/ AFP, KABULJoy and celebration turned into horror and carnage when an Islamic State (IS) suicide bomber targeted a packed Afghan wedding hall, killin
PROPORTIONATE RESPONSE: The UN is not saying that the Hong Kong police have it easy, a spokesman said, but only by avoiding excess force can the situa
By Jason Pan / Staff reporterLeading figures in the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) are driving it on a path of being “friendly to China and hostile t
/ AFP, HONG KONGHong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam (林鄭月娥) yesterday warned that more than two months of pro-democracy demonstrations were causing ec
‘DANGEROUS’: Carrie Lam accused protesters of trying to ‘destroy’ Hong Kong, as the territory was paralyzed by a general strike, disrupting subway and
PUBLIC ANGER: Protesters called on Hong Kongers to join a general strike tomorrow, while a group tore down a Chinese flag from a flagpole and threw it
RARE RESTRICTION: Despite an official ban of the rally in Yuen Long, thousands arrived ‘as individuals.’ Today’s rally has been permitted, but marchi
ANOTHER PENALTY: CtiTV’s news station was fined NT$600,000 for airing on April 2 a segment showing a child crying while watching Chen Shui-bian critic
WHAT NEXT? Carrie Lam rejected calls to step down by opponents of the extradition law, who said that a planned rally would proceed to keep pressure on
/ Reuters, WASHINGTONUS lawmakers on Thursday responded to a crisis in Hong Kong over a proposed extradition law with China by introducing legislation
澳洲雪梨今(8日)早遭到濃霧侵襲,部分地區能見度僅剩幾百公尺,機場也因為能見度太低受到影響,導致航班延誤。不過當地居民、媒體也紛紛在社群網站分享在濃霧中若隱若現的城市市容,讓不少網友表示「其實還滿美的」。雪梨今日上午彌漫在濃濃白霧中,不少當地網友都在推特上分享包括雪梨歌劇院、雪梨港灣大橋等知名地標融
有台三星(Samsung)筆電日前進行網路拍賣卻備受關注,關鍵在電腦裡擁有6種21世紀以來最強大病毒,拍賣價一路飆漲,今競標截止,最終以135萬美元(約新台幣4100萬元)售出,但買主身分不明。綜合外媒報導,這台筆電其實是中國網路藝術家郭偶東的作品「混亂的續存」(ThePersistence of
世界第一高峰「聖母峰」近期攀登人數爆增,破紀錄的人潮讓攻頂和下山都大排長龍,這也造成過去10天已有11人在登山途中喪命。有加拿大的知名電影製片人就形容,山區一團混亂,登頂路上「必須跨過一具又一具的屍體」,讓他崩潰直呼簡直是「屠殺」。聖母峰(珠穆朗瑪峰)近日因攀登人數爆量,加上天候因素,在過去10天已
電腦病毒一直是企業以及電腦使用者的惡夢,對企業而言若意外被感染,往往必須付出高昂的代價,現竟有一台身懷21世紀6種最強病毒的筆電在網路競標,引發外界關注,現已喊破120萬美金(約新台幣3802萬)。綜合媒體報導,網路藝術家郭偶東(Guo O Dong)與網路保護公司Deep Instinct合作,推
SUICIDE BOMBERS: The Sri Lankan government declared a curfew after the attacks, while the Tourism Bureau said there were no Taiwanese tour groups in C
CROSS-STRAIT: Local government leaders can engage in mutually beneficial exchanges, but must leave political matters to the central government, Su Tse
By Sean Lin / Staff reporterThe Legislative Yuan’s eight committees yesterday elected new conveners, with the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) takin
美國在台協會前理事主席、現任華府智庫布魯金斯研究院東亞研究中心資深研究員卜睿哲,二月十一日發表給喜樂島聯盟召集人郭倍宏及其同事的公開信(https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2019/02/11/an-open-letter-to-mr-ku
傷心耶誕節!美國邊防單位25日證實,一名來自瓜地馬拉的8歲男童在美國拘留期間猝死。這已是本月第二起移民兒童在美國拘留時死亡的案例,瓜地馬拉外交部要求美國詳查,也讓外界質疑,美國政府是否人道對待滯留在美的移民家庭?綜合媒體報導,美國海關暨邊境保護局(CBP)說,來自瓜地馬拉的男童阿隆佐(Felipe
‘LONG LIVE DEMOCRACY’: Lai said he accepted the position when the government was already in a tough spot because he wanted to help, but it ‘did not wo