玲) was found guilty in April 2021 of deceiving the government by getting vehicle ownershi
US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin yesterday discussed upgrading the partnership with India, a major arms buyer, and set a road map for cooperation for the next five years as both nations grapple with China’s economic rise and increased belligerence, officials said.Austin’s visit comes as India st
HARD-WON FREEDOM: Beijing’s 1989 crackdown on protesters has not been and should not be forgotten, as China tightens its grip on Hong Kong, Lai said
Taiwanese enjoy democracy and freedom and have multiple ways to express their creativity, and hopefully young people in China would also one day have the freedom to sing and express themselves, President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) said yesterday, commemorating the Tiananmen Square Massacre.Yesterday was the
Hong Kong police yesterday detained several pro-democracy figures on the 34th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre, including the leader of a key opposition party.Chan Po-ying (陳寶瑩), a veteran activist and head of the League of Social Democrats, was in Hong Kong’s Causeway Bay shopping distr
PASSAGE DISPUTE: A US and Canadian transit was a provocation and an attempt to ‘exercise hegemony of navigation,’ China’s defense ministry told a forum in Singapore
The Ministry of National Defense yesterday urged the Chinese Communist Party to avoid provocative behavior after a Chinese navy ship crossed the paths of a US destroyer and Canadian frigate transiting the Taiwan Strait.A Chinese ship on Saturday “executed maneuvers in an unsafe manner in the vicinit
A senior US Department of State official yesterday arrived in Beijing with meetings planned for the coming week as Washington seeks to boost communication with China amid tense relations between the countries.US Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Daniel Kritenbrink is to
Wastewater containing tritium discharged from Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant is expected to reach Taiwan’s territorial waters in about four years, but as the concentration levels would be below the detection limit, there would be no radiation safety concern, the Atomic Energy Council (AEC) s
The Ministry of Health and Welfare said it plans this year to propose amendments to the Public Assistance Act (社會救助法) to better reflect the number of people living in poverty.About 2.2 million people who live below the poverty line have been sidelined by social welfare policies because they do not c
DEFENSE TALKS: The US has stepped up defense planning, and although it does not seek conflict with China, it ‘would not flinch in the face of bullying,’ Lloyd Austin said
The US “remains deeply committed to preserving the status quo” in the Taiwan Strait, US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said in Singapore yesterday as he reiterated calls for greater communication between the US and Chinese militaries.Speaking at the Shangri-La Dialogue, an annual forum bringing t
GRIEF: With more than 850 people injured in the incident, authorities used buses and ambulances to take survivors to any hospitals that had space
At least 288 people were killed and more than 850 injured in a three-train collision in India, officials said yesterday, in what is the country’s deadliest rail incident in more than 20 years.Images from the crash site near Balasore, in the eastern state of Odisha, showed smashed train compartments
Beijing should learn from the Tiananmen Square Massacre, and realize that brute force has severe consequences, the Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) said yesterday. Beijing should renounce the use of coercive means against Taiwan and respect the insistence of Taiwanese on sovereignty and dignity to les
A new government policy dubbed the “Taiwan Artificial Intelligence (AI) Action Plan 2.0” aims to increase the value of the nation’s AI industry to more than NT$250 billion (US$8.16 billion), the Executive Yuan’s Office of Science and Technology Policy said yesterday.The policy is a continuation of t
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