5+ hour, 24+ min ago   (189+ words) Vice President Hsiao Bi-khim (蕭美琴) today returned to Taiwan after attending the Second Ventotene European Conference for Freedom and Democracy in Italy. Upon her arrival at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport, Hsiao delivered remarks via livestream about her visit to the…...

17+ hour, 24+ min ago   (323+ words) Russian strikes on Saturday killed at least seven people and wounded almost 60 across Ukraine, Kyiv said, as Moscow steps up attacks ahead of another winter of war. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy called for an adequate response from allies as Russia…...

17+ hour, 24+ min ago   (171+ words) One person was killed and more than 100 were rescued yesterday after a ferry sailing between the Indonesian islands of Java and Borneo was hit by bad weather, rescue officials said. The Virgo Transport 8, carrying 243 passengers and crew, had lost contact…...

17+ hour, 24+ min ago   (532+ words) European Parliament Vice President Pina Picierno on Saturday praised Vice President Hsiao Bi-khim (蕭美琴) as a role model for freedom-loving women around the world and said she would soon begin planning a trip to Taipei after accepting Hsiao’s invitation to…...

17+ hour, 24+ min ago   (602+ words) Taiwan cannot be overlooked in building a drone supply chain independent of China, US-based Shield AI’s Taiwan representative Chen Yi-ju (陳奕儒) said in an interview. Two years ago, less than 1 percent of the materials used in Shield AI products came…...

17+ hour, 24+ min ago   (207+ words) A man who allegedly attacked and injured a Cathay Pacific Airways intern with a knife at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport on Saturday evening was subdued and arrested by aviation police, police said. Aviation police said they received a report at…...

17+ hour, 24+ min ago   (327+ words) The death toll from a Philippine ferry fire on Saturday jumped to 76 after the coast guard confirmed the discovery of 41 more bodies aboard the burnt-out vessel. The remains would be transported to a port in Coron, Palawan, Philippine Coast Guard…...

17+ hour, 24+ min ago   (345+ words) Ukraine’s economy is being crippled by intensifying Russian strikes hitting key sectors, and its GDP could slump by 1.5 points in 2026, Kyiv officials said on Saturday, warning of a “very difficult” winter ahead. “The economy is in the most difficult situation,…...

17+ hour, 24+ min ago   (420+ words) State-owned oil supplier CPC Corp, Taiwan (CPC, 台灣中油) on Saturday announced that it would raise domestic gasoline prices by NT$0.7 (US$0.02) per liter and diesel prices by NT$0.6 per liter this week after international crude oil prices rose above US…...

17+ hour, 24+ min ago   (278+ words) Houthi fighters yesterday said they used drones and missiles to attack a military base in southern Saudi Arabia as renewed fighting with the Yemeni government forces forced growing numbers of civilians to flee. The attack at the southern Sharurah base…...