2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (384+ words) The death toll from a fire that erupted yesterday on a foreign-flagged cargo ship docked in a Chinese port has risen to 25, including five people who had been listed as missing, state media said. The bulk carrier, moored in the…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (565+ words) The EU’s climate monitor yesterday said that last month was the hottest single month ever recorded globally, with ocean temperatures also reaching unprecedented highs as western Europe capped its warmest summer. In response to the assessment by the Copernicus Climate…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (281+ words) The Asian Games began in Japan yesterday when Qatar beat Iran in the men’s basketball opening group game, the first action in the continental multisport showpiece that has more participants than the Olympics. More than 17,000 athletes and officials are expected…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (592+ words) As the light turns red at a busy intersection in the Kenyan capital, a young man costumed in leopard print emerges into the street to perform somersaults. He is joined by five others, dressed similarly, as they execute a combination…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (494+ words) Two aides at independent Legislator May Chin’s (高金素梅) office were ordered detained incommunicado yesterday in a broadening probe into alleged Chinese espionage by Chin’s former chief of staff, Chang Chun-chieh (張俊傑). The move to hold Lin I-chun (林怡君) and current…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (427+ words) Cabinet spokesperson Michelle Lee (李慧芝) said after a Cabinet meeting that the government plans to invest NT $300 billion (US$9.51 billion) through 2033 in areas including next-generation chip design and advanced semiconductor processes. “Taiwan has a world-leading semiconductor ecosystem, but we still…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (462+ words) The Philippines yesterday deployed coast guard, military and civilian vessels in a race to find survivors on a smoldering passenger-and-cargo ferry off the western island of Palawan, after a fire on board killed at least five people and left 86 missing....

3+ day, 2+ hour ago   (690+ words) Tung Chee-hwa (董建華), Hong Kong's first leader after the territory’s return to Chinese rule, has died aged 89, his office said yesterday. Tung was "an outstanding contributor to ‘one country, two systems,’ a renowned patriot, an outstanding social activist and a…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (381+ words) An unauthorized drone intrusion over Ching Chuan Kang Air Base (清泉崗基地) at Taichung International Airport on Tuesday night forced the temporary closure of the base, diverting eight fighter jets and delaying a commercial flight, authorities said. Air Force Command Headquarters…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (222+ words) Athletes who had arrived early for the Asian Games were unharmed by extensive flooding that hit the central Japanese city of Nagoya, Mayor Ichiro Hirosawa said yesterday. “We are not worried about the conditions of the venues and we believe…...