A startling unusual moment at a public event in Taiwan has captured global attention after an elderly attendee unexpectedly vomited during a speech, with the spray landing on the country’s president.

Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te told AFP that the nation needs to boost its defenses against China, as a Chinese takeover would pave the way for Beijing to go after other targets, like Japan and the ...

Abstract: Silicon photonic micro-ring resonators (MRR) developed on the silicon-on-insulator (SOI) platform, owing to their high sensitivity and small footprint, show great potential for many chemical ...

Have you ever felt like you are swimming upstream in a river that refuses to slow down? In our modern era of relentless hustle and digital noise, it often feels like we have lost the knack for simply ...

BEIJING -- A Chinese mainland spokesperson on Wednesday criticized Taiwan's Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), led by Lai Ching-te, for selling out Taiwan's competitive industries. Spokesperson Peng ...

Live journalism from The Times. © 2026 The New York Times Company Dr. Lai Ching-te was born in 1959 in New Taipei City’s Wanli district. After receiving a B.S ...

President Lai Ching-te of Taiwan warns in a U.S. interview that a Chinese takeover of Taiwan would threaten U.S. interests and empower Beijing internationally. While urging the U.S. to observe China's ...

If you’ve noticed short Korean and Chinese dramas suddenly popping up on your Instagram Reels or YouTube Shorts, you’re not alone. These “micro dramas” are becoming a fast-growing trend in India, and ...

I have heard it said time and time again that life is a mystery; that there is just something so elusive and incomprehensible about why birth and death occur or why and how creation comes to be at all ...

Facial expression recognition in videos is an active area of research in computer vision. However, fake facial expressions are difficult to be recognized even by humans. On the other hand, facial ...

Aug 29 (Reuters) - Super Micro Computer's (SMCI.O), opens new tab shares fell nearly 5% on Friday after the artificial intelligence-optimized server maker reiterated weaknesses in internal control ...

BEIJING - A mainland spokeswoman said on Wednesday that Taiwan's Lai Ching-te authorities had willingly served as an ATM for US arms dealers, yielding to external forces and squandering money on ...