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Initial results from the Honduras presidential election showed that Xiomara Castro, the presidential candidate of the opposition is leading by 20 percentage points over the conservative ruling party ... ( read original story ...)

A new survey by the leading virtual private network provider NordVPN revealed that the Taiwanese spend 33 years, 9 months, and 16 days of their lifetime online. Compared to the average life expectancy ... ( read original story ...)

That was pretty much the response of both national governments and financial markets on Friday as fears over the new Omicron Covid-19 variant swept the world. Travel restrictions from Southern Africa ... ( read original story ...)

The disruption of the last two years has spawned some clear trends that are already having profound effects. ( read original story ...)

Imagine if poor people were polled on why they drove beat up old cars. Imagine if that poll had several answers, which were “might want a better car if possible,” “want a better car as soon as ... ( read original story ...)

Taiwan's air force scrambled again on Sunday to warn away 27 Chinese aircraft that entered its air defence zone, Taiwan's defence ministry said, the latest increase in tensions across the Taiwan ... ( read original story ...)

Taiwan's air force scrambled again on Sunday to warn away 27 Chinese aircraft that entered its air defence zone, Taiwan's defence ministry said, the latest increase in tensions across the sensitive ... ( read original story ...)

With blockchain and cryptocurrency industry rising up, "metaverse" and "NFT" related development projects are developing rapidly recently. Imperium Technology Group Limited, the leader of Asian gaming ... ( read original story ...)

This week begins with Chinese President Xi Jinping's online speech to the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation, as tensions grow over Beijing's investments on the continent. Meanwhile, U.S. Secretary of ... ( read original story ...)

The Falls,” Taiwan’s Oscar contender and a timely drama about the trauma of home quarantine, emerged as the unsurprising winner at the Golden Horse Film Awards in Taipei on Saturday. And, in a bold ... ( read original story ...)

Yahoo Finance Editor-in-Chief Andy Serwer explains the geopolitical complexities surrounding the island of Taiwan. ( read original story ...)

Taiwan’s annual Golden Horse Awards kicked off Saturday with a Hong Kong drama receiving the most nominations for the Asian equivalent of the Academy Awards. The Golden ... ( read original story ...)

Beijing's crackdown on Hong Kong has played an important role in how Taiwanese view China, with opinion polls suggesting more people now support the self-ruled island becoming formally independent ... ( read original story ...)

Sign up for the New Economy Daily newsletter, follow us @economics and subscribe to our podcast. Taiwan raised its growth forecast for this year and next as ravenous global demand for semiconductors ... ( read original story ...)

Five U.S. lawmakers met with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen on Friday in a surprise one-day visit intended to reaffirm America’s “rock-solid” support for the self-governing island that is claimed by ... ( read original story ...)

COVID-19 has led to a surge of new startups around the world. From the United States and the UK to Japan and Taiwan, the number of startups has notably increased following the pandemic, as economic ... ( read original story ...)