Taipei: The Criminal Investigation Bureau (CIB) on Tuesday warned the public to remain vigilant of an increase in financial criminals using sophisticated AI to impersonate police and prosecutors. The bureau reported an average of 530 fraud cases per d…
Taipei: The Control Yuan has impeached Taiwan’s former ambassador to Saint Lucia, Peter Chen, after it concluded that he did sexually harass a fellow female diplomat back in 2016 as she alleged. The government watchdog, which issued the impeachment Tu…
Kinmen: The Kinmen District Court on Tuesday sentenced Kinmen County Councilor Hsu Yu-chao of the opposition Kuomintang (KMT) to four years in prison and five years’ deprivation of civil rights for fraudulently claiming assistant salaries. The ruling …
Taipei: Taiwan will expand health insurance subsidies next month for a costly cholesterol treatment, helping about 5,000 cardiovascular disease patients cut their medical bills. In a news release issued Tuesday, the National Health Insurance Administr…
Taipei: Shipments of dried squid purchased by Muji and crushed red peppers imported by Costco were recently blocked at the border after being found to contain excessive additive and pesticide residues, according to the Taiwan Food and Drug Administrat…
Taipei: The ultraviolet index (UVI) across Taiwan is expected to reach “very high” levels on Tuesday, while daytime temperatures are projected to exceed 30 degrees Celsius, the Central Weather Administration (CWA) announced.
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