WEATHER
Temperature to drop
Temperatures in northern Taiwan are forecast to fall below 15°C from tomorrow evening with the arrival of seasonal northeasterly winds. The strong seasonal wind is forecast to come closest to the nation tomorrow, when the temperature in Taipei is likely to dip below 15°C, the bureau said. Temperatures in central and southern Taiwan could hover between 19°C and 24°C in the coming days. Daniel Wu (吳德榮), former bureau weather forecast center director and a professor of meteorology at National Central University, said temperatures across the nation could rise on Saturday, but chances of rain are high in northern and central Taiwan as another cold air front is expected to head south toward Taiwan later that day.
EDUCATION
Food sale to help student
National Cheng Kung University’s Vietnamese Student Association has been selling Vietnamese sandwiches online to raise money to help a student pay his medical bills. The association has been collecting for a Vietnamese student by selling bahn mi sandwiches online for NT$50 each since Sunday. It said it had received almost 4,000 preorders in only three days. The student underwent an appendectomy in the middle of last month, but suffered bleeding during the operation. The bleeding was caused by a gastric ulcer and the patient had to undergo further surgery to remove two-thirds of his stomach. The student, who is not included in the National Health Insurance program, faces a medical bill of NT$300,000, but his student health insurance coverage only covers NT$120,000. University president Su Huey-jen (蘇慧貞) on Tuesday visited the student and promised to help him pay his bill. The school said that it had already ordered 1,400 sandwiches.
The Ministry of Education (MOE) is to launch a new program to encourage international students to stay in Taiwan and explore job opportunities here after graduation, Deputy Minister of Education Yeh Ping-cheng (葉丙成) said on Friday. The government would provide full scholarships for international students to further their studies for two years in Taiwan, so those who want to pursue a master’s degree can consider applying for the program, he said. The fields included are science, technology, engineering, mathematics, semiconductors and finance, Yeh added. The program, called “Intense 2+2,” would also assist international students who completed the two years of further studies in
Former president Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) departed for Europe on Friday night, with planned stops in Lithuania and Denmark. Tsai arrived at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport on Friday night, but did not speak to reporters before departing. Tsai wrote on social media later that the purpose of the trip was to reaffirm the commitment of Taiwanese to working with democratic allies to promote regional security and stability, upholding freedom and democracy, and defending their homeland. She also expressed hope that through joint efforts, Taiwan and Europe would continue to be partners building up economic resilience on the global stage. The former president was to first
Former president Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) on Monday called for greater cooperation between Taiwan, Lithuania and the EU to counter threats to information security, including attacks on undersea cables and other critical infrastructure. In a speech at Vilnius University in the Lithuanian capital, Tsai highlighted recent incidents in which vital undersea cables — essential for cross-border data transmission — were severed in the Taiwan Strait and the Baltic Sea over the past year. Taiwanese authorities suspect Chinese sabotage in the incidents near Taiwan’s waters, while EU leaders have said Russia is the likely culprit behind similar breaches in the Baltic. “Taiwan and our European
The Taipei District Court sentenced babysitters Liu Tsai-hsuan (劉彩萱) and Liu Jou-lin (劉若琳) to life and 18 years in prison respectively today for causing the death of a one-year-old boy in December 2023. The Taipei District Prosecutors’ Office said that Liu Tsai-hsuan was entrusted with the care of a one-year-old boy, nicknamed Kai Kai (剴剴), in August 2023 by the Child Welfare League Foundation. From Sept. 1 to Dec. 23 that year, she and her sister Liu Jou-lin allegedly committed acts of abuse against the boy, who was rushed to the hospital with severe injuries on Dec. 24, 2023, but did not
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