2+ day, 23+ hour ago   (246+ words) The New Taipei City Government on Tuesday unveiled a GS safety certificate system for pet products in collaboration with private enterprises in the industry. Incidents involving animal harm by unsafe pet products prompted the city’s Animal Protection and Health Inspection…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago   (421+ words) The Executive Yuan yesterday approved expanded subsidies for residents of long-term care facilities, allocating NT$16.62 billion (US$526.82 million) to the plan expected to benefit about 105,000 people. Under the new plan, the maximum monthly subsidy for people with moderate to severe…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago   (629+ words) Although the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) has been surging in the polls for two years, it has been kept from power by other parties’ refusal to enter governing coalitions with it. However, as that “firewall” relied on the AfD…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago   (456+ words) More than 80 percent of residents of Kaohsiung’s Linyuan (林園) and Daliao (大寮) districts did not know about a pending naphtha cracker expansion project in the region, a Greenpeace Taiwan poll released on Monday showed. State-run CPC Corp, Taiwan launched the…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago   (642+ words) The Guardian: You write that instead of fearing cognitive decline, “changing the way you think about the brain cliff can literally change the way you think and remember.” How? Norman Swan: There are three things you need to know which…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago   (236+ words) Two thieves yesterday broke into a museum dedicated to French impressionist painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir in southern France, stealing “four works of art,” one of which they dropped as they fled, a mayor said. “This morning, two individuals broke into the…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago   (251+ words) Taiwanese manga creators Eli Lin (依萊) and MurJi received gold and bronze prizes respectively in the Wordless Manga category at the Kadokawa World Manga Contest awards ceremony in Tokyo on Monday. The contest, organized by leading Japanese publisher Kadokawa, garnered…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago   (500+ words) Officials from the Forestry and Nature Conservation Agency’s Taiwan Forestry Research Institute hold “shiqining” plants at a news conference in Taipei yesterday. The fragrant plant was discovered in Shuanglianpi in Yilan County’s Yuanshan Township. Chemical analyses showed that it contains…...

5+ day, 23+ hour ago   (320+ words) The Administration for Digital Industries yesterday cautioned the public to verify online advertisements with commercial brands’ official Web site to avoid fraudulent mooncake sales ahead of the Mid-Autumn Festival. Some people made online purchases based on a seasonal gift box…...

5+ day, 23+ hour ago   (484+ words) On selected weekends, moviegoers settle into reclining deckchairs on Dream Plaza’s rooftop garden in Taipei’s Xinyi District (信義). Wearing wireless headphones and surrounded by city lights, they watch everything from romantic favorites to independent films and Hollywood hits. Skyline Film…...