TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — As of last Friday (May 29), foreign residents of Taiwan can now use the EasyCard Wallet app on their phones.
The digital payment app enables users to bind their EasyCar...
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Tropical Storm Cristobal formed in the southern Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday, bringing some flooding to Mexico's southern Gulf coast and threatening more deadly inundations farther inl...
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — The National Immigration Agency (NIA) has announced five conditions under which foreigners will be allowed to apply for a visa extension during the coronavirus pandemic.
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TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Premier Su Tseng-chang (蘇貞昌) announced on Tuesday (June 2) that the stimulus vouchers aimed to boost Taiwan’s economy amid fallout from the coronavirus (COVID-19) wi...
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — In addition to Taiwanese citizens, foreigners who hold Alien Residence Certificates (ARCs) will also be able to utilize stimulus vouchers, which the government will make a...
Today in History
Today is Saturday, May 30, the 151st day of 2020. There are 215 days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
On May 30, 1...
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — President Donald Trump’s demand for a full-capacity Republican convention in August is putting pressure on North Carolina health officials — and local Republicans — as coronavir...
NEW YORK (AP) — The task facing playwright Tito Livas was intense: Write a new play in a few days that could be read alone or aloud with friends. Don't worry if it's too crazy. Oh, and make it 10 minu...
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — After being closed down for over a month, 14 KTV hostess clubs (酒店) and dance halls (舞廳) have reopened in Taipei on the condition they follow epidemic prevention rules and...
Today in History
Today is Saturday, May 16, the 137th day of 2020. There are 229 days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
On May 16, 1...
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — UNLV graduate transfer Jonah Antonio says he will join Wake Forest.
The 6-foot-5 guard announced his decision in a social-media post Thursday.
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The NFL has awarded two new grants and renewed seven others through its social justice platform Inspire Change.
The new honorees are Council on Legal Education Opportunity (CLEO, Inc...
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Taiwan's Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) on Tuesday (May 12) announced that it is considering reopening economic and trade links with Hong Kong on the same day ...
In coming years, when they write the narrative histories of the 2020 pandemic — those paperweight-level volumes that reconstruct these strange days in painstaking and vivid detail — the past week in A...
As coronavirus-induced economic pain grew around the world, some U.S. states moved forward Friday with plans to reopen their economies, while European countries held muted commemorations to mark the e...
