Croatia’s mountain rescue service has urged tourists to stop putting themselves in danger taking "stupid and dangerous selfies", after a Canadian man
TAKING A STAND: ‘The public wants to see [the president] visiting the island to make clear the nation’s claim, not boarding a vessel, that means nothi
By Stacy Hsu / Staff reporterTaiwan yesterday refused to accept a ruling by the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague, Netherlands,which include
The World Health Organization has identified another grave risk to the health of Syrians in their war-torn country: tobacco.
By Huang Ming-tang and Jonathan Chin / Staff reporter, with staff writerA resident of Taitung County’s Green Island (綠島) on Wednesday installed what h
By Nadia Tsao and Jake Chung / Staff reporter in Washington, with staff writerThe US hopes Taiwan’s new government can make available relevant histori
/ Reuters and AP, BRUSSELSTwo brothers carried out suicide bombings at Brussels Airport and on the Brussels metro on Tuesday a Belgian Federal Prosecu
By Chen Wei-han / Staff reporterDrawing a crowd of passers-by, a nearly naked animal activist took a bubble bath in public yesterday in Taipei’s Ximen
包括台南市水資源保育聯盟、台灣水資源保育聯盟、台灣主婦聯盟生活消費合作社台南分社、荒野保護協會台南分會組成「守護曾文溪聯盟」,以世界水資源日為發想,並結合玉峰堰解編等台南在地議題,推出「守護曾文溪系列活動」,並於3月19日舉辦319手牽手守護曾文溪。
FLAWED SYSTEM: A visiting nuclear waste management specialist has called on Taipower to conduct radioactivity tests on nuclear waste both before and a
IMPOSSIBLE TASK: Delta Electronics founder Bruce Cheng said it was impossible not to raise electricity prices and that a reasonable pricing mechanism
Scott Kelly returns to Earth next week after nearly a year in orbit aboard the International Space Station. High on his to-do list when he gets back:j
British artist Jason deCaires Taylor has created a sculpture museum at the bottom of the Atlantic. Museo Atlantico is 14 metres under the surface of t
RUSSIAN REACTION: A Kremlin spokesman said the launch was a violation of international law, but would not say whether Russian components had been used
臉書(Facebook)執行長祖克柏(Mark Zuckerberg)與妻子 Prisicilla Chan 日前喜迎寶貝女兒誕生,昨日祖克柏公布此項喜訊,並宣布將捐處手中 99% 的臉書股票,相當於 450 億美元(約為新台幣 1 兆 4799 億元),作為慈善用途。
The "El Nino" phenomenon, which sparks global climate extremes, is this year the worst in more than 15 years, the UN weather agency said Monday, warni
Facebook 所成立的「social good team」團隊,目標是協助世界上的需要幫助的人,開發出有助於他們的工具,像是巴黎恐攻的時候,就是由他們手動開啟「平安通報站」功能(先前僅會使用於自然災難)。而現在該團隊再推出一項新的工具「Fundraisers」,能夠幫助非營利組織,透過社群的強大分享能力,快速募集到所需要的資金!
RUNNING MATE: A devout Catholic, the public health researcher cited Pope Francis’ advice that ‘real power is service’ as influencing his decision to a
‘1992 CONSENSUS’ China’s Taiwan Affairs Office Minister Zhang Zhijun said that Beijing is willing to consider and discuss the issue of Taiwan’s intern
‘EXTREMELY IRRESPONSIBLE’: Chinese Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Zhang Yesui summoned US ambassador to China Max Baucus and urged the US to cease p