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Bringing Taiwan to the World and the World to Taiwan

Bringing Taiwan to the World and the World to Taiwan

Bringing Taiwan to the World and the World to Taiwan

Taipei, Nov. 22 (CNA) Two NT$10 million (US$320,512) special prizes for July-August receipts have still not been claimed, while three holders of receipts with the winning serial number for the NT$2 million grand prize have also not come forward as yet, according to the Ministry of Finance (MOF), which manages the receipt lottery.

Kaohsiung, Nov. 16 (CNA) Traffic control measures will be in place in parts of Kaohsiung on Nov. 19 for the 13th edition of the city's LGBTQ+ pride parade, local police announced Wednesday.

Taiwanese entertainer Shiny Chang introduces plates of Taiwanese popcorn chicken in a handout image from the Kaohsiung Tourism Bureau. The Kaohsiung City Government yesterday said that the Kaohsiung Popcorn Chicken Festival is to take place at the plaza in front of Mega Far Eastern Department Store in the city’s Lingya District on Aug. 27 and 28. With more than 100 booths for popcorn chicken shops from across Taiwan, the city government expects the event to attract more tourists to Kaohsiung ...

The Omicron BA.2 subvariant of SARS-CoV-2 is rapidly spreading in Taiwan, while the original BA.1 subvariant has not been recorded in domestic COVID-19 cases since April 21, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) said yesterday. Centers for Disease Control Deputy Director-General Philip Lo (羅一鈞), the deputy head of the CECC’s medical response division, said that a few imported cases reported at the end of last month were infected with the earlier subvariant, but about 96 percent of t...

Police have rescued five people in Taipei and nine in Kaohsiung who had been locked up by criminal groups that used their bank accounts for money laundering. Both cases involve people applying for fake job interviews. In the Taipei case, police on Wednesday rescued five people, two men and three women, who said they were forcibly confined inside rooms at a hostel. Seven alleged members of a criminal ring, believed to be headed by a 31-year-old man surnamed Chang (張), were arrested. Two modifie...

By Lee I-chia / Staff reporterAbout 47 percent of people whose deaths were related to COVID-19 this year have died within three days of testing positive, while 33 percent died within three to seven days, the Central Epidemic Command Center （CECC） said yesterday.

About 47 percent of people whose deaths were related to COVID-19 this year have died within three days of testing positive, while 33 percent died within three to seven days, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) said yesterday. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Deputy Director-General Chuang Jen-hsiang (莊人祥), the center’s spokesman, said 66,247 new local cases, 36 imported cases and 40 deaths were confirmed yesterday. As the number of daily confirmed cases has dropped in the past fo...