Prehistoric visitor
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A 9m brontosaurus inflatable sits on top of Chengcing Lake in Kaohsiung yesterday in observance of Children’s Day on Saturday. The installation coincides with a series of dinosaur-themed events to be held at the National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts from Friday to Monday next week....
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Ruff play
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A child interacts with a dog under the supervision of a veterinarian during a storybook reading event for special education students at Chung Kang Elementary School in New Taipei City’s Sinjhuang District yesterday....
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No tolls considered for Freeway No. 2, despite traffic surge
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The government is not considering charging drivers for accessing National Freeway No. 2 between Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport and New Taipei City’s Yingge District (鶯歌), despite a nearly 10 percent rise in traffic volume on the roadway, the National Freeway Bureau said on Monday.Although free...
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Researchers call for more family-centered policies
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An interdisciplinary research team on childhood development yesterday called for a shift in Taiwan’s child welfare policies from economic subsidies toward strengthening family relationships to improve children’s well-being.Suggested measures include issuing “family bonding vouchers” for parent-child...
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CDC to purchase 7 million vaccines for next flu season
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The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) yesterday said it plans to purchase more than 7 million doses of government-funded influenza vaccines to prepare for the next flu season, including about 200,000 doses of adjuvanted flu vaccines for the first time, offered to residents of long-term care faciliti...
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Taiwan launches new satellite to test IoT tech
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Taiwan on Monday launched another 8U cube satellite (CubeSat), Black Kite-2, atop a Space Exploration Technologies Corp Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, Rapidtek Technologies Inc said yesterday.Rapidtek and the Taiwan Space Agency (TASA) have collaborated since 2023 to...
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Chicken friction helps oust NTU student leader
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The National Taiwan University (NTU) Student Association on Monday removed president Jordan Chen (陳柏承) from office over allegations of misconduct including an unauthorized fried chicken giveaway, in the first successful recall in the organization’s history.The recall passed the body’s elections comm...
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Taoyuan airport braces for holiday traffic
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Taoyuan International Airport Corp (TIAC) yesterday said it would implement measures to manage traffic at the nation’s largest airport, as it expects more than 920,000 travelers during the Tomb Sweeping holiday.The airport operator would implement the measures from tomorrow until Tuesday next week o...
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Gov’t asks CPC, FPCC to boost production as plastic bag prices soar
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Premier Cho Jung-tai (卓榮泰) said the government has asked Taiwan’s two largest petrochemical companies to increase production as the war in the Middle East continues to disrupt global oil supply, driving up plastic bag costs.According to local media, Yeedon Enterprise Co., which owns Taiwan’s leading...
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Court interpreting, legal defense system needs reform to ensure fair trial: report
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People on trial who need interpreters or publicly appointed lawyers are underserved by the legal system, the National Human Rights Commission said in a statement yesterday, calling for judicial reform. Low-income and non-Chinese-speaking defendants face barriers in obtaining court-appointed interpre...
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