Shares in Taiwan fell sharply by more than 1.8 percent on Tuesday as investors were rocked by heavy losses on the Tokyo market in the wake of an unexpected decision by the Bank of Japan (BOJ), the Japanese central bank, to tighten its monetary policy, …
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Supreme Court upholds 13-year sentence for woman who drowned daughter
A Taichung woman who deliberately drowned her 2-year-old daughter during a suicide attempt off the coast of Miaoli has had a 13-prison sentence upheld by Taiwan’s Supreme Court.According to the Miaoli District Court, which handed down the original sent…
Read MoreChiayi utilizes ‘eyes in the sky’ to stop illegal stubble burning
The Chiayi County government said it is using high-tech tools such as drones and AI-based smoke and fire detection systems in an effort to stop farmers from illegally burning rice straw left over after this year’s harvests.The county — Taiwan’s third-…
Read MoreLegislative by-election candidates discuss firefighting, tax rebates
The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) candidate for the upcoming legislative by-election in Taipei Enoch Wu (???) on Tuesday discussed the issue of firefighting resources, while his Kuomintang (KMT) rival Wang Hung-wei (???) proposed tax repayments to…
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