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Taiwanese artist and celebrity Jimmy Lin Chih-ying was involved in a self-collision car crash while driving a Tesla ...

State-run Taiwan Power Co (Taipower, 台電) yesterday said that the nation’s peak-hour electricity consumption this summer might exceed 40 gigawatts (GW) due to industrial use and high temperatures. Peak power usage reached 39.94GW at 1:40pm on Thursday, which was a record and only 60 megawatts (MW) shy of the utility’s predicted maximum, Taipower data showed. In contrast, yesterday’s peak consumption slid to 38.95GW, as torrential rain in the afternoon helped lower temperatures and reduce residential use of air-conditioning, it said. It previously forecast that peak usage would climb t...

UNFORESEEN: Although Taipower anticipated heavy use by semiconductor firms over the summer, it did not expect the Ukraine war which caused coal prices to surgeBy Kao Shih-ching / Staff reporter

Children practice at a traditional archery summer camp in New Taipei City’s Linkou Civil Sports Center yesterday. Sixteen sports centers across the special municipality are offering 28,000 spots for people interested in a variety of sports courses, including ball games, swimming, rock climbing, squash and street dance.

The Tranan Qwasan Biru Experimental Elementary School in New Taipei City’s Wulai District (烏來) is offering a new immersion language program to promote indigenous-language education, the city government said on Wednesday. The school was founded in September 2020 to preserve Atayal culture, initially employing Atayal elders as teaching staff, New Taipei City Indigenous Peoples Department Commissioner Lo Mei-ching (羅美菁) said in an interview. The school teaches the Atayal language through traditional activities, seeking that students build fluency naturally, she said. Lo said the dress...