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/ AFP, TAIPEIUS and Canadian warships yesterday sailed through the Taiwan Strait, the navies of both countries said, in a joint mission through the sensitive waterway.

By Chung Li-hua and Jake Chung / Staff reporter, with staff writerA new government policy dubbed the “Taiwan Artificial Intelligence （AI） Action Plan 2.0” aims to increase the value of the nation’s AI industry to more than NT$250 billion （US$8.16 billion）, the Executive Yuan’s Office of Science and Technology Policy said yesterday.

DEFENSE TALKS: The US has stepped up defense planning, and although it does not seek conflict with China, it ‘would not flinch in the face of bullying,’ Lloyd Austin said/ Agencies, SINGAPORE

PANDEMIC PREPARATIONS: Vice President William Lai said that he hopes the association would help the government to bolster Taiwan’s biological resilienceBy Lee I-chia / Staff reporter

By Chung Li-hua, Chen Yu-fu and Jake Chung / Staff reporters, with staff writerBeijing should learn from the Tiananmen Square Massacre, and realize that brute force has severe consequences, the Mainland Affairs Council （MAC） said yesterday.

SEMICONDUCTORS: The deputy minister of education said that cooperation would be established in quantum technology and Mandarin education, among other fieldsBy Rachel Lin / Staff reporter

MURFREESBORO, TN – Lot’s of adult beverages were taken in two recent theft’s that were reported in Murfreesboro. The theft’s occurred about a week before the Memorial Day Weekend. Local detectives now need help from the community in identifying a person of interest. One woman was caught on a surveillance video camera inside the store and police have since released that photo (above this article). Police say on May 25th, hundreds of dollars' worth of l...

#METOO MOVEMENT: A woman who formerly worked at the TPP said that she was repeatedly harassed by a party deputy secretary last year and it was covered upBy Jason Pan / Staff reporter

BUREAUCRACY: The Taiwan Statebuilding Party said that Taiwan should follow other countries with legislation requiring foreign agents to register with their governmentsBy Chen Cheng-yu and Jake Chung / Staff reporter, with staff writer

By Yang Chen-yu and Jonathan Chin / Staff reporter, with staff writerMore parents have said that their children were given tranquilizers by staff at a private kindergarten in New Taipei City, in what might be the “tip of the iceberg” of a broader crisis in the childcare sector, Democratic Progressive Party （DPP） lawmakers said yesterday.