Cluj-napoca: Two Taiwanese teenage table tennis talents won gold for Taiwan at an International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) youth championship held in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, on Saturday. According to Focus Taiwan, 17-year-olds Kuo Guan-hong and Hsu Hsien-chia captured the U19 boys’ doubles title after edging Japan’s Ryuusei Kawakami and Kazuki Yoshiyama

Taipei: The current flu vaccine may provide weaker protection against infection by the new K subclade of the Influenza A virus subtype H3N2, but continues to show clear effectiveness in reducing the risk of severe illness, according to Taiwan’s Centers for Disease Control (CDC) on Sunday. The new strain of

Taipei: The ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) on Sunday commemorated feminist pioneer Peng Wan-ru’s enduring impact on gender equality reforms in Taiwan, on the 29th anniversary of her unsolved murder. On Nov. 30, 1996, Peng, then 47, was serving as head of the DPP’s Women’s Affairs Department when she disappeared

Taipei: Around 200 people marched in Taipei on Sunday in the annual “Autumn Struggle” protest, criticizing President Lai Ching-te’s proposed NT$1.25 trillion (US$39.85 billion) supplementary defense budget and urging the government to prioritize social welfare spending. Traditionally one of Taiwan’s main labor demonstrations, but now encompassing broader social issues, the

Taipei: Drone sellers in Taiwan will be required to register and clearly label key product information before selling new models from Monday, according to Taiwan’s Civil Aviation Administration (CAA). In a news release issued on Sunday, the CAA stated that sellers who fail to comply with registration or labeling obligations

Keelung: Several rounds of flushing and water-quality tests confirmed that tap water polluted by an oil spill on the Keelung River now meets all safety standards, the Taiwan Water Corp. (TWC) said Sunday. The TWC stated it halted river-water intake immediately after Thursday’s oil slick was detected near the Badu