ENTERTAINMENT
OneRepublic to perform
American pop-rock band OneRepublic is scheduled to perform its second concert in Kaohsiung on Dec. 19, the event’s organizer announced yesterday. The concert is to be held at the Kaohsiung Arena, with tickets going on general sale at 1pm yesterday. Prices range from NT$2,400 to NT$4,900, Live Nation Taiwan said in a Facebook post. A portion of the tickets is to be available for presale from Friday to Monday for artists, DBS Mastercard holders and members of Live Nation Taiwan, the organizer said.
LABOR
Worker dies in Changhua
A worker at a feed factory in Changhua County’s Beidou Township (北斗) died yesterday after his right leg was caught in a corn crusher while cleaning the machine as it was running. The 41-year-old man, surnamed Yang (楊), slipped on the stairs inside the machine and became trapped, the county’s fire bureau said. The bureau received an emergency call at 10:48am. Rescuers said they reached Yang at 11:10am and found him conscious. Advanced emergency medical technicians were dispatched to help control his bleeding and provide other critical care. At 11:34am, technicians from the machine’s manufacturer arrived to help dismantle the equipment, and Yang was extricated at 12:15pm, but he had already lost vital signs. He was pronounced dead after being sent to Yuanlin Christian Hospital.
FOOD SAFETY
Items blocked at border
A batch of coriander powder imported from India has been destroyed at the border for containing Sudan I, a banned toxic dye, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said yesterday. The 10kg batch of spices also contained excessive amounts of pesticides, the FDA said. Meanwhile, two separate batches of gelato take-out containers from Italy, both imported by Venchi Taiwan Limited, Taiwan Branch (Hong Kong), were stopped at the border for contravening separate import regulations. The 62.04kg batch of containers for the chocolate brand Venchi contained optical brightening agents, which are banned for food container use, and also failed dissolution tests, the FDA said, adding that containers that fail dissolution tests could release toxic substances even under normal use. Also, on yesterday’s list of items blocked at the border were dried mulberries from China, cumin powder from India and fresh durian from Vietnam, which were flagged for excessive bleach, pesticides and heavy metal contaminations respectively.
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 go up by NT$3, the company said in a statement. The price of the main items of those meals, if ordered individually, would remain the same. Meanwhile, the price of a medium-sized lemon iced tea and hot cappuccino would rise by NT$3, extra dipping sauces for chicken nuggets would go up
Nvidia Corp CEO Jensen Huang (黃仁勳) arrived in Taiwan yesterday ahead of upcoming AI and technology events, saying he plans to meet with clients and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Chairman C.C. Wei (魏哲家) during his visit. After landing at Taipei Songshan Airport, Huang posed for photos with fans and handed out Yakult drinks to reporters and supporters waiting at the scene, saying he has “a lot to do” during the trip. Asked about reports that Nvidia’s planned headquarters site in Taipei’s Beitou Shilin Technology Park could break ground on May 27, Huang said that if the company holds an event, he would
FUKUOKA SITUATION: Japanese media reported that the pathogen is expected to be identified by the summer, while the CDC downplayed the idea that it was hMPV A “mysterious cold-like illness” reported in Japan’s Fukuoka Prefecture does not seem to be a new disease, but Japanese authorities have been asked about the situation, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) said yesterday. The Fukuoka Prefectural Medical Association on Wednesday told a news conference that a “mystery cold” that has become a hot topic on social media is “highly likely to be caused by some kind of viral infection,” Japan’s KBC News reported. “Many people are experiencing symptoms starting with a sore throat, followed by a runny nose, phlegm and a severe cough,” KBC News reported, citing association officials. Health authorities are
Carrefour Taiwan is to begin using a new name from the start of July, but it cannot divulge the name until then, the chairman of the supermarket chain's parent company said today. President Chain Store Co chairman Lo Chih-hsien (羅智先) was asked by reporters after a shareholders' meeting to confirm whether the company has settled on a new name for the supermarket brand. In March, the government-registered name of two Carrefour Taiwan branches was quietly changed to "Le Chia Kang" (樂家康) in Chinese, raising speculation that has been selected as the name. Lo said that because of local regulations and contractual obligations, the
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