He and his Indigenous Atayal wife Lin Feng-ying (林鳳英) had already been caring for 24 orphans in their home, and they were in dire need for a larger place. On the bright side, it was a serene, ...

Taiwan is prone to natural disasters including earthquakes, landslides, typhoons and flash floods. The T-CERT program launched in 2024 aims to train people to respond immediately to emergency ...

Over nine million Filipinos were displaced by natural disasters, violence and conflict in the Philippines at the end of last year, according to the newly released Global Report on Internal ...

The U.S. has maintained an unofficial relationship with Taiwan, after establishing diplomatic ties with China in 1979. Washington has also continued to supply "defensive weapons" to Taipei under the ...

Wildfires and Floods Caused Billion-Dollar Economic Loss in Asia Pacific in the first quarter of 2025: Aon Report ...

The Sakishima Islands, a portion of the Okinawa Prefecture of Japan, are located between Okinawa and Taiwan ... The current plans for civil defense on Guam are only for typhoons and earthquakes ...

The Marianas Pro Jiu-Jitsu Tournament makes its debut in Taiwan this weekend with more than 1,200 competitors registered, officially becoming the largest Brazilian jiu-jitsu event ever held in the ...

By bno - Taipei Office On May 17, Taiwan will shut down its final operating nuclear power reactor at the Maanshan nuclear ...

Taiwan’s so-called porcupine strategy aims to deter a Chinese invasion—or at least stall it until U.S. support arrives.

In addition to the starfish, high temperatures and typhoons also pose serious threats to coral reefs, the agency said. Coral ...

Sir Keir Starmer said the hike in defence spending to counter Vladimir Putin’s aggression in Europe would benefit businesses ...

China is a police state, a nation whose people are under constant surveillance, plus it owns one of the world's largest espionage networks. It is unclear how many spies China has, but last year the ...