With a cold air mass approaching, temperatures in the northern half of Taiwan could dip as low as a wintery 12°C from early this morning, the Central Weather Administration (CWA) said. Low ...

"This is my life," he said in an interview conducted in French, adding that he liked the feeling of being "on the edge of danger." The 63-year-old Frenchman climbed Taipei 101 using ropes in December ...

The Mental Health Foundation on Tuesday called for more proactive policies to support mental health, as the top related news events of last year showed that loneliness has become a major issue in ...

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An elderly man in Chiayi County recently had 24 stones removed from his bladder that a urologist surmised had been there for at least 10 years. Yang Ming Hospital urologist Huang Tsai-pei (黃才倍) ...

The administration of US President Donald Trump has approved a massive new series of arms sales to Israel and Saudi Arabia totaling US$6.67 billion and US$9 billion respectively. The US Department of ...

Nigeria’s Afrobeat king Fela Kuti would this weekend be posthumously recognized by the Grammys with a Lifetime Achievement Award, becoming the first African artist to receive the distinction. After a ...

Taiwanese fencer Ariel Lin is poised to top the world rankings in the cadet women’s epee (tournament) following her latest triumph at the FIE World Cup in Egypt. Lin, who entered the tournament ranked ...

Ski mountaineering, or “skimo,” is to make its Olympic debut at the Milan-Cortina Games, offering spectators an adrenaline-packed sprint requiring athletes to negotiate uphill climbs on ski and foot ...

The National Communications Commission (NCC) on Friday said that amendments to the Satellite Broadcasting Act (衛星廣播電視法) passed by the Legislative Yuan earlier that day, which eases license renewal rul ...

The Hai Kun (海鯤) prototype submarine on Friday conducted “shallow-water submerged tests” following its first submerged test a day earlier, which CSBC Corp, Taiwan, the primary contractor of the ...

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 for diseases. The ...