Exchange reserves climb - Taipei Times
Taipei Times7 Sept 2026
Taiwan’s foreign exchange reserves rose to again exceed US$600 billion last month, ending two months of declines, the central bank said on Friday.
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top 41%Dog-tired - Taipei Times
Taipei Times7 Sept 2026
Seven retired rescue dogs and their adoptive families pose for a group photograph during the “Retired Search-and-Rescue Dogs Homecoming” event hosted by the Taichung City Fire Department in the...
Paw patrol - Taipei Times
Taipei Times7 Sept 2026
People take photos with a giant 6-meter-tall figure from the popular animated series “PAW Patrol” during a fun run in Taichung yesterday.
Game ready - Taipei Times
Taipei Times7 Sept 2026
Coaches and players representing eight teams competing in the Asian U18 Baseball Championship pose for a photograph at a pre-tournament news conference in Taipei yesterday. The games begin today.
Pharmacist accused of spiking employee’s water detained - Taipei Times
Taipei Times7 Sept 2026
A New Taipei City pharmacist accused of spiking his university student employee’s water with a benzodiazepine-class drug was detained on suspicion of attempted sexual assault yesterday.
Overwork, stress can damage vision, doctor warns - Taipei Times
Taipei Times7 Sept 2026
Overwork and prolonged stress could damage vision, a doctor warned, after a 45-year-old woman who worked overtime late into the night for several nights experienced a sudden deterioration of the...
Fraud victim helps police ambush scam suspect - Taipei Times
Taipei Times7 Sept 2026
A woman used scam-prevention tactics she learned from a report on identifying fraud to save herself from losing NT$1.5 million (US$47,423) and help police arrest an alleged money mule, the New...
Food truck, chefs take specialities on nationwide trip - Taipei Times
Taipei Times7 Sept 2026
The Ministry of Agriculture yesterday launched the “Taiwan Rich Flavors” food truck, which is to travel the nation providing free samples to promote Taiwan-produced ingredients.
Doctor warns against lancing boils at home - Taipei Times
Taipei Times7 Sept 2026
A doctor last week warned against treating boils at home, after an octogenarian woman attempted to lance a boil on her buttocks with a sewing needle, but ended up developing a bacterial infection...
Literature awards under threat from AI, writer says - Taipei Times
Taipei Times7 Sept 2026
Artificial intelligence (AI) is dealing a heavy blow to literature and literary judging, Taiwanese writer Chu Yu-hsun (朱宥勳) said on Saturday, adding that nearly 40 percent of the novel submissions...
EVA Air to raise excess baggage fees on Sept. 29 - Taipei Times
Taipei Times7 Sept 2026
EVA Airways Corp is to raise excess baggage fees and revise other international baggage charges beginning on Sept.
Drone operators fined NT$16 million - Taipei Times
Taipei Times7 Sept 2026
Authorities fined drone operators a total of NT$16 million (US$505,849) in 72 cases last year and the first half of this year, with more than 80 percent of the contraventions occurring at airports...
KMT and TPP halt election cooperation amid Jhubei spat - Taipei Times
Taipei Times7 Sept 2026
The Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) yesterday said it would halt all electoral cooperation with the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) in Hsinchu County, after the allied opposition parties refused to...
Army’s second nationwide brigade-level exercise to run for 10 days - Taipei Times
Taipei Times7 Sept 2026
The second edition of the Army’s nationwide brigade-level force-on-force exercise next month will take place over 10 days instead of seven, a military source said yesterday.
Gwangju biennale opens after naming controversy - Taipei Times
Taipei Times7 Sept 2026
Taiwanese artists and curators on Saturday welcomed the opening of the Gwangju Biennale’s Pavilion Project’s “Taiwan Pavilion,” following a naming controversy that led to China’s withdrawal from...
Taiwanese in Canada push for UN inclusion - Taipei Times
Taipei Times7 Sept 2026
Members of the Taiwanese community in Vancouver have joined this year’s “UN for Taiwan” campaign with a car formation visible from the air to demonstrate their support ahead of the 81st session of...
Chinese grooms near a 19-year high in Taiwan - Taipei Times
Taipei Times7 Sept 2026
The number of Chinese men — excluding those from Hong Kong and Macau — applying to come to Taiwan through marriage since 2023 has reached a nearly 19-year high of 1,508, government data show.
US envoys hold talks with Zelenskiy on first Kyiv visit - Taipei Times
Taipei Times7 Sept 2026
US envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff held talks yesterday with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on ending the war with Russia, making their first visit to Kyiv a day after meeting with...
Indonesia cancels flights at airports as volcano erupts - Taipei Times
Taipei Times7 Sept 2026
Indonesia’s Anak Krakatau volcano erupted early yesterday, prompting the cancelation of all flights at Jakarta’s Soekarno-Hatta International Airport and disrupting other domestic airports as...
Single-person households rise to 40.5% nationwide - Taipei Times
Taipei Times7 Sept 2026
The number of single-person households nationwide reached about 3,993,100 last year, accounting for 40.5 percent of all registered households, Ministry of the Interior data showed.