TOKYO -- A fatal train derailment near the eastern Taiwan city of Hualien has exposed flaws ... The truck was part of project to build a wall to prevent rocks falling onto the track. ( read original story ...)
China Uses Money, Diplomacy to Push Back Against US in Southeast Asia
The Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi has wrapped up his second series of meetings so far this year with Southeast Asia leaders to discuss vaccine distribution, help with post-pandemic recovery and ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan investigators ask public for photos of train wreck
Prosecutors investigating Taiwan’s worst railway disaster in seven decades have appealed to the public for any photographs they may have taken of the crash that killed at least 50 people last ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan’s TSMC Plans $100 Billion Investment to Meet Demand
The move follows Intel's announcement that it would spend $20 billion on two semiconductor factories in Arizona. ( read original story ...)
Taiwan train crash: Truck driver expresses ‘deep remorse’ after deadly accident north of Hualien
A driver whose truck was allegedly involved in a deadly train crash in eastern Taiwan has issued a tearful apology, saying he is "deeply remorseful." ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan’s transport minister offers resignation after dozens killed in train crash
Taiwan's transportation minister Lin Chia-lung has offered to resign after a deadly train crash Friday killed at least 51 people and left scores more injured according to the country's state run ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan rescuers work to bring out last body from wrecked train
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 ...)