15+ hour, 26+ min ago   (323+ words) Russian strikes on Saturday killed at least seven people and wounded almost 60 across Ukraine, Kyiv said, as Moscow steps up attacks ahead of another winter of war. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy called for an adequate response from allies as Russia…...

15+ hour, 26+ min ago   (526+ words) From left, Better Together for NextGen Taiwan chairman Chang Yu-meng, National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology law professor Lo Cheng-chung, Koo Kwang-ming Foundation executive director Michelle Wang, National Chengchi University associate professor of law Lin Chia-ho and Taipei Natio…...

15+ hour, 26+ 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…...

15+ hour, 26+ min ago   (278+ words) Houthi fighters yesterday said they used drones and missiles to attack a military base in southern Saudi Arabia as renewed fighting with the Yemeni government forces forced growing numbers of civilians to flee. The attack at the southern Sharurah base…...

15+ hour, 26+ 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…...

3+ day, 15+ 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, 15+ hour ago   (592+ words) As the light turns red at a busy intersection in the Kenyan capital, a young man costumed in leopard print emerges into the street to perform somersaults. He is joined by five others, dressed similarly, as they execute a combination…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (427+ words) Cabinet spokesperson Michelle Lee (李慧芝) said after a Cabinet meeting that the government plans to invest NT $300 billion (US$9.51 billion) through 2033 in areas including next-generation chip design and advanced semiconductor processes. “Taiwan has a world-leading semiconductor ecosystem, but we still…...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (269+ words) New Taipei City Councilor Yang Chun-mei (楊春妹) was released on NT$500,000 (US $15,700) bail and barred from leaving Taiwan after prosecutors said she is suspected of distributing laundry detergent to voters as part of a vote-buying scheme, the New Taipei District…...

4+ day, 15+ 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…...