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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...

Tesla to postpone production of Cybertruck plans, to early 2023

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 13 - Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) intends to begin the much-anticipated production of Cybertruck by the end of the first quarter of...

Panetta: US Should Tell North Korea Provocations Put Regime at Risk

https://ift.tt/wEcZxH Biden administration should send a strong message to Pyongyang in response to North Korea’s recent missile tests, a former U.S. defense secretary said.  Leon...

Former Guantanamo Detainee: ‘I’m Still in Guantanamo 2.0’

https://ift.tt/2gKvzPo has been 20 years since the first prisoners in the war on terror arrived at the U.S. military detention facility in Guantanamo Bay,...

US to Allow Teen Truckers to Cross State Lines in Test Program 

https://ift.tt/wEcZxH federal government is moving forward with a plan to let teenagers drive big rigs from state to state in a test program.  Currently, truckers...

US House Panel Subpoenas Social Media Firms in Jan. 6 Attack Probe

https://ift.tt/wEcZxH U.S. House committee investigating the January 6 attack on the Capitol subpoenaed Meta, Alphabet, Twitter and Reddit on Thursday, seeking information about how...

California Governor Denies Parole for RFK Assassin Sirhan Sirhan

https://ift.tt/2llz5Qr governor on Thursday rejected releasing Robert F. Kennedy assassin Sirhan Sirhan from prison more than a half-century after the 1968 slaying left a...

Biden Pushes for Voting Rights Measures, but Key Senator Blocks Path 

https://ift.tt/2kmUBVA. President Joe Biden met Thursday with Senate Democrats in a last-ditch plea to overhaul the country’s election laws even as one fellow Democrat...

Western Diplomats Warn of Impending Disaster in Sahel

https://ift.tt/2ofTzdV diplomats fear the spread of extremist groups and persistent economic and social problems in Western Africa and the Sahel are nearing a tipping...

US High Court OKs Vaccine Mandate for Health Care Workers, Not Businesses

https://ift.tt/wEcZxH Supreme Court has stopped the Biden administration from enforcing a requirement that employees at large businesses be vaccinated against COVID-19 or undergo weekly...

Dictators Face Democratic Backlash, Says Human Rights Watch

https://ift.tt/36RdcB0 leaders are facing a democratic backlash from their people in several countries around the world, according to the organization Human Rights Watch in...

NASA, NOAA Confirm 2021 Was Sixth Hottest Year Ever

https://ift.tt/1C1HJ8N U.S. government agencies - space agency NASA, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), said Thursday 2021 was the sixth hottest year...

Extremist Group Leader Arrested, Charged With Sedition in US Capitol Riot

https://ift.tt/wEcZxH founder and leader of a far-right group has been arrested and charged in federal court with seditious conspiracy for his involvement in the...

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope Opens its Eye

https://ift.tt/2fw9IYx scientists rejoice at the continued progress of their next-generation space telescope. Plus, the International Space Station gets presidential backing, and a prank...

Biden Ramps Up Fight Against Coronavirus

https://ift.tt/2kmUBVA. President Joe Biden sympathized with coronavirus-weary Americans Thursday while ramping up the government’s effort to combat the surge of the omicron variant across...

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