Furious mainland China slams Taiwanese leader’s ‘blatant’ call for independence Scathing People's Daily commentary blasts William Lai Ching-te's inauguration speech for 'inciting hatred against the Chinese people' Senior officials also decry Lai's stance in numerous articles ... 05/20/2024 - 7:05 pm | View Link
Thousands evacuated as Typhoon Haikui heads for Taiwan TAITUNG, Taiwan (AFP): Thousands of people were evacuated, hundreds of flights cancelled and businesses closed in Taiwan as authorities prepared Sunday for Typhoon Haikui, the first major storm ... 09/3/2023 - 5:00 am | View Link
China-Taiwan: Taiwan resumes war games as typhoon looms Taiwan has resumed military drills after cancelling an exercise because of a looming typhoon. The annual war games, known as the Han Kuang Exercise, are meant to test the island's air and sea ... 07/26/2023 - 1:00 pm | View Link
Typhoon Haikui prompts Taiwan to evacuate thousands, cancel flights TAIPEI--Domestic flights were cancelled and almost 3,000 people were evacuated as Taiwan girded for the arrival of Typhoon Haikui on Sunday, which is expected to bring torrential rain and strong ... 09/12/2021 - 1:00 pm | View Link
Beastly Category 5 Super Typhoon Nepartak is headed right for Taiwan The biggest stories of the day delivered to your inbox. 07/5/2016 - 1:00 pm | View Link
(DALLAS) — They’re six-legged, hairy home invaders that just won’t die, no matter how hard you try.
Cockroaches are experts at surviving indoors, hiding in kitchen pipes or musty drawers. But they didn’t start out that way.
A new study uses genetics to chart cockroaches’ spread across the globe, from humble beginnings in southeast Asia to Europe and beyond.
Former Boston Red Sox pitcher Austin Maddox was arrested in Florida as part of an underage sex sting, authorities announced Monday.
Maddox was one of 27 people arrested as part of a multi-agency operation late last month, Jacksonville Sheriff T. K. Waters said. They are accused of soliciting sex over the internet from people who they believed were children, officials said.
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James Hill, a defense attorney for Maddox, said he intends to fight the allegations against him and will enter a plea of not guilty should formal charges be filed.
Maddox, 33, began communicating with an undercover agent pretending to be an underage girl on April 28, an arrest report said.
mdash; A video link between New York City and Dublin that was shut down due to inappropriate behavior on both sides of the Atlantic has reopened with new security measures.
The open-air video link between the two cities, which opened May 8 and was taken offline last week, reopened Sunday and will operate between the hours of 6 a.m.
Amal Clooney is one of the legal experts who recommended that the chief prosecutor of the world’s top war crimes court seek arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and leaders of the militant Hamas group.
The human rights lawyer and wife of actor George Clooney wrote of her participation in a letter posted Monday on the website of the couple’s Clooney Foundation for Justice.
(WASHINGTON) — Cyberattacks against water utilities across the country are becoming more frequent and more severe, the Environmental Protection Agency warned Monday as it issued an enforcement alert urging water systems to take immediate actions to protect the nation’s drinking water.
About 70% of utilities inspected by federal officials over the last year violated standards meant to prevent cyberthreats, the agency said.
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, a protege of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, as well as Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian were killed in a helicopter crash on Sunday. The pair were returning to Tehran after attending a ceremony with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev on the Iran-Azerbaijan border to inaugurate the building of the new Qiz Qalasi Dam.
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Khamenei said that the country would undergo a five-day mourning period.