Tag: The Taipei Times

TAKING STOCK: It was not yet clear how damaging the espionage, dating to 1981, has been, as authorities are still assessing the situation, the State Department said A former US ambassador to…

AP, JACKSONVILLE, Florida Jake Browning insists his first career start was the real surprise. Everyone else would disagree. Browning threw for 354 yards and a touchdown in his second start — much…

Tech leaders have been vocal proponents of the need to regulate artificial intelligence, but they’re also lobbying hard to make sure the new rules work in their favor. That’s not to say…

A kangaroo that escaped its handlers during transport to a new home was captured on Monday east of Toronto after a weekend in the wild, but not before delivering a punch in…

In 2013, Taipei and Wellington signed the Agreement Between New Zealand and the Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu on Economic Cooperation (ANZTEC). It was the first comprehensive trade…

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By Lin Ji-shing 林基興 New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has announced that his government would soon ban the use of phones in all schools so that students can concentrate on their…

LONG PROCEDURE: While the NHIA says its average review time for cancer drugs was about 13.7 months, an expert said her calculations showed it took 26.1 months By Lee I-chia / Staff…

SAFEGUARDS: Protecting surrogate mothers’ health and rights, while preventing them from being taken advantage of, are top concerns, the health minister said By Lee I-chia / Staff reporter Minister of Health and…

Wang Fan-sen (王汎森), a distinguished research fellow at Academia Sinica, has received this year’s Humboldt Research Award by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation in Germany, Academia Sinica said yesterday. Wang, an academician…

Crowd control at the Taipei Dome’s first official event on Sunday went smoothly, with the surrounding streets cleared of 16,647 spectators 30 minutes after Taiwan won its Asian Baseball Championship opener against…

Italy’s Federica Brignone on Sunday made it two from two by winning the second women’s FIS World Cup giant slalom of the weekend in the Canadian resort of Mont Tremblant. Brignone sat…

NIGHT OF FIRSTS: In the first official game at the Tapei Dome on Sunday, not only did Taiwan notch a win over South Korea, they also recorded the stadium’s first hit and…

In the aftermath of China’s draconian COVID restrictions, younger citizens, exhausted by grueling and unrewarding jobs, are taking flight to escape abroad By Sarah Lai / AFP, CHIANG MAI, Thailand Hitting tennis…

JUMPING BAIL: The democracy advocate said made the decision after ‘considering the situation in Hong Kong, my personal safety, my physical and mental health’ Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Agnes Chow (周庭), who…

Henry Kissinger, giant of US foreign policy, died on Wednesday last week. He managed to round out a full century, during which he played an outsized role in shaping the geopolitics of…

By Ke Yu-hao and Jason Pan / Staff reporters The Executive Yuan yesterday approved a budget of NT$80 billion (US$2.55 billion) to relocate residents of Kaohsiung’s Dalinpu Village (大林蒲) who have long…

By Chao Hsuey-wen 趙萃文 The High Prosecutors’ Office on Monday charged seven active-duty military personnel with spying for the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Some had allegedly pledged loyalty to Beijing in…

The Kaohsiung Aquas’ T1 League home opener against the New Taipei CTBC DEA on Saturday was a tough slog, but thanks to a three-pointer by Chiu Tzu-hsuan they clinched the game 94-93,…

China coercion: The general made the comment appearing on US television, adding that the US has a technological edge over China Staff writer, with Bloomberg The US has to pay attention to…