Taichung: Police have named a 64-year-old former tenant as a suspect in a house fire in Taichung Monday that left a 17-year-old dead and her 50-year-old mother in critical condition. At a news conference, Hung Ming-chiang, deputy chief of the Wuri Precinct under the Taichung City Police Bureau, said that

Taoyuan: The Taoyuan Pauian Pilots of Taiwan’s P. LEAGUE+ (PLG) claimed a win over the Meralco Bolts of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA), securing an 82-72 victory at home on Sunday, advancing to a 2-0 record in the 2025-26 East Asia Super League (EASL) season. According to Focus Taiwan, the

Taipei: Shares in Taiwan closed higher Monday as contract chipmaker Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) recovered its earlier losses amid continued optimism toward artificial intelligence development, dealers said. The Taiex, the weighted index on the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TWSE), ended up 101.24 points, or 0.36 percent, at 28,334.59, after moving

Taipei: This year’s largest full moon, the biggest and brightest in six years, will appear on Wednesday, as announced by the Taipei Astronomical Museum. According to Focus Taiwan, the phenomenon occurs when a full moon coincides with the moon’s closest approach to Earth, a point known as its perigee. This

Taipei: Unsterilized food waste was likely the source of an African swine fever (ASF) outbreak that occurred at a pig farm in Taichung’s Wuqi District last month, Deputy Minister of Agriculture Tu Wen-jane said Monday. Tu told a news conference in Taichung held by the African Swine Fever Forward Command

Taipei: The United States and China are entering a phase of “managed rivalry,” as both nations aim to stabilize their relationship without resolving fundamental disagreements, according to Taiwan’s former representative to the U.S., Stanley Kao. During a seminar in Taipei focused on global geopolitical shifts, Kao compared the current U.S.-China