taipeitimes.comadded August 2026
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US, Ukrainian and European officials met in Miami on Friday in a diplomatic push to end Russia’s war in Ukraine as officials yesterday reported that strikes had claimed 11 lives in the nation.
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Drug harm reduction programs do not encourage drug use or ask social workers to give out drugs, Minister of Health and Welfare Shih Chung-liang (石崇良) said yesterday amid accusations that Legislator...
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Taiwan is to receive 500 Stinger missiles and 178 launchers from the US by the end of the year, the first batch under a planned two-stage acquisition totaling 2,621 missiles and 763 launchers, a...
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President William Lai (賴清德) yesterday urged Taiwan to become a “city upon a hill” amid authoritarian expansion and global upheaval, adding that Taiwan cherishes peace, but will not give up its...
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The recent controversy surrounding a police raid on a gay bar on Saturday last week in Taipei’s Ximending (西門町) area flies directly in the face of the city government’s long-standing efforts to...
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On Oct. 10, 1911, gunfire in Wuchang (武昌) shattered the stillness of late-Qing China. What began as a regional uprising quickly ignited a chain reaction across the empire, toppling a dynastic order...
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A police raid on a gay bar in Taipei’s Ximending (西門町) area one week ago prompted a protest by civil groups and members of the LGBTQ community, who characterized the raid as excessively forceful...
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People visit a booth at the 78th Frankfurt Book Fair, the world’s biggest trade fair for books, in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, yesterday. The fair ends tomorrow.
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Firmus Grid Ltd abandoned its attempt at one of Australia’s biggest-ever initial public offerings, after the Nvidia Corp-backed data center company failed to lure global investors who have grown...
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OpenAI is expecting to reach or exceed US$70 billion in annualized revenue by the end of the year, according to people familiar with the matter, driven largely by growth in its enterprise business.
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US President Donald Trump’s administration accused Microsoft Corp, Adobe Inc and a half-dozen other companies of abusing a US worker visa program and suspended them indefinitely from a longstanding...
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GlobalFoundries Inc shares gained as much as 7 percent after the chip manufacturer announced a five-year, US$2 billion deal to provide US production capacity to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing...
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Meta Platforms Inc banned advertisements in the US from ByteDance Ltd (字節跳動), the former controlling owner of TikTok, intensifying the competition with the popular social video site.
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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) yesterday condemned a senior diplomat facing corruption charges who has not returned since going on a trip to Japan, and said it is preparing to fire him.
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The Coast Guard Administration (CGA) has increased its fleet by 21.3 percent since 2022, but is struggling to recruit personnel to crew the vessels, the Legislative Yuan’s Budget Center said...
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CBS News on Thursday reported that Miao Fatai (苗發泰), a Chinese-born construction entrepreneur in California, might be the unidentified companion who allegedly helped Wanying “Heather” Zhang (張婉瑩)...
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The Supreme Administrative Court on Thursday upheld a 2018 ruling by the Ill-gotten Party Assets Settlement Committee designating the China Youth Corps (CYC) as an “affiliated organization” of the...
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Largely banned from display internationally due to Beijing’s objections, a giant Taiwanese flag suspended under a US-made Chinook helicopter and flown over Taipei is one of the most eye-catching...
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Taiwan’s overseas representative offices marked Double Ten National Day with receptions in India, Turkey, the Netherlands, the Philippines and the US, underscoring efforts to bolster diplomatic...
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The National Environmental Research Academy won this year’s Human Resource Development Excellence Award from Manila-based ARTDO International, the academy said yesterday.
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