BONANZA: The nation won four badminton golds, taking it to third place in the medals table, with world No. 1 Tai Tzu-ying beating Lee Jangmi to win th
A WIN AND A LOSS: The surprise journey of Taiwan’s women’s volleyball team came to an end with their 3-1 loss to Ukraine’s squad in the bronze-medal m
By Jason Pan / Staff reporterIn the Taipei Summer Universiade baseball consolation round yesterday, Taiwan downed Mexico 10-0 in a hot-tempered game,
By Lauly Li / Staff reporterSharp Corp might seek a strategic collaboration with Japan Display Inc (JDI) to build a sizeable alliance against South Ko
〔體育中心/綜合報導〕「球爸」拉瓦波爾(LaVar Ball)與名人堂球星歐尼爾(Shaquille O' Neal)口水戰不斷,而歐尼爾今天更在Instagram上貼出影片下戰帖,如果他單挑輸給球爸的話,頭上將永遠黏著金色假髮。歐尼爾在Instagram上指名要單挑拉瓦波爾,並貼文表示,如果球爸打
‘AMAZING JOB’: Donald Trump heaped praise on Xi Jinping, saying he has a good relationship with the Chinese leader and does not want to cause him any
By Sean Lin / Staff reporterA statue of Chiang Kai-shek (蔣介石) in Taipei’s Yangmingshan National Park (陽明山國家公園) was yesterday found decapitated.
By Abraham Gerber / Staff reporterThousands of retired police and firefighters paralyzed Taipei rush-hour traffic yesterday, occupying a crucial inter
/ Reuters, SEOULThe South Korean Constitutional Court yesterday removed impeached president Park Geun-hye from office over a graft scandal involving t
ENTRENCHED INTERESTS: The amendments include stronger financial oversight mechanisms, rules against nepotism and the establishment of an arbitration b
/ Reuters, LONDONThe US dollar, Mexican peso and world stocks fell yesterday as Republican candidate Donald Trump swept to victory in the US president
Babies with big heads are more likely to be clever and have successful futures, a study has shown. The research has linked the size of a child’s head
Train station officials here are using their noodle to determine why an electronic signboard erroneously flashed “Kitakata ramen,” a renowned local de
By Wu Po-hsuan / Staff reporterTwo paintings by renowned painter Yang San-lang (楊三郎) that had been kept in storage for about six decades and nearly di
KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Ma is to talk about cross-strait ties, his meeting with Xi and the S China Sea. One legislator said he had not followed required secu
BILATERAL EXCHANGES: The New Southbound Policy is aimed at nurturing talent and relationships with neighbors, rather than investment figures, an offic
PRIVACY CONCERNS: DPP Legislator Wang Jung-chang said that if mental illness records are shared among government agencies, people might forgo treatmen
By Wang Han-ping and Hsu Yi-ping / Staff reportersMinistry of the Interior officials have said that they plan to speed up the implementation of the “h
STRONG ARMY DREAM: The new PLA Rocket Force is to maintain conventional and nuclear weapons, including ‘carrier-killer’ missiles capable of hitting mo
By Ted Chen / Staff reporterFinancial Supervisory Commission (FSC) Chairman William Tseng (曾銘宗) yesterday rejected media reports suggesting irregulari