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Taiwan, Israel advance medical cooperation

Taiwan renewed a cooperative agreement on health and medicine with Israel Nov. 9, the Ministry of Health and Welfare said.   The MOHW said that Ya-ping Abby Lee, head of the...

Deputy FM Wu hosts French Mayotte delegation

Deputy Foreign Minister François Chih-chung Wu hosted a dinner banquet for a delegation from...

Pacific Islands Leadership Program concludes in Taipei

The closing ceremony of the 2026 Pacific Islands Leadership Program with Taiwan was held...

Taiwanese movies feature in Czech film festival

Supported by the Cultural Division of Taipei Economic and Cultural Office Prague, two Taiwanese...

Biden Pushes Expansion of Domestic Semiconductor Manufacturing

https://ift.tt/2kmUBVA. President Joe Biden touted a $20 billion investment by American technology company Intel to build a semiconductor factory in Ohio to address a...

White House Says COVID-19 Tests Being Shipped 

https://ift.tt/wEcZxH White House says some of the at-home, free COVID-19 tests it is offering to Americans have begun shipping via the U.S. Postal Service.  During...

Louie Anderson, Comic, Emmy Winner for ‘Baskets,’ Dies at 68

https://ift.tt/30bAP3Q Anderson, whose four-decade career as a comedian and actor included his unlikely, Emmy-winning performance as mom to twin adult sons in the TV...

Judge Blocks Vaccine Mandate for US Federal Workers 

https://ift.tt/uRtLh4 federal judge on Friday issued a nationwide injunction prohibiting the enforcement of U.S. President Joe Biden’s requirement that federal workers be vaccinated.  Biden announced...

Biden Admin Unveils Changes to Attract Foreign STEM Students

https://ift.tt/wEcZxH Biden administration on Friday announced policy changes to attract international students specializing in science, technology, engineering and math — part of the broader...

UN Chief: ‘Avalanche of Action’ Needed to Stem Global Crises

https://ift.tt/2F8hOpd. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned Friday that the world is facing “a five-alarm fire” that requires urgent and united global action to be extinguished. “I...

WHO Recommends Pfizer-BioNTech Vaccine for 5-11-Year-olds

http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.pngA World Health Organization ((WHO)) advisory panel Friday recommended extending the use of a smaller dose of the Pfizer - BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to children ages 5 to 11. The recommendation follows a meeting this week by the WHO’s Strategic Advisory Group of...

Reports: FBI Searches Home of Prominent Texas Democratic Congressman Cuellar

https://ift.tt/2ioGCeg agents on Wednesday searched the home in Texas of prominent Democratic Representative Henry Cuellar, media reported, with the bureau confirming it had conducted...

Taliban Rebuke Biden for Questioning Afghan Unity, Governance

https://ift.tt/wEcZxH Taliban Friday sharply criticized U.S. President Joe Biden for declaring Afghanistan “not susceptible to unity,” and questioning the competence of the Islamist group’s...

Biden-Kishida Talks to Touch on North Korea, China

https://ift.tt/2g8SCQE Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida began their first formal talks on Friday as they face fresh concerns about North Korea's...

‘Bat Out of Hell’ Singer Meat Loaf Dies at 74

https://ift.tt/2J46CMW Loaf, the U.S. rock star who rose to global fame with his Bat Out of Hell album, has died at the age of...

Blinken to Meet Russian Foreign Minister on Ukraine

https://ift.tt/2kmUBVA. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is in Geneva, where he meets Friday with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, the fourth time in the...

US Still Looking for ‘Havana Syndrome’ Answers

https://ift.tt/wEcZxH top U.S. spy agency has concluded a mysterious illness plaguing American diplomats and other officials around the world is not nearly as widespread...

California Governor Promises to Aid Crackdown on LA Rail Theft

https://ift.tt/2lzPZwI Gov. Gavin Newsom is promising statewide coordination as law enforcement and prosecutors go after thieves who have been raiding cargo containers aboard trains...

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