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Taipei Times25 Aug 2026
Taiwan’s unemployment rate rose to 3.39 percent last month from 3.34 percent in June, as new graduates and students entered the labor market, although the increase was largely seasonal, the...
Taipei Times25 Aug 2026
Taiwan Power Co (Taipower, 台電) plans to supply electricity to artificial intelligence (AI) data centers through direct lines, as rising AI demand puts pressure on the grid, Taipower chairman Tseng...
Taipei Times25 Aug 2026
Taiwan’s top industrial trade group, the Chinese National Federation of Industries (CNFI, 全國工業總會), urged the government yesterday to diversify the nation’s energy mix, step up support for...
Taipei Times25 Aug 2026
National Palace Museum (NPM) deputy director Huang Yung-tai, front, third left, attends the museum’s cobranded product launch at the southern branch in Chiayi County yesterday.
Taipei Times25 Aug 2026
Deputy Legislative Speaker Johnny Chiang, front row, fourth right, poses for a photograph along with cross-party delegates from Taiwan and members of the Japan-ROC Diet Members’ Consultative...
Taipei Times25 Aug 2026
SOCIETY Japan temple case unclear After remaining silent for a day, entertainer Tsai Yi-chen’s (蔡宜臻) manager yesterday stopped short of saying whether she was being investigated in Japan, but said...
Taipei Times25 Aug 2026
Several airlines yesterday announced widespread changes to their services today as Typhoon Saudel approached Taiwan from the Pacific.
Taipei Times25 Aug 2026
The government’s mental health support program for young people and middle-aged adults has resulted in about 28 percent of the beneficiaries receiving further mental health services, the Ministry...
Taipei Times25 Aug 2026
A public survey on food safety related to the Central Union Oil Corp (CUOC) soybean oil scandal released yesterday showed that 61 percent of the respondents have no confidence in the government’s...
Taipei Times25 Aug 2026
The Taiwan Space Agency (TASA) yesterday announced that two research rockets, SST3 and FARCX-1, completed test flights despite heavy rain at the short-term research rocket launch site in Pingtung...
Taipei Times25 Aug 2026
Although the government has budgeted more than NT$40 billion (US$1.26 billion) to improve pedestrian safety and walking infrastructure, pedestrian fatalities remain high and sidewalks are still...
Taipei Times25 Aug 2026
Taiwan’s AT-3 trainer aircraft has completed its final flight-training missions and been replaced by the Brave Eagle advanced jet trainer (AJT), a source familiar with the matter said yesterday.
Taipei Times25 Aug 2026
Taiwanese visiting China could be detained for being involved in sensitive technology or working for a “hostile company” under Beijing’s new border controls, a national security source said...
Taipei Times25 Aug 2026
Sister-city arrangements, memoranda of understanding and regular exchange mechanisms could become important channels for Taiwan, even as its formal diplomatic space in the region remains...
Taipei Times25 Aug 2026
Two Chinese maritime actions near Taiwan this month demonstrate Beijing’s efforts to expand its reach and challenge the international order, a national security source said yesterday.
Taipei Times25 Aug 2026
Taipei prosecutors yesterday searched the offices of Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Legislator Chen Hsueh-sheng (陳雪生) over allegations he lobbied on behalf of a company that funded one of his...
Taipei Times25 Aug 2026
A US government plan to lease out millions of hectares of seabed near the Mariana Trench for deep sea exploration has drawn opposition from US territories in the Pacific, as US President Donald...
Taipei Times25 Aug 2026
European leaders yesterday joined Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in Kyiv for celebrations marking the 35th anniversary of Ukraine’s Independence Day as Russia pressed on with its...
Taipei Times25 Aug 2026
Heavy rain brought by a low-pressure system and strong southwesterly winds triggered widespread flooding, landslides and damage across central, southern and eastern Taiwan yesterday, disrupting...
Taipei Times25 Aug 2026
Taiwan’s average life expectancy climbed to 81.27 last year from 80.77 a year earlier, with Taipei recording the longest average at 83.98, the Ministry of the Interior said yesterday.
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