By Lii Wen / Staff reporterLegislators from across party lines yesterday pledged support for major reforms to shorten the legal workweek, as the legis
/ Staff writer, with CNAThe launch of direct flights between Taiwan and Turkey at the end of this month will greatly boost bilateral tourism and trade
AIRING PROBLEMS: Despite calls for Wang Yu-chi to avoid a scheduled appointment, he said that he believed in meeting to discuss issues face-to-face
RESERVOIR DOGGED: The minister of Transportation and Communications yesterday told legislators that he would discuss the issue with Taipei’s mayor-ele
By Hsieh Chia-chun / Staff reporterTaipei Mayor Hau Lung-bin (郝龍斌) yesterday said the city will only hold one high-school admission exam next year, wh
By Rachel Lin, Wu Po-hsuan and Jake Chung / Staff reporters, with staff writerNew Taipei City Mayor Eric Chu (朱立倫) yesterday confirmed that the city w
COMMITTEE CURVE BALL: Democratic Progressive Party Chairperson Tsai Ing-wen headed off contentious debate by pushing a raft of policy proposals to a c
REASSURANCE: A delegation of Vietnamese trade officials met with Minister of Economic Affairs Chang Chia-juch to rebuild local firms’ confidence and t
澳洲前總理吉拉德十四日投書衛報澳洲網路版,詳述遭黨內同僚背棄、痛失總理寶座的感受,她形容失去權力的感覺就像「被人揍了一拳」。吉拉德於二○一○年在勞動黨內發動政變,逼退當時的總理陸克文,並成為澳洲首位女總理,此一逼宮戲碼曾震驚全澳。但吉拉德本人今年六月也遭到同樣待遇,由於她無法扭轉勞工黨低迷的民調支持
澳洲執政黨工黨(Labor Party)黨魁表決結果出爐,現任總理吉拉德(Julia Gillard)以45票落敗前總理陸克文(Kevin Rudd)的57票,而陸克文將回鍋擔任總理,吉拉德於9月大選後退出政壇。 《澳洲時報》報導,工黨黨員今天(26日)進行投票,選出下任黨魁,而吉拉德在投票前就表態
A gene that controls how long we sleep has been discovered by scientists explaining why some people have their own internal alarm clock.
From interfering to molly-coddling, mothers-in-law have long been accused of making life a misery. But their daughters-in-law may now be exacting reve