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Taiwan's health minister said on Friday he had spoken to his U.S. counterpart to ask for help in obtaining COVID-19 vaccines, who had responded that he would take the matter to President Joe Biden, ... ( read original story ...)

When Amanda asked a colleague to bring her laptop home from their tech-company office, anticipating that Taipei was about to join the ranks of global cities suddenly working remotely, managers refused ... ( read original story ...)

TAIPEI, May 20, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- In the face of the global ... Therefore, Asia Cement Corporation announced on May the 12th that it has completed a full shore power project for cement vessels. In ... ( read original story ...)

At least 516 of the 900 people who tested positive for the coronavirus in Wanhua district had links to one or more of its 176 hostess teahouses. ( read original story ...)

Taiwan’s collapse from one of the world’s most successful Covid-19 containment stories rattled investors last week. Now, as new daily infections remain elevated and the island extends pandemic-linked ... ( read original story ...)

Watch "Taiwan facing surge in new COVID-19 infections; sees highest case numbers since pandemic began", a CBSN video on CBSNews.com. View more CBSN videos and watch CBSN, a live news stream featuring ... ( read original story ...)

Bangkok can step inside the 21st century’s events and pop culture moments, from the 9/11 attacks and stormtroopers to Trump-era sexual politics A massive project years in the making by Spanish fashion ... ( read original story ...)

In 1997 the Taiwanese film and theater director Tsai Ming-liang premiered a movie called The River. It starred Lee Kang-sheng, who has had major parts in ... ( read original story ...)

Taiwan is seeing a steep rise in daily confirmed COVID-19 cases as the virus surges across the island. Taiwan was hailed as a shining example of how to handle the pandemic last year, after going 253 ... ( read original story ...)

The island’s border controls had shielded it from the worst of the pandemic. But new variants and a slow vaccine rollout gave the virus an opening. ( read original story ...)

Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen has tested negative for COVID-19, after a worker at her residence tested positive, the presidential office said on Thursday. "The president is healthy and safe," it added ... ( read original story ...)

Taiwan’s worst outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has grown, with a worrisome 63 new cases not having a clear connection to existing cases ... ( read original story ...)

Taiwan reported 286 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, a slight increase on the previous day that gave the health minister cause for a sliver of optimism that the situation was not dramatically worsening ... ( read original story ...)

A Taiwanese Indigenous hunter facing jail for killing protected animals was granted a rare presidential pardon on Thursday, a gesture that followed an unfavourable court ruling in his long-running ... ( read original story ...)

Taiwan has been lauded worldwide for its rapid response to COVID-19 but as it battens down the hatches amid a sudden new outbreak of the disease a big weakness has emerged from an unexpected corner: ... ( read original story ...)

The Taiwanese government increased the Epidemic Warning Level to Level Three following the recent jump in new COVID-19 cases, on May 19.Taiwan’s Central Epidemic Command Center announced 275 new ... ( read original story ...)