EFFICIENT TRAVEL OPTION: The airline has also launched a new group tour service called ‘Nine-Day Eastern US Highlights’ in collaboration with Taiwanese travel agencies By Shelley Shan / Staff reporter EVA Airways yesterday announced that it would launch a direct flight service from Taipei to Washington on June 26, with four flights to be … Read more
The deep learning model was hailed by outside researchers as a ‘breakthrough’ that would let scientists study and even simulate the roots of difficult-to-treat genetic diseases Google unveiled an artificial intelligence tool Wednesday that its scientists said would help unravel the mysteries of the human genome — and could one day lead to new treatments … Read more
The Supreme Court on Thursday denied the final appeal for an 11-year prison sentence for an ex-air force colonel who recruited spies for China while on active duty, but handed charges involving the leak of military info back to a lower court. Former colonel Chang Ming-che (張銘哲) served as a department director at the Air … Read more
By Bhanvi Satija / Reuters, LONDON Sweeping policy changes under US Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr are having a chilling effect on vaccine makers as anti-vaccine rhetoric has turned into concrete changes in inoculation schedules and recommendations, investors and executives said. The administration of US President Donald Trump has … Read more
‘WEAPONIZATION’: Japan realized the coercive power of economic dependence when China in 2010 used rare earths as leverage for territorial claims, an academic said By Esme Yeh / Staff reporter Economic security is the ability to counter foreign coercion via economic means, an academic said yesterday, calling for cooperation among like-minded countries within the Asian … Read more
French President Emmanuel Macron and US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth are among the world leaders, diplomats and top defense officials who are in Singapore this weekend for a security forum that is to focus on China’s growing assertiveness, the global impact of Russia’s war on Ukraine and the flare-up of conflicts in Asia. Macron … Read more
Coast guard vessels of the Philippines and the US on Tuesday for the first time took part in joint maritime exercises with naval and air force units in the contested South China Sea, the Armed Forces of the Philippines said yesterday. The exercises, held in waters off Palawan and Occidental Mindoro, involved the Philippine Navy, … Read more
Taiwan is shifting its tourism strategy to focus on quality over quantity, while still aiming to attract 10 million foreign visitors this year, Minister of Transportation and Communications Chen Shih-kai (陳世凱) said on Wednesday. “We want visitors to not only come, but to have an unforgettable experience that encourages longer stays and greater spending,” Chen … Read more
By Najamuddin Khairur Rijal US President Donald Trump’s return to the White House once again brings forth the “America First” principle. His administration’s policies, marked by a rejection of multilateral commitments — such as withdrawing from the Paris Agreement and the WHO — symbolize his skepticism toward international cooperation. Amid global uncertainties, these moves carry … Read more
Staff writer, with CNA, BANGKOK The organizers of the multinational Joint Exercise Cobra Gold on Wednesday said that Taiwan’s listing as a participant in the regional exercises being staged in Thailand was an error that has since been corrected. The Cobra Gold Combined Joint Information Bureau (CJIB) said in an e-mail about the delisting that … Read more