Hall of Fame closer Mariano Rivera, in Taiwan for the start of the World Baseball Classic, played diplomat on the upcoming tournament while focusing on the importance of education during a press conference with local media Tuesday.Rivera, a mainstay of…
Researchers at National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) conducted a successful test flight on Monday in Pingtung County of a two-stage rocket using a hybrid propulsion system developed by them. The 6.2-meter, 260-kilogram rocket was launched at a National Space Organization (NSPO) test site in Pingtung’s Mudan Township at 6:47 a.m.,
Taiwan’s top university on Friday passed a motion to have students enrolled in graduate or doctoral programs sign a plagiarism declaration stating that their theses conform to ethics and are original, amid a spate of incidents that saw politicians accused of academic plagiarism ahead of the Nov. 26 local elections.
The U.S. dollar continued its momentum against the Taiwan dollar Friday, hitting a more than three-year high against the local currency, on expectations that the United States Federal Reserve will continue to aggressively raise interest rates. The U.S. dollar closed up NT$0.163 at NT$31.293, its highest level since Sept. 4,
U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan demonstrates that the democratic world “stands by Taiwan’s side,” said Michael Roth, a high-ranking German parliamentarian, on Tuesday.On his Twitter account, Roth, the chairman of the German Bundestag’…
The Cabinet on Thursday approved a draft amendment to a bill on the employment of educational personnel, with the aim of weeding out public school employees convicted of sexual assault, corruption, or national security-related offenses.Under the amendm…
