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  Knife attack in Taiwan kills 3, smoke bombs thrown at Taipei train station | Video

  World | December 20, 2025 9:13 IST

  According to officials, the suspect first released smoke devices near Taipei’s main train station, creating panic among commuters. He then began attacking people with a sharp weapon said to be a knife as people walking across tried to escape the area.

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  Taiwan: Over 600 remain stranded days after 7.4-magnitude earthquake that killed 12

  World | April 06, 2024 10:34 IST

  The death count from Taiwan's 7.4-magnitude earthquake has risen to 12 after two more bodies were located at a hiking trail. Dramatic visuals of buildings tilting violently during the powerful earthquake flooded social media as rescue operations continued in the island country.

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  Why are Japan, Taiwan and other countries in that region prone to frequent earthquakes?

  Explainers | April 04, 2024 11:33 IST

  The recent powerful magnitude 7.4 earthquake that struck near Taiwan's Hualien City resulted in significant casualties and infrastructure damage, making it the strongest earthquake to hit the region in decades. While tsunami warnings were issued initially, they were later lifted.

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  MOMENT: Massive earthquake rocks multiple landmarks in Taiwan I VIDEO

  World | April 03, 2024 14:47 IST

  Government statistics showed 736 people were injured and 77 stranded. The quake and aftershocks also caused 24 landslides and damage to 35 roads, bridges and tunnels.

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  Earthquake of 7.2 magnitude rocks Taiwan's Hualien, Japan issues tsunami alert

  World | April 03, 2024 6:55 IST

  Taiwan Earthquake: A powerful earthquake struck Taiwan early Wednesday, rocking the entire island and collapsing buildings following which Japan issued a tsunami alert.

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  China restores diplomatic relations with Nauru after latter severs ties with Taiwan

  World | January 24, 2024 13:22 IST

  Nauru cut off ties with Taiwan just two days after Lai Ching-te, the candidate for Taiwan's ruling anti-China Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), won the presidential elections held on January 13. Nauru previously severed relations with Taiwan in 2002 and restored it in 2005.

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  'I was told to pack up and go': Envoy as Nauru switches diplomatic recognition from Taiwan to China

  World | January 15, 2024 14:32 IST

  The break in diplomatic ties after Lai Ching-te won the presidential election in Taiwan on Saturday. Before the election, China repeated Lai as a 'dangerous separatist'.

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  Taiwan's President-elect Ching-te could face tough years in office with no parliamentary majority

  World | January 14, 2024 18:44 IST

  Lai’s victory means the Democratic Progressive Party will continue to hold the presidency for a third four-year term, following eight years under President Tsai Ing-wen

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  Earthquake of magnitude 5.9 rocks Taiwan's Taipei

  World | October 24, 2023 8:22 IST

  Earlier this morning, Nepal's Kathmandu was hit by an earthquake with a magnitude of 4.1 on the Richter Scale on Tuesday, said the National Center for Seismology (NCS). No immediate damages to properties or casualties have been reported so far.

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  Chinese balloon found on northern island, reports Taiwan

  World | February 17, 2023 12:10 IST

  Chinese balloon news: The ministry’s statement on Thursday (February 16) said the balloon carried equipment registered to a state-owned electronics company in the northern city of Taiyuan.

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  Marsha Blackburn becomes latest US lawmaker to visit Taiwan, defies Beijing

  World | August 26, 2022 9:56 IST

  United States: Applauding US House speaker, Nancy Pelosi's recent visit to Taiwan alongside 25 other Republican senators, she said that Taiwan is the strongest partner of the US in the Indo-Pacific Region, according to The Hill.

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  27 Chinese warplanes enter Taiwan's air defence zone, says Taipei after Nancy Pelosi's visit

  World | August 03, 2022 20:02 IST

  Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan on Tuesday night despite serious warnings from Beijing threatening the United Nations with serious consequences.

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  21 Chinese fighter jets enter Taiwan's air defense zone as Nancy Pelosi visits island

  World | August 03, 2022 0:40 IST

  Nancy Pelosi Taiwan visit Live Updates: US House Speaker lands in Taiwan despite a warning from China, as tensions between the two superpowers continue to soar.

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  US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to go ahead with Taiwan visit, say reports

  World | August 01, 2022 22:16 IST

  China vs US: The United Daily News, Liberty Times and China Times — Taiwan's three largest national newspapers — cited unidentified sources as saying she would arrive in Taipei after visiting Malaysia and spend the night.

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  Samsung reportedly shutdown Tizen app store for new and existing users

  Technology | January 10, 2022 10:59 IST

  Samsung has recently declared that they have shut down its Tizen app store for both its new and existing users.  

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  Fire leaves 46 dead, dozens injured in southern Taiwan

  World | October 14, 2021 14:12 IST

  At least 11 people found on the scene were sent straight to the morgue, said the head of the fire dept addressing journalists at the site of the fire.

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  Under China pressure, Taiwan opposition choses new leader

  World | September 25, 2021 17:18 IST

  Four candidates, including incumbent chair Johnny Chiang, had competed for the leadership of the party that has advocated closer relations with Beijing. That means agreeing to Beijing’s demand that it regard Taiwan as a part of China, something Taiwan’s ruling Democratic Progressive Party has refused to do.  

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  Taiwan extends level-3 COVID alert to July 12

  World | June 24, 2021 11:25 IST

  The level-3 alert, the second-highest in Taiwan's four-tier Covid-19 alert scale, was first imposed in Taipei and New Taipei on May 15, reports Xinhua news agency.

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  Copter crash kills Taiwan's top military officer, 7 others

  India | January 02, 2020 13:34 IST

  A top military official from Taiwan was killed in an air force helicopter crash Thursday morning that killed seven other people, the defense ministry said. The helicopter was flying from Taipei to the northeastern city of Ilan for a new year's activity when it crashed.

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  Taiwan approves same-sex marriage in first for Asia, news trends in China

  World | May 17, 2019 20:11 IST

  The news of Taiwan allowing same-sex marriage remained the number one popular trend on the Twitter-like microblogging site Weibo in mainland China.