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Taipei Times31 Aug 2026
Iceland voted ‘No’ to resuming membership negotiations with the EU, final referendum results showed yesterday, dealing a blow to Brussels which had been keen to welcome an affluent member.
Taipei Times31 Aug 2026
North Korea’s defense minister has been dismissed as part of a reshuffle of the country’s military leadership, state media reported yesterday.
Taipei Times31 Aug 2026
The Hualien District Prosecutors’ Office yesterday launched an investigation following allegations by a former foreign correspondent in Taiwan of widespread vote-buying in Hualien County.
Taipei Times31 Aug 2026
The US Navy and Boeing Co have conducted a series of tests for land-based Harpoon anti-ship missile system being supplied to Taiwan and released footage showing the system striking a target vessel...
Taipei Times31 Aug 2026
The Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) urged Taiwanese to exercise caution when considering trips to China after a Taiwanese man was allegedly questioned for six hours in Shanghai over past work with...
Taipei Times30 Aug 2026
These past few weeks, I have not aired my laundry in public. Literally. This is not the result of some domestic crisis, but due to my recent induction to Ghost Month etiquette.
Taipei Times30 Aug 2026
Former Hsinchu deputy mayor Andy Chiu (邱臣遠) is the Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) nominee for the Jhubei City (竹北市) mayoral seat in November’s local elections.
Taipei Times30 Aug 2026
In China’s hilly Guizhou Province, a cluster of European-style buildings complete with clock tower and multi-arched bridge emits a low, permanent hum — a clue to its unexpected identity as tech...
Taipei Times30 Aug 2026
The co-founders of Fitbit, nearly six years after agreeing to sell their company to Alphabet Inc’s Google, are launching a new type of wearable tracker: A screen-free device aimed at continuously...
Taipei Times30 Aug 2026
Shein Group Ltd spent years trying to distance itself from China, only to discover that the supply chain underpinning its success was the one thing it could not leave behind.
Taipei Times30 Aug 2026
A Coast Guard Administration (CGA) vessel monitors a China Coast Guard vessel near Kinmen yesterday morning.
Taipei Times30 Aug 2026
Taiwan Railway Corp (TRC) plans to gradually color-code platform signage, departure screens and information boards -- blue for northbound and green for southbound -- starting at the new Tainan...
Taipei Times30 Aug 2026
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has ordered the recall of 586,000 tablets of a heart medication because of impurities that could potentially affect its efficacy.
Taipei Times30 Aug 2026
The Hsinchu District Prosecutors’ Office on Friday closed its four-year criminal investigation into former Hsinchu mayor Lin Chih-chien’s (林智堅) municipal baseball stadium project, saying there was...
Taipei Times30 Aug 2026
A children’s event featuring climate education, sports, films and cultural activities is scheduled to be held at the Presidential Office Building and on Ketagalan Boulevard on Sept.
Taipei Times30 Aug 2026
“Blue carbon” produced by coastal ecosystems might “ride” ocean currents for more than 1,000km to fuel deep-ocean carbon sinks, National Sun Yat-sen University researchers said on Thursday.
Taipei Times30 Aug 2026
Squirrels, spiders and snakes are among the unexpected culprits disrupting Taiwan’s automated weather station network, Central Weather Administration (CWA) maintenance workers said at a seminar for...
Taipei Times30 Aug 2026
With school beginning this week and COVID-19 and influenza activity at high levels, doctors at the Taiwan Immunization Vision and Strategy said children are at higher risk of infection and should...
Taipei Times30 Aug 2026
Nearly 20 percent of reports to Taipei’s child protection system were deemed invalid, while as of the end of August last year, 303 cases involving alleged violations of the law had passed the legal...
Taipei Times30 Aug 2026
Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) lawmaker yesterday criticized the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) government over the nation’s declining population, calling it Taiwan’s top national security...
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