Human Rights

Metaverse, EV ‘two big things’ for Hon Hai’s future: Chairman

Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., the world’s largest contract electronics maker, has called the metaverse concept and electric vehicles the “two next big things” for the company’s future development as it diversifies its product mix. At its online year-end party Sunday, Hon Hai Chairman Liu Young-way (劉揚偉) said Hon Hai

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High Court overturns death sentence in motorist murder case

The Taiwan High Court on Wednesday overturned the death sentence of a man who randomly killed a motorist in 2020 as it cited the legality of self-surrender as grounds for a new verdict, which commuted the original sentencing of Wang Ping-hua (???) to l…

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Japan, Australia sign defence pact for closer cooperation

Published by Reuters MELBOURNE (Reuters) -Japan and Australia hailed on Thursday a new agreement to cooperate closely on defence as a breakthrough and a landmark, in the latest step to bolster security ties against the backdrop of rising Chinese military and economic might. Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Australian

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China would not fear confrontation with U.S. – foreign minister

Published by Reuters UK BEIJING (Reuters) -China would not fear confrontation with the United States but would welcome cooperation if it is mutually beneficial, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Monday. Problems in the U.S.-China relationship were down to “strategic misjudgments” by the American side, he said in a

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