MEETING TARGETS: Due to the policy, local governments are in a rush to hire English teachers regardless of their qualifications, Minister of Education
DIFFERENCES: While offering an olive branch, the premier said the Cabinet would send a set of bills back to the legislature if they are deemed difficu
CRACKING METHOD: Academia Sinica is experimenting with a process to crack the bond between carbon and hydrogen in natural gas to provide hydrogen gas
VACCINE PROGRAM: The shots would be available until the remaining vaccines are used up, and there are about 100,000 doses in stock, the CDC’s Tseng Sh
ECO-FRIENDLY: Ningxia Night Market has already been replacing disposable tableware with reusable ones, so the ministry expects people to be more accep
DEMOCRATIC SOLIDARITY: The senator said that countries such as the US and the UK have taken concrete actions to support Taiwan, and Canada should do t
‘THINK AGAIN’: While the US president said the US is standing up for peace in the Strait, Washington urged China ‘to act with restraint’ after its dri
DEFEND DEMOCRACY: Civil society groups including the Taiwan Economic Democracy Union and the Taiwan Citizen Front organized the protests
/ Staff writer, with CNAPeople who helped subdue a man who allegedly stabbed and wounded three on a Taichung Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) train on Tuesday
By Chen Chia-yi, Kayleigh Madjar and Jonathan Chin / Staff reporter, with staff writersThe Ministry of Environment yesterday announced it was planning
By Huang Chin-hsuan and Jonathan Chin / Staff reporter, with staff writerThe time has come for the US to “recognize Taiwan as a sovereign and independ
LIFESTYLE CHANGES: Thirty to 50 percent of all cancers can be prevented by modifying or avoiding key risk factors, such as smoking and consuming alcoh
NO QUESTIONS ASKED: The KMT and TPP used their majority to pass a second reading of a bill that would allow legislators to fine officials NT$200,000 f
Staff writer, with CNAPremier Cho Jung-tai (卓榮泰), the newly appointed head of the Executive Yuan, yesterday vowed to combat rampant fraud in Taiwan an
By Liu Tzu-hsuan / Staff reporterThe US and Japanese governments congratulated President William Lai (賴清德) on taking office yesterday while affirming
PURSUING PEACE: As the new president took office, he reiterated Taiwan’s sovereignty while saying that the nation must cooperate with other democracie
LEGISLATIVE REFORM: The DPP said the bills were rushed without deliberation, but the KMT said that they went through the committee, negotiation and he
/ Staff writer, with CNAAbout 50 foreign delegations are to attend the inauguration of president-elect William Lai (賴清德) on Monday next week, Minister
‘ON THE FRONT LINE’: Taiwanese are at the forefront of the fight against authoritarian expansion, facing foreign disinformation and military threats,
‘TOO LATE’: Yu Pei-chen, a Taoyuan councilor and ex-army general, said the Chinese officials were 41 years late in imposing sanctions on him, as he en