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Taipei Times27d ago
Japan is considering a new midterm defense spending target of 3.5 percent of GDP in line with NATO and other US allies, a move that could send a shock wave through financial markets concerned about...
Taipei Times27d ago
Taiwan plans to allow road authorities to use health data to identify drivers who might no longer be medically fit to hold a license, the government said yesterday.
Taipei Times27d ago
Between 50,000 and 100,000 Chinese spies are operating in Taiwan, far more than the National Security Bureau’s previous estimate of 5,000, German journalist and author Jurgen Kremb said on Monday.
Taipei Times27d ago
The privately funded Global UAV Academy (GUAVA) is to be registered as a juridical person next week and its offices are to be set up before the end of this year, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs...
Taipei Times28d ago
The artificial intelligence (AI)-linked rally that has seen world stock markets soar over the last two years is showing growing signs of vulnerability, global central bank umbrella body, the Bank...
Taipei Times28d ago
The average monthly regular wage in July was NT$49,491, a 3.32 percent increase from a year earlier and up 0.3 percent from the month before, the Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and...
Taipei Times28d ago
Prices of high-capacity NOR flash memory chips are projected to increase 90 to 110 percent in the second half of this year amid growing demand and slower capacity expansion, after jumping 100 to...
Taipei Times28d ago
Taiwanese auto parts and accessory makers signed US$147 million in business deals while participating in Automechanika Frankfurt held over the weekend, the Ministry of Economic Affairs said...
Taipei Times28d ago
Cathay Financial Holding Co (國泰金控) yesterday raised its forecast for Taiwan’s economic growth this year to 11.6 percent from 10.1 percent, citing stronger-than-expected artificial intelligence (AI)...
Taipei Times28d ago
Stocks related to artificial intelligence (AI) fell sharply yesterday after the CEOs of the US companies developing the most advanced AI models warned the pace of development must slow to prevent...
Taipei Times28d ago
Expatriates and supporters display the Republic of China flag and hold up a banner reading: “We are Team Taiwan” at Fenway Park in Boston on Saturday for its 912 Taiwan Fan Night organized by the...
Taipei Times28d ago
Officials from the Tainan District Prosecutors’ Office pose with the city’s duck mascots Tsai Chi Ya and Yeh Chi Ya yesterday at an event appointing the characters as anti-vote-buying ambassadors.
Taipei Times28d ago
Workers at Taiwanese snack maker Kuai Kuai Co. protested outside the Presidential Office on Monday, demanding compensation after the company sold the site of its factory in Taoyuan’s Zhongli...
Taipei Times28d ago
The head of a public health center in Tainan has been fined NT$100,000 for allegedly purchasing injectable GLP-1 drugs for weight loss and privately supplying them to people without a prescription.
Taipei Times28d ago
Taiwan should improve its English-language education by more closely aligning with English proficiency indicators and learning from systems used in Malaysia and the Philippines, the National...
Taipei Times28d ago
The Taipei Department of Health yesterday said it sent inspectors to a high school in the city to check its cafeteria, after two students reported gastrointestinal symptoms following their school...
Taipei Times28d ago
China Airlines yesterday completed its showcase flight for its fifth participation in the SkyTeam’s Aviation Challenge, operating a direct flight from Taipei to Amsterdam with sustainable aviation...
Taipei Times28d ago
The Forestry and Nature Conservation Agency yesterday released tracking records of released Formosan black bears for the first time, showing that they get much closer to human settlements than...
Taipei Times28d ago
The first group of foreign skilled workers recruited for Taiwan’s hospitality sector arrived yesterday from Indonesia, as part of a government program aimed at easing labor shortages in the hotel...
Taipei Times28d ago
The European Union’s top envoy to Taiwan on Monday called for greater bilateral cooperation to boost civil society preparedness for natural and man-made disasters, saying such efforts were crucial...
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