/ Staff writer, with CNAThe annual Teen Diplomatic Envoy program is to send high-school students on an 11-day friendship tour of Australia and New Zea
Staff writer, with CNAInternational adoptions from Taiwan are conducted according to the Hague Adoption Convention and no reports of illegal cases hav
/ Staff writer, with CNAThe US House of Representatives on Friday passed the Taiwan Non-Discrimination Act of 2023 and the Pressure Regulatory Organiz
By Hsieh Chieh-yu, Tsai Wen-chu and Jake Chung / Staff reporters, with staff writerA new endemic species of fish, named Hemimyzon yushanensis, has bee
DEFENSE AUTONOMY: In an interview, Tsai expressed hope that the next president would continue her administration’s efforts to develop the local defens
By Liu Tzu-hsuan / Staff reporterTaiwan is to donate ¥60 million (US$416,102) to Japan for earthquake rescue and relief efforts, and is to open disast
ELEPHANT IN ROOM: Hou called for cultural exchanges with China to build trust across the Strait, while Lai said Taiwanese do not need to rely on China
CONTROVERSIAL PROPERTIES: Vice President William Lai pledged to donate his old family house, while New Taipei City Mayor Hou You-yi brushed off the su
民眾黨副總統候選人吳欣盈在宣布參選後仍赴杜拜參加COP28,傳出來回2名維安特勤的機票與住宿共耗資3、40萬元。對此,吳欣盈僅表示,她相信她與民進黨副總統候選人蕭美琴出國時的配套、國安是一致的。針對近期與外交部的爭端,吳欣盈今(20)日下午出席於台北遠東香格里拉飯店舉辦的「COP28後交流研討會」後
‘ONE CHINA’ DEBATE: ’The CCP is treading its old road of totalitarian rule,’ the party said after the TAO criticized Hsiao Bi-khim’s comments on keepi
By Ben Blanchard / Reuters, TAIPEIMinister of Foreign Affairs Joseph Wu (吳釗燮) on Friday said that Guatemala’s incoming government had “reassured” him
BLINKEN, CAMERON: The US official said a joint US-UK military facility plays a vital role in the Indo-Pacific, while the British official said they wo
ALL CLEAR: While China’s military called the flight ‘public hype,’ the Ministry of National Defense said it was normal and that they monitored its pas
ELIGIBLE FOR JANUARY: All presidential candidates and their running mates meet the requirements to run for office, and none hold dual citizenship, the
SUGGESTED CHECKS: The CDC has decided to keep the testing program in place until the Lunar New Year holiday, as cases of respiratory illnesses surge i
PEACE AND STABILITY: ‘Taiwan can be of tremendous value’ in building resilient supply chains, President Tsai Ing-wen said, as she encouraged closer ti
/ Staff writer, with CNAAfter swimming across the Strait of Gibraltar last month, Hsu Wen-erh now aims to become the first Taiwanese to swim the Engli
By Grant Dexter / Staff reporter, with CNATaiwan’s Wang Ling-chen on Thursday won two golds at the Junior World Weightlifting Championships in Guadala
Around 60 men and women have gathered for a matchmaking session to find true love. Each of them has forked out 14,000 yen to attend the speed-dating e
MANY FRONTS: Washington’s support for Taiwan, Ukraine and Israel is inextricably linked, and the US must ‘send the right message to Xi Jinping,’ a US