4+ day, 10+ hour ago   (269+ words) New Taipei City Councilor Yang Chun-mei (楊春妹) was released on NT$500,000 (US $15,700) bail and barred from leaving Taiwan after prosecutors said she is suspected of distributing laundry detergent to voters as part of a vote-buying scheme, the New Taipei District…...

5+ day, 10+ hour ago   (535+ words) Taisun Enterprise Co (泰山企業) yesterday filed a lawsuit against Central Union Oil Corp (中聯油脂) and three other companies, seeking NT$1 billion (US$31.71 million) in joint compensation over a food safety scandal involving Central Union-produced oil with excessive levels of the…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (333+ words) A taxi driver was arrested early this morning after allegedly ramming his vehicle into the Taipei District Prosecutors’ Office, likely in protest against court rulings against him, the Taipei City Police Department said. The department's Zhongzheng First Precinct said in…...

2+ week, 10+ hour ago   (218+ words) Kyle Schwarber hit a go-ahead RBI single and Trea Turner had a two-run single in a three-run 10th inning in the Philadelphia Phillies’ 4-2 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Saturday night. Phillies closer Jhoan Duran (2-4) threw a scoreless ninth and…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (657+ words) Californians are spotting swarms of dragonflies flitting around parks, chasing mosquitoes in ponds and hunting flies on farms, a phenomenon experts say was likely fueled by unusually warm spring rains. Peter Veilleux, who owns a nursery in Oakland, said he…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (419+ words) The Kaohsiung Department of Health yesterday urged people not to eat wild mushrooms, as it reported that a family had sought hospital treatment after reportedly eating unidentified mushrooms picked in a grassland. High temperatures and rainfall in the south made…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (400+ words) Detroit Tigers infielder Lee Hao- yu (李灝宇) on Wednesday reached base three times, but his team fell 4-3 to the Pittsburgh Pirates and lost the three-game series 2-1. Lee, batting ninth and starting at third base, singled and drew two walks in…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (443+ words) The dog, Wilson, helped locate survivors trapped in rubble following a magnitude 7.2 earthquake that struck Hualien on April 3, 2024. He reportedly died last year after falling from a building during a training exercise. However, a Hualien firefighter said that Wilson might…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (242+ words) Hualien County Fire Department officials have been asked to brief the Hualien County Council on the circumstances of the death of a search-and-rescue dog that helped locate survivors trapped in the rubble following the magnitude 7.2 earthquake on April 3, 2024. Wilson, a…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (299+ words) Detroit Tigers infielder Lee Hao- yu on Monday set the record for the most hits by a Taiwanese player in an MLB season after getting three hits in an 8-5 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Lee entered the series opener tied…...