BUSINESS
Huang ‘smartest CEO’: site
Web site Visual Capitalist has listed Taiwan-born Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang (黃仁勳) as the US’ “smartest CEO” out of 100 CEOs. A Frontiers in Psychology study featured in a Visual Capitalist report suggested that people who use more complex sentence structures tend to perform better in uncertain decisionmaking scenarios. The Visual Capitalist collaborated with Preply to run a generated analysis of speeches conducted by 100 CEOs, as well as 26 additional high-ranking executives. The CEOs were ranked based on verbal ability, abstract and conceptual thinking, creativity, memory and recall, and logical reasoning, the report said. Huang topped the list with a score of 81.3, followed by Lockheed Martin CEO Jim Taiclet, scoring 80.9, and DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis with 80.8.
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WEATHER
Warm weather expected
Warm weather is expected to continue on Tuesday, before a seasonal northeasterly wind system sets in on Wednesday, which would cause temperatures to drop 5°C to 6°C, particularly in Taichung and the rest of central Taiwan, the Central Weather Administration (CWA) said yesterday. Daytime temperatures yesterday ranged from 31°C to 33°C in the west, and 28°C to 29°C in eastern Taiwan, and reached 35°C in the south, the CWA said. The CWA urged the public to take precautions to avoid sunburn and drink sufficient water to prevent dehydration. Independent meteorologist Daniel Wu (吳德榮) said the weather is expected to get warmer tomorrow and on Tuesday, and reach 35°C in most of Taiwan.
SOCIETY
Fight leaves man blind
A violent altercation between two neighbors in New Taipei City left one man permanently blind after his eyeballs were dislodged, police said yesterday. The suspect, surnamed Chien (簡), turned himself in at about 9am on Thursday after a fight with his neighbor, a man surnamed Lien (連), the New Taipei City Police Department’s Ruifang Precinct said. Chien told officers he hit Lien in the head with a brick after a verbal argument escalated. Police went to the scene and found Lien lying injured, having sustained a head trauma, facial injuries, swollen eyes and a chin wound. Doctors later discovered that Lien’s eyeballs were missing. Police returned to the scene and recovered the eyeballs, but they could not be saved, leaving Lien permanently blind. Investigators said that during the altercation, Lien reportedly bit Chien’s arm and refused to let go. To break free, Chien jabbed at Lien’s face, causing the severe eye injuries. Chien was handed over to the Keelung District Prosecutors’ Office for further investigation on suspicion of attempted murder. He was released on NT$120,000 bail after questioning.
TRADE
Taobao scrutiny urged
Lawmakers on Wednesday called for tighter oversight of Chinese e-commerce giant Taobao following the US’ decision to scrap tax exemptions for low-value imports from China as part of its efforts to address trade imbalances. Democratic Progressive Party legislators asked whether Taiwan’s policy — which allows up to six tax-exempt low-value shipments of up to NT$2,000 every six months — is overly lenient. Minister of Finance Chuang Tsui-yun (莊翠雲) said the ministry is carefully reviewing the tax exemption system for small parcels to prevent any unfair impact on local industries.
Taiwan would welcome the return of Honduras as a diplomatic ally if its next president decides to make such a move, Minister of Foreign Affairs Lin Chia-lung (林佳龍) said yesterday. “Of course, we would welcome Honduras if they want to restore diplomatic ties with Taiwan after their elections,” Lin said at a meeting of the legislature’s Foreign Affairs and National Defense Committee, when asked to comment on statements made by two of the three Honduran presidential candidates during the presidential campaign in the Central American country. Taiwan is paying close attention to the region as a whole in the wake of a
Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairman Eric Chu (朱立倫), spokeswoman Yang Chih-yu (楊智伃) and Legislator Hsieh Lung-chieh (謝龍介) would be summoned by police for questioning for leading an illegal assembly on Thursday evening last week, Minister of the Interior Liu Shyh-fang (劉世芳) said today. The three KMT officials led an assembly outside the Taipei City Prosecutors’ Office, a restricted area where public assembly is not allowed, protesting the questioning of several KMT staff and searches of KMT headquarters and offices in a recall petition forgery case. Chu, Yang and Hsieh are all suspected of contravening the Assembly and Parade Act (集會遊行法) by holding
PRAISE: Japanese visitor Takashi Kubota said the Taiwanese temple architecture images showcased in the AI Art Gallery were the most impressive displays he saw Taiwan does not have an official pavilion at the World Expo in Osaka, Japan, because of its diplomatic predicament, but the government-backed Tech World pavilion is drawing interest with its unique recreations of works by Taiwanese artists. The pavilion features an artificial intelligence (AI)-based art gallery showcasing works of famous Taiwanese artists from the Japanese colonial period using innovative technologies. Among its main simulated displays are Eastern gouache paintings by Chen Chin (陳進), Lin Yu-shan (林玉山) and Kuo Hsueh-hu (郭雪湖), who were the three young Taiwanese painters selected for the East Asian Painting exhibition in 1927. Gouache is a water-based
President William Lai (賴清德) has appointed former vice president Chen Chien-jen (陳建仁) to attend the late Pope Francis’ funeral at the Vatican City on Saturday on his behalf, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said today. The Holy See announced Francis’ funeral would take place on Saturday at 10am in St Peter’s Square. The ministry expressed condolences over Francis’ passing and said that Chen would represent Taiwan at the funeral and offer condolences in person. Taiwan and the Vatican have a long-standing and close diplomatic relationship, the ministry said. Both sides agreed to have Chen represent Taiwan at the funeral, given his Catholic identity and
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