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Taipei Times22 Aug 2026
China’s foreign and defense ministers yesterday met their Indonesian counterparts in Jakarta for talks seeking greater political and military cooperation days after a joint navy drill Taiwan...
Taipei Times22 Aug 2026
The Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) yesterday called for the immediate release of two Hong Kong pro-democracy activists after Hong Kong’s Court of First Instance convicted them and the now-defunct...
Taipei Times22 Aug 2026
The High Court yesterday acquitted a lawmaker, a former lawmaker and two associates in a bribery case involving efforts to help former Pacific Distribution Investment Co chairman Lee Heng-lung...
Taipei Times22 Aug 2026
Law enforcement officials have broadened a probe into a suspected network of Chinese spies, after the Kaohsiung branch of the High Court on Wednesday convicted two former military service members...
Taipei Times21 Aug 2026
I like to think of myself as a fairly laid-back person. Other people’s behavior is not my business. There is one notable exception: my gym nemesis.
Taipei Times21 Aug 2026
They were born Taiwanese, educated as Japanese and drawn into the war effort for an empire that was eventually defeated.
Taipei Times21 Aug 2026
Bangladesh’s parliament was yesterday set to elect the country’s new president, with Bangladesh Nationalist (BNP) Party Secretary-General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir expected to take the largely...
Taipei Times21 Aug 2026
Jiang Shijin pulled the precision binocular headband magnifier over her eyes and hunched down within a few inches of the ancient text resting on a light board.
Taipei Times21 Aug 2026
Australian wildlife workers have launched an unprecedented effort to vaccinate wild populations of little penguins against the highly contagious H5N1 avian influenza.
Taipei Times21 Aug 2026
US drugmakers Merck and Moderna on Wednesday said a personalized cancer treatment had shown success in reducing the recurrence of melanoma tumors in a late-stage trial hailed by experts as a...
Taipei Times21 Aug 2026
Forget the long lines at Roman ruins and overpriced gelato — sweating tourists are enjoying a break from the scorching heat by rafting on the Eternal City’s Tiber River.
Taipei Times21 Aug 2026
China yesterday sentenced the founder of embattled property giant Evergrande to life in prison and fined the group more than US$2 billion for offenses including fraud, five years after a...
Taipei Times21 Aug 2026
Barcelona’s Egyptian forward Hamza Abdelkarim leaps over Al Ahly’s Egyptian goalkeeper Mostafa Shobeir during the 61st Joan Gamper Trophy soccer match between FC Barcelona and Al Ahly FC at the...
Taipei Times21 Aug 2026
FORMULA ONE Red Bull re-sign Verstappen Four-time Formula One world champion Max Verstappen has signed a new contract with Red Bull until the end of 2030, the team announced yesterday, ending...
Taipei Times21 Aug 2026
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) director general said on Wednesday that the organization would “be vigilant” in monitoring Russian athletes ahead of the next Olympic Games, promising...
Taipei Times21 Aug 2026
American teenager Garret Tan made his mark at the world badminton championships in New Delhi on Wednesday with a stunning win over India’s Lakshya Sen.
Taipei Times21 Aug 2026
From about 650 competitors at its first event to more than 1 million participants worldwide today, Hyrox has gone from niche fitness challenge to global phenomenon with its sights set on the...
Taipei Times21 Aug 2026
England’s Ollie Robinson and Josh Tongue shared both the wickets and the match ball as they joined forces to bowl out Pakistan on the opening day of the first Test at Headingley on Wednesday.
Taipei Times21 Aug 2026
Detroit Tigers infielder Lee Hao- yu (李灝宇) on Wednesday reached base three times, but his team fell 4-3 to the Pittsburgh Pirates and lost the three-game series 2-1.
Taipei Times21 Aug 2026
The tragic death of Jason Arday raises serious questions about race, institutional authority and what happens to people in a society increasingly organized around public reputation.
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