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Deputy Minister of Sports Huang Chi-huang, third left, and Taoyuan Mayor Simon Chang, fourth right, gesture along with event guests at a news conference in Taoyuan yesterday promoting this year’s...
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top 32%Taiwan News Quick Take - Taipei Times
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DIPLOMACY US senator visits: AIT US Senator Michael Bennet of Colorado is visiting Taiwan, where he would meet with senior Taiwanese officials to discuss issues related to Taiwan-US relations, the...
Lai lauds Taiwan athletes after lackluster Asian Games performance - Taipei Times
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President William Lai (賴清德) yesterday praised Taiwan’s athletes for their performances at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, saying their effort was a source of national pride regardless of the amount...
New THSRC trains may pave way for family cars, senior citizen cards - Taipei Times
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Taiwan High Speed Rail Corp’s (THSRC) new trains could pave the way for a pilot program involving family cars and expanded use of senior citizen cards, Minister of Transportation and Communications...
Taichung upgrades smart parking with QR codes - Taipei Times
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Taichung is upgrading its smart parking system, installing high-visibility QR codes at parking spots so people can pay online, keeping transactions simple and reducing paper waste.
Nobel winner Deisseroth to visit in March next year - Taipei Times
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Karl Deisseroth, the Stanford University professor who on Monday won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, is scheduled to speak at Academia Sinica in March next year, the Science Media Center...
Airport expects 738,000 over holiday period - Taipei Times
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About 738,000 passengers are expected to pass through Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport during the five-day Double Ten National Day holiday travel period from tomorrow to Monday next week, with...
Petsitters barred from administering shots, office warns - Taipei Times
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The law does not permit petsitters to give medical injections to animals under their care, the New Taipei City Animal Protection and Health Inspection Office said yesterday.
CDC announces the first local typhoid case of 2026 - Taipei Times
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The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) yesterday announced this year’s first locally acquired case of typhoid fever, adding that although cases of flu-like illnesses, including COVID-19, declined...
Shen, Chiang open to debate over drug policy in Taipei mayoral race - Taipei Times
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Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Taipei mayoral candidate Puma Shen (沈伯洋) proposed a debate on drug policy yesterday, while Taipei Mayor Chiang Wan- an (蔣萬安) of the Chinese Nationalist Party...
77-year-old former air force officer charged with spying - Taipei Times
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The Taoyuan District Prosecutors’ Office yesterday indicted a 77-year-old retired air force captain for allegedly spying for China and collecting personal information about Taiwanese intelligence...
Turnover, retention rates among public servants worsening - Taipei Times
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For the past four years, more than 55 percent of civil servants quit after working less than five years, with the turnover rate reaching a new high last year, a report by the Legislative Yuan’s...
MOFA urges people not to go to high-risk areas in Myanmar - Taipei Times
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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs yesterday urged people to make every effort to dissuade their family or friends if they are planning to travel to Myanmar’s cyberfraud compounds, as there are almost...
US vows to protect from repression - Taipei Times
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The US yesterday vowed to protect people on its soil from “the overreach of foreign governments” after a woman was arrested on Sunday by the FBI for allegedly surveilling President William Lai’s...
Arizona welcomes representative office - Taipei Times
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Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs joined Taiwanese leaders at the opening of an economic and cultural office on Monday to aid Taiwanese businesses and citizens in the region, despite pressure from the...
Belgian-American physicist wins Nobel for work on ‘ghostly messengers’ - Taipei Times
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Belgian-American physicist Francis Halzen yesterday won the Nobel physics prize for groundbreaking work using South Pole ice to capture particles originating in the distant cosmos, providing...
Attack aircraft, military vehicles visible at China-Laos base - Taipei Times
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Light attack aircraft and military vehicles have arrived at a new China-Laos joint training facility announced on Tuesday last week, according to satellite images reviewed by Reuters.
Tsai receives warm welcome in San Francisco - Taipei Times
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Former president Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) on Monday arrived in San Francisco, receiving a warm welcome from hundreds of overseas Taiwanese as she launched a week-long visit.
Hong Kong man charged over attack on Yaita - Taipei Times
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Prosecutors yesterday said they had indicted a Hong Kong gang member over the assault of Taiwan-based political commentator Akio Yaita, who was punched in the face in a Taichung hotel lobby in...
Ten indicted for smuggling chips, fraud - Taipei Times
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The New Taipei District Prosecutors’ Office has indicted 10 people for allegedly using forged documents and bogus ties to National Chungshan Institute of Science and Technology (NCSIST) to procure...