Taipei Times

Taipei Times·20d ago

About 30 percent of people seeking medical attention for hair loss have a zinc deficiency, a dermatologist said on Monday.

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Taipei Times·20d ago

Two chimpanzees escaped from their enclosure on Thursday because staff did not properly secure two doors, Taipei Zoo said yesterday.

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Taipei Times·20d ago

With the Mid-Autumn Festival falling on Friday next week, the Health Promotion Administration (HPA) cautioned that festive gatherings featuring mooncakes, barbecues, drinks and snacks can easily...

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Taipei Times·20d ago

The grassroots-organized Tainan Zhamei Arts Festival began yesterday and is to run through Tuesday, featuring five days of traditional Taiwanese opera performances, banquets and cultural...

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Taipei Times·20d ago

Up to 224 hectares of a farmland damaged by last year’s Mataian River (馬太鞍溪) barrier lake overflow in Hualien County has been restored and planted with dryland crops, with a specialty product made...

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Taipei Times·20d ago

Environmental advocates yesterday protested the selection of the site for the Shalun Science Park project, urging the environmental impact assessment committee to prioritize eastern grass-owl...

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Taipei Times·20d ago

As the domestic influenza epidemic enters its peak season and continues to escalate, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) yesterday announced that publicly funded influenza antiviral drugs for...

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Taipei Times·20d ago

President William Lai (賴清德) yesterday inspected a large-scale earthquake disaster response drill in eastern Taiwan that involved more than 150 international search-and-rescue and medical personnel.

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Taipei Times·20d ago

Taiwan welcomed disaster management officials and experts from around the world yesterday ahead of the launch of a new international alliance aimed at strengthening disaster preparedness and...

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Taipei Times·20d ago

The New Taipei District Prosecutors’ Office yesterday indicted New Taipei City council candidate Chang Chao-long (張昭隆) on suspicion of violating election laws by distributing red envelopes and...

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Taipei Times·20d ago

Changhua County Council Speaker Hsieh Dien-lin (謝典霖) of the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) and his father, Hsieh Hsin-lung (謝新隆), were ordered detained and held incommunicado by a court late on...

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Taipei Times·20d ago

Minister of Sports Lee Yang (李洋) attended an Asian Games flag-raising ceremony in Japan yesterday after an hour-long delay amid a dispute over an alleged attempt to bar him from the event.

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Taipei Times·20d ago

The Taipei District Prosecutors’ Office yesterday indicted a former official of the National Institute of Cyber Security’s research and acquisition center for allegedly hacking into a classified...

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Taipei Times·20d ago

The Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) is spearheading Taiwan’s drive to enhance technological collaboration with the US, Japan and Europe in critical fields, institute president Chang...

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Taipei Times·20d ago

South Korean President Lee Jae-myung ruled out sending troops to the Strait of Hormuz to join the US war against Iran, despite pressure from US President Donald Trump, as Lee fights to reverse...

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Taipei Times·20d ago

Russians yesterday began voting in a tightly controlled three-day election that is set to tighten Russian President Vladimir Putin’s 26-year grip on power, in the country’s fifth year of war with...

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Taipei Times·20d ago

The Ministry of Economic Affairs yesterday said it would delay setting new electricity rates until its meeting in December, in a bid to help curb increases in consumer prices.

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Taipei Times·20d ago

The US remains committed to maintaining deterrence along the First Island Chain, Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) Deputy Minister Shen Yu-chung (沈有忠) said yesterday.

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Taipei Times·20d ago

President William Lai (賴清德) yesterday inspected joint precision missile live-fire drills at the Jioupeng Base (九鵬基地) in Pingtung County, where multiple types of attack drones took part in joint...

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Taipei Times·21d ago

China’s military activities in the Taiwan Strait and South China Sea are becoming increasingly aggressive and provocative.

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