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Activities where mask wearing is impossible, such as diving and snorkeling, will be suspended | 2021-05-23 16:44:00

The spike in locally transmitted COVID-19 cases since mid-May -- more than 2,500 as of Saturday -- led President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) and Health Minister Chen Shih-chung (陳時中) Friday to call on the public to stay at home this weekend in an effort to slow the spread of the disease.

Taipower said Wednesday’s power consumption third highest in country’s history | 2021-05-20 19:28:00

Nuclear plants a big security risk, As Taiwan’s August referendum on completing its Fourth Nuclear Power Plant approaches, one question that has not yet been fully considered is to what extent this and Taiwan’s other three plants are military liabilities — radioactive targets that China aims to attack. At best, a threatened strike or an intentional near-miss against one plant would likely force the government to shut the other nuclear plants down as a precaution. At worst, a strike could produce Chernobyl-like contamination, forcing the evacuation of millions. Some partial, temporar...

Growing number of Asian countries ravaged by fresh coronavirus waves.   World Health Organisation updates its coronavirus advice, acknowledging aerosol transmission as the major source of infection.  Covid-19: hopes for ‘Herd Immunity’ fade as virus hurtles toward becoming endemic.   Biden’s proposal to waive patent rights for vaccine production has raised quite a storm. Climate change:  how bad could the future be, if we do nothing? And now – to nuclear issues.  There have been a number of important articles this week, on nuclear weapons in space – the militarisation of ...