Taipei: Shares in Taiwan ended lower on Tuesday as the benchmark index on the local main board briefly breached the 28,000-point mark. Many investors were observed to be cautious ahead of the anticipated meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping later this week. According to Focus

Taipei: The U.S. dollar experienced a decline against the Taiwan dollar on Tuesday, decreasing by NT$0.093 to settle at NT$30.626 by the end of the trading session. According to Focus Taiwan, the total turnover during the session amounted to US$1.049 billion. The U.S. dollar began the day at its peak

Taipei: Presidential Adviser Lin Hsin-i, Taiwan’s envoy to the 2025 APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting in Gyeongju, South Korea, departed Tuesday morning to attend the two-day event which begins on Friday. Before boarding his flight at Taoyuan International Airport, Lin stated that Taiwan will emphasize its strengths in semiconductors, artificial intelligence

Taipei: Taiwan has an “absolute advantage” in semiconductors that it should leverage to build its own quantum computing ecosystem and cultivate local talent, an Academia Sinica fellow said Tuesday. Chen Chii-dong, a distinguished research fellow at Academia Sinica’s Research Center for Critical Issues and executive officer at the center’s thematic

Taipei: Taiwan has reported a new severe enterovirus case involving a 4-day-old infant girl infected with Coxsackievirus A16, the country’s Centers for Disease Control (CDC) said Tuesday. The infant, born prematurely in early October and initially kept in a nursery for observation, developed a rapid heartbeat and fever on the

Taipei: Taipei is doing all it can to prevent war amid mounting threats from Beijing, Vice President Hsiao Bi-khim said in an interview with German broadcaster ARD. In the 20-minute interview aired on Monday (local time), Hsiao compared Taiwan to a cat, agile and vigilant under harsh conditions but capable