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(This Feb. 18 story has been corrected to fix the family name to Li, not Lu, in paragraphs 2 and 3)

Tougher laws and changing attitudes to nature have helped the island’s Formosan pangolin population recover.

The basketball legend is once again having fun at Howard’s expense.

Former leaders from Australia, Britain and Belgium have called for a tougher international approach to China to reduce the possibility of war over Taiwan and respond to human rights violations

The Fed’s aggressive stance to tame inflation and recessionary concerns have weighed heavily on investor sentiments. Amid such market volatilities, quality stocks such as Taiwan Semiconductor (TSM), Halliburton (HAL), and Overseas Shipholding Group (OSG), which have maintained solid momentum, could be wise portfolio additions now. Read on….

In Tokyo speech to conservative lawmakers, former British PM issues warning about Chinese aggression

Does she really think Xi’s threats to Taiwan will be stopped by the sabre-rattling of the failed PM of a former colonial power? asks foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall

Taiwan's Defense Ministry said the balloon carried equipment registered to a state-owned electronics company in the northern city of Taiyuan.

Ms Truss was speaking in Japan in her first public speech since her resignation as prime minister.