Eat your fruits
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From left, John Tung Foundation Department of Food and Nutrition director Hsu Hui-yu, Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society of Taiwan president Chiu Cheng-hsun and managing supervisor Huang Yu-cheng hold placards at a news conference in Taipei yesterday, urging parents to include nutrient-dense frui...
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Rice dreams
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Deputy Minister of Agriculture Hu Jong-i, left, standing, and Hiroki Kushima, second right, kneeling in front, along with ministry officials and Japanese academics pose for a photograph after planting penglai rice seedlings on a farm near Bamboo Lake in Taipei’s Yangmingshan National Park yesterday....
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Woman faces fine after jumping on railway tracks
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An elderly woman who jumped down onto the tracks at a Taichung railway station to pick up a NT$100 bill faces a maximum fine of NT$50,000, Taiwan Railway Corp said yesterday. Taiwan Railway said the incident occurred at 11:04am yesterday, when a female passenger on platform 1 at Taichung Station jum...
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NCC might shut down as members’ terms near end
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The National Communications Commission (NCC) could shut down in August as the term of the three remaining commissioners is set to expire on July 31, and the Executive Yuan has yet to nominate new commissioners. Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) legislators Wan Mei-ling (萬美玲) and Hung Meng-kai (洪孟楷) du...
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Government responsible in abuse case, groups say
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The Taipei Social Workers’ Union and 37 other groups yesterday protested the two-year prison sentence handed down to a social worker surnamed Chen (陳) in the “Kai Kai” case in front of the Executive Yuan, urging the state to apologize and shoulder the responsibility for a failing system.Hualien Coun...
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Taiwan’s climate plan to prepare for extreme heat
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Taiwan’s fourth climate adaptation plan prepares for more severe warming scenarios, Minister of Environment Peng Chi-ming (彭?明) said yesterday, sharing how the nation has incorporated global risk indicators, and expanded extreme-heat measures with nationwide drills and a smart warning system for eld...
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Starlink reluctant to operate in Taiwan
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Starlink was reluctant to offer services in Taiwan because of the nation’s extremely high penetration rates in 4G and 5G services, the Ministry of Digital Affairs said yesterday. The ministry made the comments at a meeting of the legislature’s Transportation Committee, which reviewed amendments to A...
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Former KMT legislator to pay NT$1.2m for defamation
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The High Court yesterday ordered former Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) legislator Lee De-wei (李德維) to pay NT$600,000 (US$19,023) to former minister of health and welfare Hsueh Jui-yuan (薛瑞元) and former Centers for Disease Control (CDC) director-general Chou Jih-haw (周志浩) each for defamation.Lee can...
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Artillery shells to be manufactured in Taiwan
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The Ministry of National Defense yesterday revealed a Taiwan-US joint initiative to manufacture artillery shells, signaling an upgrade to the nation’s role in global defense supply chains.The ministry in a public notice said Taipei and Washington signed a NT$910 million (US$28.85 million) joint heav...
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Lai’s canceled Eswatini trip: Revoked overflight permissions a test of waters: experts
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Seychelles, Mauritius and Madagascar suddenly rescinding overflight permissions for President William Lai’s (賴清德) flight is Beijing testing how far it could pressure Taiwan without trigerring open conflict, National Cheng Kung University professor Li Jung-shian (李忠憲) said yesterday.The three nations...
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