The victims include two Americans and one French national. Taiwan's government has promised compensation and said it would do everything it could to help survivors and their relatives, including ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan’s transport minister offers resignation after deadly train crash
Taiwan Transport Minister Lin Chia-Lung has offered his resignation ... (Only the headline and picture of this report may have been reworked by the Business Standard staff; the rest of the content is ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan train crash: truck driver expresses ‘deep remorse’ over disaster
Maintenance worker issues tearful apology as investigations continue into what caused vehicle to slide down embankment A maintenance worker whose runaway truck sparked Taiwan’s worst rail disaster in ... ( read original story ...)
The poorest countries are at India’s mercy for vaccines
As the UK’s COVID-19 vaccination program was “knocked off course” due to a delay in receiving 5 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine from India, a far more chilling reality was unfolding: About ... ( read original story ...)
Technology could make fighting COVID less restrictive but privacy will take a hit
Academics say the western view of individual privacy being supreme has forced the use of lockdowns as a blunt instrument when there might be another way involving the smart use of technology. ( read original story ...)
Data from 500m Facebook users posted online
Some of the data appeared to be current, said a Business Insider report that Agence France-Presse ... Final decision will be at the discretion of the Taipei Times. ( read original story ...)
Taiwan message: New Delhi-Taipei cooperation is both mutually beneficial and a pointed signal to China
And Taiwan knows China best, which is why cooperation with Taipei makes strategic sense for New Delhi. Plus, with the troop disengagement process in eastern Ladakh stalled, Beijing clearly doesn ... ( read original story ...)
Fund collapse highlights instability
The churn in the market is sparking talk of more financial regulation. In the wake of GameStop ... Final decision will be at the discretion of the Taipei Times. ( read original story ...)
Site manager, transport minister accept responsibility for Taiwan train crash
HUALIEN, Taiwan (Reuters) -The manager of a construction site whose truck slid onto rail tracks causing a catastrophic train crash in Taiwan accepted responsibility for the disaster on Sunday ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan train crash: Lorry boss offers ‘deep remorse’
A construction site manager whose lorry slid on to a railway track and led to Taiwan's worst train disaster in decades has expressed "deep regret". Lee Yi-hsiang, 49, said he was "deeply remorseful" ... ( read original story ...)
Lorry boss apologises over Taiwan train crash
A construction site manager whose lorry slid on to a railway track and led to Taiwan's worst train disaster in decades has expressed "deep regret". Lee Yi-hsiang, 49, said he was "deeply remorseful" ... ( read original story ...)
Warnings about an imminent Chinese invasion of Taiwan are overblown
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Taiwan Transport Minister Accepts Responsibility For Train Crash That Killed At Least 51
Taiwan’s Gaogong Bureau and the State Highway Administration ... he would not be shrinking responsibilities and was in charge to tackle the human lives and property damages caused by the accident. He ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan Crash Investigators Focus on How Truck Fell in Train’s Path
By Amy Qin, Amy Chang Chien and Joy Dong HUALIEN, Taiwan — Two days after Taiwan’s deadliest rail disaster in decades, investigators were working on Sunday to determine why a truck had slipped ... ( read original story ...)
Truck owner behind deadly Taiwan railway crash apologizes
The owner of a construction truck that caused Taiwan's worst rail accident in decades, killing 48 people, apologized in tears while being led away from his home by police ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s PM aims to calm China-Taiwan tension on US visit
TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Sunday said Taiwan’s peace and stability is key to the region and that Japan will cooperate with the United States to calm rising tensions ... ( read original story ...)