2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (381+ words) A rodent’s interruption of a professional baseball game at Taipei Dome on Wednesday sparked renewed discussion of rat control efforts, weeks ahead of the city’s mayoral election. Just before the eighth inning of Wednesday’s game between the Fubon Guardians and…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (413+ words) A large Snoopy inflatable is pictured in Taichung’s Civic Square in a photograph released yesterday. To promote traffic safety, the city government launched a pop-up store and a video screen featuring the “Peanuts” gang, with a storytelling troupe scheduled to…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (361+ words) Japan men’s gymnastics team for their home Asian Games this month includes multiple Olympic and world champions, but serious injuries have clouded their chances. Shinnosuke Oka, who won gold in the all-around, team and horizontal bar events at the 2024 Paris…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (207+ words) Acer Inc (宏碁) is cautiously maintaining inventories of key components, including solid-state drives, DRAM chips, central processing units, panels and batteries, to cushion the impact of rising prices, the PC brand said on Wednesday. While the company has seen demand…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago   (277+ words) The Tourism Administration today announced the results of a lottery for NT$1,200 birthday accommodation vouchers, revealing a win rate of just 0.44 percent. The draw, completed yesterday under the supervision of a lawyer, selected 12,000 winners from a pool of more than…...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (513+ words) The authorities have launched 54 probes into suspected foreign election interference and other electoral fraud-related crimes to protect the integrity of the Nov. 28 local elections, the Ministry of Justice Investigation Bureau said yesterday. Special agents launched investigations into illegal foreign campaign…...

4+ day, 15+ 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…...

5+ day, 22+ hour ago   (136+ words) Taiwan Railway Corp is to introduce mobile payment for fare adjustments made onboard trains starting on Thursday, allowing passengers to pay by digital wallet in addition to cash, the railway operator said today. The move follows complaints last year from…...

4+ day, 21+ hour ago   (161+ words) A man was arrested in Taichung early today after allegedly hitting a nurse with his car, making a U-turn and striking her again before fleeing the scene, local authorities said. The nurse later died. The man, surnamed Lin (林), was…...

5+ day, 14+ hour ago   (611+ words) Healthcare providers along the east coast are working to build out a drone delivery network, with authorities recently holding a live demonstration of a medical drone flight designed to cater to the needs of remote communities. The National Health Insurance…...