By Chen Cheng-yu, Jonathan Chin and Kayleigh Madjar / Staff reporter, with staff writers Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) caucus whip Fu Kun-chi (傅?萁) drew ire from Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) lawmakers yesterday, after he took a sick leave from a legislative negotiation on Tuesday, but was later revealed to be in Hong Kong. Fu skipped…
UNITED STATES No survivors in Alaska crash The Coast Guard in Alaska on Friday found the wreckage of a small plane atop frozen sea ice, after the aircraft suddenly lost altitude a day earlier in a crash that killed all 10 people on board, officials said. Two Coast Guard rescue swimmers could see three bodies…
By Chen Yu-fu and Jason Pan / Staff reporters Taiwanese traveling abroad during the Lunar New Year holiday should remember that Hong Kong and Macau are still under an “orange” travel alert, the Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) said yesterday, adding that people should not attempt to take pepper spray or other personal protection items forbidden…
By Sam Garcia / Staff writer, with CNA Taiwan’s Alishan was included in the New York Times’ “2025 Travel Destinations: 52 Places to Go This Year,” a collection of 52 idyllic places to visit around the world. As the only Taiwan destination that made the list, Alishan ranked 19th. This inclusion on the Times’ list…
ByteDance’s dilemma is a taste of what is to come, as more firms would get pinched by both sides By Catherine Thorbecke / Bloomberg Opinion ByteDance Ltd’s options for TikTok in the US are looking increasingly desolate, as the tech war between Washington and Beijing boils over. The mutual distrust and tit-for-tat animosity lays bare…