For an act to constitute workplace bullying, it must meet five criteria and be confirmed through an investigation, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) said today, adding that behavior cannot be classified as bullying based on subjective judgement.The comment came after online di
Taiwan ranked 20th in this year’s Global Startup Ecosystem Index released today by StartupBlink, rising five places from last year and securing its highest position to date. Taiwan recorded a 41.1 percent growth rate in the ranking this year, the highest in East Asia and in the global top 20, the gl
Czech children explored Taiwan's railway culture at a workshop held on Saturday at the Book World Prague fair, where they were invited to draw their imagined versions of Taiwanese train stations.Some children filled their pages with colorful mountain-and-sea landscapes, while others drew steam-breat
Fast food chain McDonald's is to raise prices by up to NT$5 on some products at its restaurants across Taiwan, starting on Wednesday next week, the company announced today.The prices of all extra value meals and sharing boxes are to increase by NT$5, while breakfast combos and creamy corn soup would
A journalist today said he unexpectedly recovered his iPhone after it was swallowed by a giant grouper at a fish farm in Kaohsiung in September last year.Journalist Chen Chih-tung (陳志東) said he was visiting a fish farm in Yongan District (永安) when he used his iPhone 16 Pro Max to photograph a giant
China is the greatest source of regional unease and instability due to its ongoing military activities, Premier Cho Jung-tai (卓榮泰) said today, as the Chinese navy announced it had sent a carrier task force into the Western Pacific for training.Speaking to reporters in Taipei ahead of tomorrow's se
The Executive Yuan today unveiled a series of support initiatives for children from birth to age 18, including expanded parental leave policies, housing tax incentives and broader family care measures.The government plans to upgrade flexible parental leave into a broader childcare leave system, exte
A 40-year-old man is suspected of contracting hantavirus in Keelung after being bitten by a rat while cleaning his workplace on April 7 and developing symptoms including fever, chills and loss of appetite on May 2, the Keelung City Government said today.The man who was hospitalized for treatment is
Diving instructor and marine conservationist Tseng Shen-shoon (曾賢順) has devoted half a century of his life to exploring the deep sea and protecting the marine life off Pingtung County's Hengchun Township (恆春). The 73-year-old’s career has followed the evolution of Taiwan’s diving culture and marine
CLARITY: Trump created ‘some anxiety’ in Taiwan during his visit to China, and Taipei aims to understand the meaning behind his remarks, an official said
Taiwan would “welcome” an opportunity for its leader to speak with US President Donald Trump after he raised the possibility, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Chen Ming-chi (陳明祺) said yesterday.Trump on Friday told reporters aboard Air Force One on the way back to Washington from a state visit to
President William Lai (賴清德) said yesterday that Taiwan would be able to make greater contributions to global health if it were a member of the WHO.In a prerecorded video message in English for the Taiwan Global Health Forum Series, held to coincide with the 79th World Health Assembly (WHA), Lai n
The International Cooperation and Development Fund (ICDF), the nation’s primary organization for international development aid, and Malteser International on Sunday signed a Letter of Intent for Cooperation on the Ukraine Humanitarian Assistance Program in Geneva, Switzerland, to help Ukrainians who
President William Lai (賴清德) has a 56.4 percent approval rating and a 51.8 percent trust rating, a poll released yesterday by the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) showed.More than 70 percent of people surveyed in the poll, released ahead of Lai’s second anniversary in office tomorrow, said they wer
On a stretch of open land in southern Taiwan, an engineer from Thunder Tiger Corp wearing first-person view goggles guides an uncrewed aerial vehicle (UAV) through a series of sharp turns before bringing it down for a controlled landing.Nearby, at the Asia UAV AI Innovation Application R&D Center i
‘KING OF CANCERS’: Researchers said they observed a decrease in the number of harmful cells within the tumor tissues and an increase in the number of good cells
A research team from the National Health Research Institutes has found a way to make immunotherapy more effective against pancreatic cancer: blocking MAP4K2, a protein kinase that appears to weaken the effect of anti-PD-1 treatment. Pancreatic cancer is widely known as the “king of cancers,” as it i
Taiwanese students delivered a strong performance at this year’s international robotics competition in the US, winning eight awards, including two gold medals, one silver and one bronze. Dozens of Taiwanese elementary, junior-high, and high-school students competed against teams from 25 countries at
‘WE CAN DO IT’: The ‘Code Girls’ initiative is aimed at encouraging female students to pursue competitive programming and computer science, NTNU said
Taiwan marked a milestone in women’s technology education this year by sending its first delegation to the European Girls’ Olympiad in Informatics (EGOI), in which the team won four medals. The four-member delegation traveled to Cesenatico, Italy, for the sixth edition of the competition, earning tw
Taiwan has been invited for the first time to submit suggestions on solutions for NASA’s lunar exploration program, which the head of Taiwan Space Agency (TASA) hopes would help the country gain a foothold in the emerging global “lunar economy.” Securing the invitation would enable Taiwanese compani
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