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An ambitious humanitarian project to deliver COVID-19 vaccines to the world’s poorest people is facing potential shortages of money, cargo planes, refrigeration and vaccines themselves — and running ... ( read original story ...)

The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) yesterday confirmed eight indigenous cases of dengue fever, believed to be part of a cluster infection associated with a farm in New Taipei City’s Sansia District ... ( read original story ...)

An event in Taipei yesterday featuring African and Caribbean cultures brought together hundreds of people from different backgrounds through music, food and dance. The Mama Africa Heritage Festival ... ( read original story ...)

The US in recent years has embraced Taiwan more and more, and an increasingly assertive China does not like it. ( read original story ...)

Fifty Republican and Democratic senators signed a letter this week encouraging U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer to begin formal negotiations on a comprehensive trade agreement with Taiwan. ( read original story ...)

Once the project was greenlit ... Seven. So how did Taiwan do it? It helped that back in December, while the coronavirus was just starting to spread inside the Chinese city of Wuhan and the World ... ( read original story ...)

A decision on whether to move ahead with a virtual currency project is expected in about the middle next ... the strategic alliance agreement at Yageo’s headquarters in New Taipei City’s Sindian ... ( read original story ...)

Last Saturday, a dozen or so people rode naked through the streets of Taipei. Well, as naked as local mores allow. “Bare as you dare” might be the slogan of the World Naked Bicycle Ride (WNBR), but ... ( read original story ...)

Taiwan said it scrambled fighter jets on Thursday evening to ward off a Chinese warplane that had entered its air defence identification zone (ADIZ) near a group of islets administered by Taipei.The P ... ( read original story ...)

China dispatched more than 30 warplanes on combat drills in the Taiwan Strait last month, reportedly to show its displeasure at the news that the Trump administration is prepared to sell long-range ... ( read original story ...)

A Hong Kong murder suspect, whose case led the government to attempt to pass an extradition bill last year that sparked massive protests, is expected to return to Taiwan this month to answer the ... ( read original story ...)

A baby boom at Taiwan’s largest zoo has provided a welcome distraction to a year overshadowed by the global pandemic and rising regional tensions over Chinese territorial ambitions. Baby pandas and ... ( read original story ...)

An invasion may not be imminent but experts say armed forces could have capacity to mount one by 2028 ... ( read original story ...)

"In Hong Kong, it is a crime to be young. My daughter, after a few years, would be in high school. I don’t want to see her getting arrested." ... ( read original story ...)

Fifty U.S. senators from both parties called on Thursday for President Donald Trump's administration to begin negotiating a bilateral trade agreement with Taiwan, part of a push by lawmakers for ... ( read original story ...)

On Tuesday last week, a fire broke out at an unlicensed long-term care facility in Taipei’s Neihu District (內湖), leading to the death of three residents. This tragic incident has sparked calls for ... ( read original story ...)