The first human case of H5N5 avian flu appears to be an isolated case and is unlikely to spark wider transmission, Taiwanese experts said this week, after the US earlier this month reported a person ...

A former US defense official under former US president Joe Biden has voiced support for Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi for her remarks suggesting that Japan could help defend Taiwan, while ...

The death toll from Hong Kong's worst fire in nearly 80 years has risen to 128 and about 200 people remain missing from the ...

UN agencies yesterday appealed to Washington to continue allowing asylum seekers access to the country and be given due process after US President Donald Trump vowed to freeze migration from “third ...

The Central Weather Administration (CWA) yesterday forecast that the nation is likely to experience a warmer-than-average and slightly drier winter as a La Nina-like pattern continues to develop in ...

Representative to Japan Lee Yi-yang (李逸洋) yesterday thanked the Japanese public for "understanding the differences between Taiwanese and Chinese people" following official comments rejecting the term ...

Pope Leo XIV was yesterday to join the leader of the world’s Orthodox Christians to celebrate 1,700 years since one of the early Church’s most important gatherings, on the second day of his visit to ...

I recently watched a panel discussion on Taiwan Talks in which the host rightly asked a critical question: Why is the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC) spearheading a robust global movement ...

The Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics (DGBAS) yesterday sharply raised its GDP growth forecast for this year from 4.45 percent to 7.37 percent, the fastest expansion in 15 years ...

A tropical cyclone causing the damage is expected to continue hitting the Southeast Asian nation for days, the Indonesian Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysical Agency said. Monsoon rains on Tuesday ...

This week, President William Lai (賴清德) and his administration launched a major publicity blitz to drum up support for a proposed NT$1.25 trillion (US$40 billion) special defense budget. This was ...

Most respondents questioned whether Taiwan has sufficient defense capacity amid increased geopolitical risks, while a majority believed Chinese infiltration is severe, the Taiwan Inspiration ...