TAIPEI/SYDNEY - Taiwan said it welcomed a senior Fijian diplomat this week who met with Vice President Hsiao Bi-khim, a highly unusual trip given the Pacific island state only has formal relations with Beijing, which decries any international exchanges with Taipei.
WASHINGTON - Taiwan must be allowed full and equal participation when China hosts APEC next year, the U.S. State Department said on Wednesday, after Taipei complained that Beijing had \"added a lot of conditions\" to its attendance.
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WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Wednesday he planned to visit the five Central Asian countries in the coming year, as he met their foreign ministers as part of a Trump administration charm offensive aimed at the resource-rich region.
Have you ever wondered how airplanes, cars, oil and gas pipelines or medical devices are made? It's not just the materials they're composed of that's so important, but also the high-speed machining that shapes them. Improving those processes can improve the industries that use
Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Bipartisan lawmakers want legal answers on alleged drug boat strikes A bipartisan group of House lawmakers is demanding more answers from President
The highly-complex technology is increasingly being tipped to transform computing.
More Morrissey cancelations abound. The former Smiths frontman canceled two Mexico shows last-minute last week due to “extreme exhaustion,” and now the rest of his shows for the month are no longer happening.
Most analysts believe the Bank rate will remain at 4% for now, although there could be a cut in December.
A new study led by the University of Oxford has revealed that reptiles confined to islands are facing a double jeopardy. Despite being more likely to go extinct than mainland species, they remain largely ignored by researchers compared to their mainland counterparts.
Ahead of season 2, Vivienne Medrano revealed she's been looking at fans' bingo cards.
A collaborative research team led by Prof. Ma Yanwei from the Institute of Electrical Engineering (IEE) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), has shattered records in the current-carrying performance of iron-based superconducting wires.
The universe's expansion may actually have started to slow rather than accelerating at an ever-increasing rate as previously thought, a new study suggests.
President Trump said Wednesday he wants to see New York City succeed in the wake of the election of self-described democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani (D) but cautioned that the mayor-elect must be "respectful of Washington." "I would like to see the new mayor do well, because
Since contrary to other South American governments where voting is mandatory, (Uruguay and Chile, two neighbors), and since the Falkland Islands are a very small community, without political parties, the elected Government campaigns to ensure citizens effectively vote and the
Spoiler warning.
Talk about a powerful faux pas.
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) said that some conservative justices on the Supreme Court appear “willing to put the brakes” on President Trump, as the high court considers the legality of the president’s sweeping tariffs. During Wednesday’s oral arguments on whether Trump
GrX Studio, the production company behind crime thrillers “Copycat Killer” and “The Victims’ Game,” is showcasing its latest project at the Taiwan Creative Content Fest (TCCF). “The Ones I Killed and The Ones Who Killed Me” is a psychological crime drama with plans for a
President Trump urged Republicans to talk about his administration’s efforts to lower prices on Wednesday following the party’s losses in Tuesday’s off-year elections. “I think they’re coming down. I think they’re down already,” Trump told Fox News’s Bret Baier in an interview
Supply drops in Arc Raiders can be called in from call stations scattered around the map. Here's where you can find call stations around the map.
Custom lighting that reflects your mood? Yes, please. The post Philips Hue Smart Lighting with 3 Bulbs Reaches New Record Low, Amazon Cuts Nearly 50% Off appeared first on Kotaku .
In the 2023 remarks from the King he said AI was "no less important than the discovery of electricity" but warned the risks must be tackled.
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Taylor Momsen was the latest guest on the “Call Her Daddy” podcast and reminisced on the painstaking effort it took to quit The CW’s “Gossip Girl” during Season 4. Momsen, a child actor who had already appeared in major films such as “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” and “Spy
Democrats got a much-needed morale boost on Tuesday when elections across the nation went their way. A party that has been divided and discontented since President Trump won his second term a year ago had its first taste of a comeback. The biggest national story was the victory
President names Steve Pearce to lead agency that manages a quarter-billion acres, about 10% of land in US Donald Trump nominated a former lawmaker from New Mexico on Wednesday to oversee the management of vast public lands that are playing a central role in Republican attempts
For two weeks during November, countries are coming together in the city of Belém in Brazil to negotiate their responses to climate change. This will be the 30th UN climate summit, known as Cop30. It marks ten years since the negotiation of the Paris agreement (a global
Henry Tsai, the Golden Horse Award-winning screenwriter of “Winds of September,” is set to direct “Spent Bullets,” an adaptation of Terao Tetsuya’s acclaimed literary work, with the project selected for presentation at the Taiwan Creative Content Fest (TCCF). The film follows
Simulated jobs tend to attract people who do the real thing, and they are full of interesting information.
Pastor Raymond Koh had been abducted by a group of armed men in 2017.
The Copernicus Sentinel-1D satellite has joined the Sentinel-1 mission in orbit. Launch took place on 4 November 2025 at 22:03 CET (18:03 local time) on board an Ariane 6 rocket from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana.
B Company, 1st Battalion, The Royal Irish Regiment (1 R IRISH) have officially taken over from I Company, 2nd Battalion, The Rifles (2 RIFLES) as the British Forces South Atlantic Islands (BFSAI) Roulement Infantry Company (RIC), at Mount Pleasant Complex in the Falkland Islands.
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Wednesday said his counterpart, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) would regret endorsing New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani (D). Mamdani campaigned as a democratic socialist, railing against establishment policies and
“I just feel sad that there are so many people, children and elderly people who are not getting these benefits when they need to," he said at a screening of his new film, 'Tyler Perry's Finding Joy,' while urging others to help those in need.
Last year, Euphoria Again — the project of Knifeplay’s John Klein — released the album Waiting On Time To Fly . Now the band is announcing a collaborative album called Destination Heaven with the Harrisburg, VA alt-country group Dogwood Tales.
{beacon} Technology The Big Story Crypto firms, banks battle over future of digital finance rules The cryptocurrency and banking industries are facing off over competing visions of digital asset regulation at the agency level, seeking to define the future of the financial
While occasionally languorous, the 2026 Czech Oscar entry “I’m Not Everything I Want to Be” is one of the rare documentaries about an artist that goes above and beyond to embody its subject’s creative spirit, often to a fault. Whereas chronicles of its ilk tend to simply
Its valuation looks bonkers. Its business isn’t
“We don’t have enough examples of winning, so it’s really important to taste the sweetness when we do,” the artist and activist told Hyperallergic .
"People are really worried,” a financial adviser told On The Money. “Many are telling me they're looking to move everywhere from Florida to Connecticut."
Staying powered on the go has never been cheaper. The post Amazon Is Cleaning Out Stock, Baseus 100W USB-C Charger Selling for Pocket Change appeared first on Kotaku .
"What irks you with Battlefield 6 right now?"
After an emergency board meeting at the Philadelphia Art Museum (PhAM), Director and CEO Sasha Suda was dismissed from her post yesterday, November 4. Initially reported in Philadelphia Magazine, Suda was ousted via email shortly after completing three years of her five-year
Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story 5 takeaways from Trump’s tariffs at Supreme Court Conservative and liberal Supreme Court justices alike seemed dubious of President Trump’s tariffs justified by
At least one other person who's posted about the config file change on Steam has not been banned yet, though, so who knows.
It's a bigger deal than you might think.
