Taipei
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Tanvi Sharma scripts history, becomes youngest shuttler to win Taipei Open
Other Sports | Aug 02, 2026, 02:48 PM ISTStar India shuttler Tanvi Sharma put in a brilliant performance in the final of the Taipei Open 2026, defeating Thuy Linh Nguyen, she became the youngest shuttler to win the tournament in history as PV Sindhu also came forward to heap praise on her performance.
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Knife attack in Taiwan kills 3, smoke bombs thrown at Taipei train station | Video
World | Dec 20, 2025, 09:13 AM ISTAccording 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 | Apr 06, 2024, 10:34 AM ISTThe 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 | Apr 04, 2024, 11:33 AM ISTThe 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 | Apr 03, 2024, 02:47 PM ISTGovernment 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 | Apr 03, 2024, 06:55 AM ISTTaiwan 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 | Jan 24, 2024, 01:22 PM ISTNauru 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 | Jan 15, 2024, 02:32 PM ISTThe 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 | Jan 14, 2024, 06:44 PM ISTLai’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 | Oct 24, 2023, 08:22 AM ISTEarlier 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 | Feb 17, 2023, 12:10 PM ISTChinese 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 | Aug 26, 2022, 09:56 AM ISTUnited 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 | Aug 03, 2022, 08:02 PM ISTNancy 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 | Aug 03, 2022, 12:40 AM ISTNancy 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 | Aug 01, 2022, 10:16 PM ISTChina 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 | Jan 10, 2022, 10:59 AM ISTSamsung 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 | Oct 14, 2021, 02:12 PM ISTAt 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 | Sep 25, 2021, 05:18 PM ISTFour 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 | Jun 24, 2021, 11:25 AM ISTThe 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 | Jan 02, 2020, 01:34 PM ISTA 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.