By Shelley Shan / Staff reporterThe High Court yesterday rejected a request from a Japanese restaurant in Taipei that would ban the Michelin guide fro
’SWARM OF BEES’: Central bank Governor Yang Chin-long last week described the enthusiasm for exchange-traded funds as a “herding effect” in the market
By Chen Yu-fu and Jason Pan / Staff reportersApproval of a proposed cross-strait services trade agreement with China would have affected about 1.14 mi
EXTENDED RANGE: Hsiung Sheng missiles, 100 of which might be deployed by the end of the year, could reach Chinese command posts and airport runways, a
ACADEMIC TREND: The Ministry of Education said that it advised against having a third semester in summer, citing controversial admission fees and othe
EVOLVING: The navy is reportedly planning a third mobile Hai Feng land-based anti-ship missile squadron and the introduction of new weapons, such as e
By Lee I-chia / Staff reporterThe Ministry of Health and Welfare on Friday proposed eight measures to improve child-placement services in response to
By Wu Liang-yi and Jake Chung / Staff reporter, with staff writerTaiwan plans to attract 12 million foreign tourists this year, Tourism Administration
By Chiu Chih-jou and Jonathan Chin / Staff reporter, staff writer, with CNAManufacturers and importers would face a “permanent importer ban” if their
Kayleigh Madjar / Staff writerThe Child Welfare League Foundation has been temporarily barred from providing adoption and foster services until an app
By Shelley Shan / Staff reporter, with CNAThe Taiwan Wild Bird Federation and the Taiwan Biodiversity Research Institute yesterday invited bird-watche
MANY PLANS PROPOSED: The Taipei Department of Social Welfare said it would offer stress relief courses for childcare providers after a one-year-old al
流行樂天后瑪丹娜(Madonna)近日在洛杉磯舉辦演唱會,跟歌迷互動的時候,一名靠近舞台的歌迷並沒有起身,而是坐著觀賞表演。瑪丹娜竟出人意料的指著該歌迷問:「你坐著幹嘛?你坐著幹嘛?」原來該歌迷為殘障者,是推著輪椅去看演唱會。當時瑪丹娜走到舞台前端,很多歌迷都站起身來看,瑪丹娜發現有人沒站起來才上前
INSTILLING FEAR: China is ramping up its coercion campaign through military, economic, political and information security threats, as well as cognitiv
By Wang Chin-yi and Jason Pan / Staff reportersEfforts to restore wildlife populations are bearing fruit, with photographs taken from trail cameras co
By Rachel Lin / Staff reporterThe Ministry of Education is considering a revised version of the “White Paper on Teacher Education,” which is said to e
‘MINIMIZATION’: Researchers at ITRI utilized microwave IC design and TSMC’s 28-nanometer process technology to develop low-temperature control chips a
By Liu Tzu-hsuan / Staff reporterTaiwan is deliberating plans to bolster cooperation with the Estonian Center for International Development to help re
A new South Wales, Australia, man attempted to keep birds away from his cat’s food with a homemade owl sculpture, but "accidentally made a magpie god.
By Lin Hsin-han, Hsieh Chun-lin and Jake Chung / Staff reporters, with staff writersContempt of legislature and giving false testimony during a legisl