LEST WE FORGET: At the rehearsal the audience were urged to remember the sacrifices of the nation’s soldiers, and to remember peace depends on a stron
/ Staff writer, with CNAThe Central Weather Bureau (CWB) yesterday warned of torrential rain in the mountains of central and southern Taiwan, while he
OBJECTIONS: Japan has protested against new regulations, saying they should be scrapped and that it would appeal to the WTO if they are not
GNARLY NOUL: The CWB said the typhoon would mainly affect the south and the east of the nation, while another storm is brewing in the Pacific Ocean
New York City firefighters used a rope-and-pulley system in an hours-long struggle to move an ill 700-pound (317.5 kg) man from his sixth-floor apartm
編按:位於法國和義大利交界處的白朗峰,是阿爾卑斯山脈的最高峰,周遭登山活動、遠足、滑雪都相當盛行。今天的旅遊夢,熱愛健行的讀者許麗君,要和大家分享她們一行人環繞白朗峰健行的難忘行程!<旅遊緣起>健行愛好者夢想之地因愛上健行探險的海外旅遊、更著迷於歐洲阿爾卑斯山的山林美景;趁著年輕有體力還能攀爬登頂,
/ Staff writer, with CNA, TokyoLeading a delegation of Taiwanese lawmakers, Legislative Speaker Wang Jin-pyng (王金平) yesterday met with a member of Jap
良善的力量!中國杭州市4月1日時發生了一場車禍,貨櫃車翻覆後將一名騎電動車經過的16歲男孩壓在車底下,不到1分鐘的時間,附近的店家、經過的路人約4、50人紛紛跑到貨櫃車旁,合力抬起貨櫃車,順利救出男孩,畫面看了讓人動容。據中國《浙江即時報》報導,在4月1日晚間,杭州市余杭區的國道上一輛貨櫃車速度相當
By William Lowther / Staff reporter in WashingtonTaiwan needs to “reset” its representation with the US, a former Congressional official said on Frida
/ AP and AFP, ROME and CAIROItaly and Egypt yesterday pressed for swifter action by the UN to find a political solution to Libya’s rapidly deteriorati
/ Reuters, WASHINGTONThe US government on Tuesday established a policy for exports of military and commercial drones, including armed ones, and said i
CHEAPER ENERGY COSTS: The statistics agency forecasts that savings from lower oil prices would translate into increased spending by corporates and con
DOWNSTREAM TACTICS: A diver said the operation could only move slowly due to low visibility on the river bed as the search extended downstream of the
PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY: A senior DPP member placed a large billboard in Tainan urging the mayor to run and for the party chairperson to withdraw from th
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If you happen to unearth treasure worth even as little as 10 rupees (16 U.S. cents) in India, don’t even think of pocketing it - that’s because under
全球各國在「高空」市場上一較高下,摩天大樓一棟接一棟的蓋,但在高度上互別苗頭的同時,貫穿高樓的電梯也必須大有看頭!儘管台北101早已失去世界第一高樓頭銜,但裡頭的電梯倒也爭回一口氣,以每秒16.8公尺(約時速60公里)的超高速,「秒殺」杜拜塔!
A Cuban intelligence agent who spent 15 years in a U.S. prison said Thursday he was optimistic that softening American attitudes toward Cuba would res
/ Staff writer, with agencies, INCHEON, South KoreaLin Tzu-chi (林子琦) broke two world records to snatch Taiwan’s second gold medal from China’s Deng We
DIPLOMATIC TIES: The foreign affairs minister also dismissed speculation that the nation risks losing six of its allies or that it was dependent on Ch