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16 stories from Planck Standard. Latest: August 4, 2026.
Airborne laser scanning flagged the candidate. Climbers had to hike two days uphill and drop a tape from the crown to prove it. The forest around it is one of the most carbon-dense on Earth.
Super Typhoon Bavi, more than 1,000 kilometers across, forced evacuations along Taiwan's mountainous east as China and Japan braced and rescuers in southern China still dug through the wreckage of a storm that killed 39.
The London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies says the world is entering a new nuclear arms race "with the Asia-Pacific at its core," with neither side showing clear guardrails against striking the other's command networks.
The chip giant's massive investment in Taiwan undermines Trump administration efforts to establish America as the center of artificial intelligence development.
The 1930s-set novel about a Japanese travel writer and her Taiwanese interpreter beat finalists from Iran, Brazil, France and Germany to take the prize on its 10th anniversary, marking a first for both Taiwanese fiction and a Taiwanese-American translator.
About 300 troops and two ScanEagle II surveillance drones deployed across Ishigaki, Yonaguni and Miyakojima through May 22 in what defense analysts call a triple signal — to Tokyo's own public, to Washington, and to Beijing.
The president's comments about using potential Taiwan weapons deals as leverage have raised serious questions about America's commitment to the island's defense.
The conversation may have tested decades-old American assurance to Taiwan not to consult Beijing on weapons transfers.
Despite conciliatory gestures at summit, fundamental disagreements over trade and Taiwan remain unresolved.
Beijing has called Taiwan the "core of China's core interests" as Xi prepares to focus on getting President Trump to slow weapons approvals for the self-governing island.
The Trump administration has held up weapons sales to Taiwan for months ahead of President Trump's scheduled meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping this week.
The administration has held up weapons sales for months as the president prepares for his summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping this week.
Chinese analysts believe America's prolonged conflict with Iran has weakened U.S. deterrence capabilities in the Pacific, potentially emboldening Beijing ahead of upcoming Trump summit.
WatchKMT chairwoman Cheng Li-wun traveled to the Great Hall of the People on a self-described "peace mission" as Beijing pushes for influence ahead of a planned Trump-Xi summit in May.
Chinese President holds rare discussions with Taiwanese politician Cheng Li-wun, who suggests possibility of future Xi visit to Taiwan.
KMT leader Cheng Li-wun traveled to Shanghai at Xi Jinping's invitation to open cross-strait dialogue, weeks before Trump and Xi are expected to meet in Beijing in May.