‘GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY’: One lawmaker called on the Hong Kong government to persuade Beijing to back an independent commission of inquiry into the allega
FAKE US$100 BILLS: Because of the sophisticated technology used, the CIB invited a US Secret Service specialist in counterfeit money to examine the fo
By Tsai Tsung-hsun and Jake Chung / Staff reporter, with staff writerFollowing the discovery of eight new kinds of land crab in Kenting National Park
LARGE MAJORITY: Eighty-three percent of respondents in a survey conducted by Greenpeace said that presidential candidates’ energy policies would affec
The Chinese giant salamander, the largest amphibian in the world, weigh as much as an adult human, and has slimy brown skin, a giant mouth and puny ey
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
DISCONCERTING FINDINGS: Scans on nine dead pygmy killer whales showed abnormal shadows in their middle ears, and they all had blackened livers
STANDARDS: Even if plastic accounts for less than 10% of a straw’s weight, it would be banned, as paper straws have been developed that do not require
MARINE POLLUTION: Debris eaten by a pregnant whale likely did not affect its ability to eat, although it must have impaired its physiology, the OCA sa
〔體育中心/綜合報導〕大聯盟明年球季將推出新規定,投手必須面對3個人次、或是投完該半局,代表一人投手消失。天使31歲投手詹寧斯(Dan Jennings)表示自己職業生涯要結束了,直言這規定太糟糕。大聯盟官網今天公布新規定,2020年球季開始,投手至少要面對3名打者、或是投完該半局,除非受傷或生病。
By Lin Chia-nan / Staff reporterAbnormal sugar metabolism has been found to be a key cause of pancreatic cancer, a team of Academia Sinica researchers
〔體育中心/綜合報導〕林書豪與老鷹達成買斷協議,正式加盟新東家多倫多暴龍,除了首戰就上場25分鐘,而暴龍隊為擁抱林書豪背後廣大的海外市場,特地在加拿大的求職網釋出新職缺──中文社群小編,也可以看出暴龍對林書豪的重視。暴龍隊的母公司楓葉體育娛樂有限公司(Maple Leaf Sports & Ente
Bees are vital for growing the world’s food as they help fertilize three out of four crops, by transferring pollen from male to female flowers. But in
Firefighters in the town of Werl in western Germany tackled an unusual emergency late on Monday when a tank at a local firm making liquid chocolate ov
‘CLOSE ATTENTION’: The Presidential Office said the administration of President Tsai Ing-wen is not using any equipment that might be a threat to nati
ESPIONAGE FEARS: Thirty-three Taiwanese have so far joined the Thousand Talents Program and the government will be closely monitoring their activities
The restricted zone around Chernobyl is eerily quiet but a long and one-story building near the scene of the 1986 nuclear disaster is full of barking
PREEMPTIVE ACTION: Ferry operators canceled sailings from 12pm yesterday and suspended departures until Sunday, but forecasters said a sea warning was
SLIGHT UPTICK: Suicide is complicated and requires everyone’s help, especially when society perpetuates the stigma surrounding it, the health minister
DISPOSAL: Local officials opposed Taipower’s plan to build an indoor storage plant for spent fuel rods, saying it might turn into a permanent storage