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Taipei Times28 Aug 2026
The Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) yesterday agreed to delay voting on an amendment that would allow multiple referendum questions on a single ballot, following criticism that it would make...
Taipei Times28 Aug 2026
A “health coin” policy to be implemented in October aims to use technology to promote public health and cancer screening, serving as a new model to incentivize digital health management, President...
Taipei Times28 Aug 2026
Meta Platforms Inc’s move to restrict teenagers’ use of social media in the US shows that companies have tools to better protect young people online, Australian officials said yesterday, as the EU...
Taipei Times28 Aug 2026
China deployed a record number of coast guard, scientific research and other ships near Taiwan’s waters last month, the Coast Guard Administration (CGA) said, as Beijing dials up pressure on...
Taipei Times28 Aug 2026
Taiwan is bracing for heavy rain in the south and rough seas around outlying Lienchiang County (Matsu), as Typhoon Saudel passes north toward eastern China, with forecasters yesterday warning of...
Taipei Times28 Aug 2026
Taiwan has prepared its national search-and-rescue team to travel to Nepal, officials said yesterday, a day after a catastrophic and deadly torrent of water and mud several stories high swept...
Taipei Times28 Aug 2026
The legislature yesterday rejected the Executive Yuan’s NT$210 billion (US$6.62 billion) special budget proposal to buy military drones and instead passed its own plan, which earmarks NT$40 billion...
Taipei Times27 Aug 2026
A man stands inside a fenced-in smoking area, which was part of Taipei Mayor Chiang Wan-an’s push for a smoke-free city, in Gongguan area earlier this week.
Taipei Times27 Aug 2026
Democratic Progressive Party Legislator and Taipei mayoral candidate Puma Shen explains his vision of increasing Taipei’s ratio of green coverage to reduce temperatures in the city at a news...
Taipei Times27 Aug 2026
Ministry of Culture official Teng Mei-jung, front center, National Taiwan Museum of Comics Preparatory Office head Chen Ching-kuan, front third right, and exhibition curator Jean Chen, front third...
Taipei Times27 Aug 2026
The National Taiwan Museum of Comics (NTMC) in Taichung is today launching an exhibition titled “Taiwanese Lives of Ghosts in Comics,” which showcases Taiwan’s folk culture through nine...
Taipei Times27 Aug 2026
Chip packaging service provider Powertech Technology Inc (力成科技) yesterday said that its advanced fan-out panel-level packaging (FOPLP) production line has secured a 100 percent utilization rate...
Taipei Times27 Aug 2026
A rare urban colony of Formosan flying foxes has been found in Hualien City, where century- old trees and abundant food sources planted under colonial- era urban planning have inadvertently created...
Taipei Times27 Aug 2026
National Taipei University of Technology (Taipei Tech) signed an agreement with Dresden University of Technology (TU Dresden) on Wednesday to join a Taiwan-Germany semiconductor talent development...
Taipei Times27 Aug 2026
National Taiwan Normal University (NTNU) yesterday highlighted its contributions to bat research ahead of International Bat Night this weekend.
Taipei Times27 Aug 2026
Heavy rain in the past week have caused widespread agricultural damage across Taiwan, with losses totaling about NT$108 million (US$3.39 million) as of 11am yesterday, the Ministry of Agriculture...
Taipei Times27 Aug 2026
Children and adolescents spend almost as much time on their devices as full-time workers spend at work, the latest Child Welfare League Foundation survey found, prompting the foundation to urge...
Taipei Times27 Aug 2026
The Ministry of Transportation and Communications yesterday opened southern Taiwan’s first interactive traffic safety education park in Kaohsiung, a NT$10 million (US$314,288) facility featuring...
Taipei Times27 Aug 2026
Kaohsiung International Airport’s new international terminal is scheduled to be completed by 2040, which would expand its service capacity from 10 million to 16.5 million passengers per year.
Taipei Times27 Aug 2026
The Kinmen County Government has since Tuesday suspended shipments of pork and processed pork products to Taiwan proper and other outlying islands after African swine fever (ASF) was detected in a...
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