Taipei, Taiwan – Taiwan’s crucial tech industry has been unwittingly drawn into Middle East politics after revelations that thousands of exploding pagers used to kill members of Lebanon’s Hezbollah group were manufactured using the branding of a Taiwanese firm. Taiwanese tech company Gold Apollo on Wednesday denied that it had…
The missiles flew for about 400km (249 miles) before falling into the sea with no reports of damage. North Korea has fired multiple short-range ballistic missiles towards its east coast, South Korea and Japan said, in the second such test in a week. The missiles were launched from Kaechon, north…
Taipei, Taiwan – Imagine boarding a train that glides above the ground at supersonic speeds. Speeding through an airless tube using powerful electro-magnets, passengers could travel from San Francisco to Los Angeles, London to Paris, or Basra to Baghdad in less than an hour. The train would be potentially greener…
Multiple states and regions affected in a country already plunged into crisis by the February 2021 coup. At least 236 people have been confirmed dead after Typhoon Yagi caused severe flooding in several regions of Myanmar. Some 77 people remain missing, the state-run Global New Light of Myanmar reported on…
Japanese aged 65 or older now account for nearly 30 percent of the population, government data shows. Japan’s elderly population has hit a record high of 36.25 million people, with those aged 65 or older now accounting for almost one-third of Japanese, according to government data. Japan’s Ministry of Internal…
Lin’s release raises hopes for two other US citizens detained in China and considered wrongfully detained by Washington. China has freed David Lin, a pastor from the United States who had been in jail since 2006, the US State Department said. Lin, now 68, was jailed for life after being…
Shanghai’s 25 million people advised to stay at home as Bebinca pounds city with heavy rain and strong winds. Typhoon Bebinca has made landfall in Shanghai, the strongest storm to hit China’s biggest city since 1949. The typhoon hit at about 7.30am (23:30 GMT) on Monday in the coastal area…
Shanghai shuts air, sea and major ground transport as it prepares for what could be its strongest storm since 1949. Shanghai has shut air, sea and major ground transport as it braces for Typhoon Bebinca, in what could be the strongest tropical storm to hit the Chinese financial hub since…
Islamabad, Pakistan – The United States government has announced a new round of sanctions targeting a Pakistan company and several Chinese “entities and one individual” for supplying equipment and technology for what it claims is the development of ballistic missiles in Pakistan. Thursday’s announcement marks the sixth round of such…
More than 235,000 people have been forced from their homes after floods and landslides caused by Typhoon Yagi. Myanmar’s military chief has made a rare request for foreign aid, state media reported, to cope with deadly floods that have displaced hundreds of thousands of people who have already endured three…
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