11+ hour, 35+ min ago   (189+ words) Vice President Hsiao Bi-khim (蕭美琴) today returned to Taiwan after attending the Second Ventotene European Conference for Freedom and Democracy in Italy. Upon her arrival at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport, Hsiao delivered remarks via livestream about her visit to the…...

23+ hour, 35+ min ago   (529+ words) With domestic inflation topping the 2 percent alert level for a fourth consecutive month last month and several major central banks around the world raising their key interest rates, Taiwan’s central bank is facing growing pressure to raise rates at its…...

23+ hour, 35+ min ago   (456+ words) Recent Chinese diplomatic and military moves are aimed at creating pressure ahead of a planned meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平) and US President Donald Trump, National Security Council adviser Huang Chung-yen (黃重諺) said. Trump when visiting China in…...

23+ hour, 35+ min ago   (347+ words) More than 100 Taiwanese-Americans, Taiwanese lawmakers and members of civic groups on Saturday marched through New York City to call for Taiwan’s participation in the UN, with Marshall Island Permanent Representative to the UN John Silk joining the event to show…...

23+ hour, 35+ min ago   (512+ words) The US Federal Reserve goes into a key rate-setting meeting this week with markets expecting policymakers to pull the trigger on a rate hike to tackle persistently high inflation — and analysts said central bank chief Kevin Warsh’s credibility is on…...

23+ hour, 35+ min ago   (503+ words) US President Donald Trump on Saturday said that he would “love to see” a united Ireland, wading into a politically sensitive subject as he embarked on a two-day Irish visit that blurs the lines between his presidency and personal business interests....

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (499+ words) US President Donald Trump on Wednesday pledged to send every US adult US$5,000 if Republicans retain control of the US House of Representatives and Senate in the midterm elections, an extraordinary gambit to reverse his party’s sagging fortunes in November....

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (420+ words) The army’s first voluntary live-fire shooting program for reservists, with newly relaxed eligibility rules, took place in Taichung on Monday, allowing those who were discharged more than a decade ago to refresh their combat skills with T91 assault rifles. The Taichung…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago   (356+ words) President William Lai (賴清德) yesterday thanked Palau for its continued support for Taiwan’s international participation amid changing geopolitical circumstances as he received the credentials of the Pacific ally’s new ambassador to Taiwan at a ceremony in Taipei. Palau is one…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago   (819+ words) Taiwan and the United States need to prepare for a crisis triggered by China’s intensifying gray-zone pressure rather than focus only on deterring a full-scale conflict, a Stanford University scholar said yesterday at a symposium in Taipei. “Taiwan’s fate is…...