A combat drone developed by Taiwan’s top military research unit is currently undergoing initial flight tests before it enters combat testing scheduled for June next year, a military source told CNA Thursday.The tests of the second generation Teng Yun (…
NAIROBI — The Chinese government is promoting Chinese language and culture through Confucius Institute programs worldwide, including in Africa. Some educators say they’re concerned about what they say is censorship in Chinese-funded programs.Steve Wako…
Two astronauts with the U.S. space agency, NASA, left the International Space Station (ISS) Thursday to conduct a spacewalk to replace a broken antenna system, two days after the walk was postponed over concerns about space debris.NASA astronauts Thoma…
“NFT” is 2021’s “Word of the Year,” Collins Dictionary announced Wednesday. NFT is an abbreviation for non-fungible token, which according to the dictionary is “a unique digital certificate, registered in a blockchain, that is used to record ownership of an asset such as an artwork or a collectible.” Perhaps the
Taiwanese sportswear company SHEICO Group donated 150 tablet computers to the Embassy of St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) Thursday to help students access online education in areas affected by the La Soufrière volcanic eruption.The donation of the …
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention projects that 100,000 Americans died of drug overdose between May 2020 and April 2021 — a nearly 30% increase over the previous year.While not an official count, the CDC says it can confirm 98,000 dea…
Graduates fresh out of college in Taiwan recorded the longest wait between graduation and employment in nine years in 2021, according to the results of a survey released Friday. The survey, conducted by local job hunting website “yes123,” indicated that graduates waited an average of 2.8 months (84 days)
