In this image taken from video by Taiwan's EBC, Premier Su Tseng-chang, in purple mask, tries to

Tseng-chang said on Tuesday( Aug 17), offering an indirect warning to powerful neighbour China not to

pushed their way to the speaker's podium as the chamber's head, Su Tseng-chang, was opening his annual

KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan( AP)--Officials in Taiwan were pursuing leads Friday into the cause of a fire in a run-down mixed commercial and residential building in the port city of Kaohsiung in which 46 people were killed and another 41 injured.... Local media say police were questioning a female resident of the building who allegedly discarded a burning incense coil in a trash can inside the apartment where she had also stored small gas canisters.... A man who carelessly discarded a cigarette outside

In the ensuing melee, a few lawmakers were shoved to the ground and others poured out bottles of water onto their opponents.... Many suspected the outbreak came from pilots returning home who only had to complete three-day quarantines, before they got sick.... Some praised the Kuomingtang for “ becoming stronger.”....

In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Chinese President Xi Jinping delivers a keynote speech via video at the opening ceremony of the fourth China International Import Expo held in Shanghai on Nov.... The move comes as tensions between the mainland and the self-ruled democratic island have been escalating, becoming a regular source of Sino-U.S. friction.... Taiwan has been also trying to bolster cooperation with Europe recently to challenge China's growing assertiveness on the island,

Over-60s should not regularly take aspirin to help avoid a heart attack, an influential US health body has said. The risk of bleeding from taking aspirin cancels out the benefits of preventing heart disease once people turn 60, according to the US Preventive Services Task Force, a panel of independent experts which partners with official government bodies, including the US Food and Drug Administration. For the first time, the panel said there may be a small benefit for adults in their 40s who ha

TAIPEI( REUTERS)-Taiwan will ease its Covid-19 restrictions from next week, though some will remain in place, the government said on Friday( July 23). This comesas rapidly falling case numbers give the authorities confidence to further lower the alert level. Taiwan implemented restrictions on gatherings, including closing entertainment venues and limiting restaurants to take-out service, in mid-May following a spike in domestic cases after months of no or few cases, apart from imported ones. Whi

TAIPEI( Reuters)-Taiwan's government ordered a tightening of controls on Saturday after a rare spike in domestic transmission of the Omicron variant of COVID-19, saying it needed to act now to prevent being overwhelmed even though overall numbers remain quite low. After months of no or few community infections, Taiwan has seen a small rise in local COVID-19 cases since the start of the month, almost all Omicron, mainly linked to workers at the main international airport in the northern city of T

China's 2021 world champion Lan Xingyu won the title with 15. 366 points.... China's Olympic champion Zou Jingyuan took the silver medal, with Turkey's 2022 world champion Adem Asil snatching the bronze.In the parallel bars, Zou gave a nearly perfect routine with a sky-high 16. 066 points.... Japan's Kaito Sugimoto pocketed the silver and Kazuma Kaya, who had taken bronze in the men's all-around on Friday, followed up with another.In the pommel horse, Chinese Taipei's Lee Chih-kai gave an outs