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Taiwanese writer and former president of the Taipei Chinese Center, Peng Ko (彭歌), passed away on June 30 at the age of 100, the center said on Tuesday.

The Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) has formed a task force to help Taiwan's small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) cope with the risks of exchange rate losses amid recent fluctuations in the Taiwan dollar's value against the U.S. dollar, a senior MOEA official said Wednesday.

Two Kuomintang (KMT) lawmakers from Nantou County, Ma Wen-chun (馬文君) and Yu Hao (游顥), will face recall votes on Aug. 23, said the Central Election Commission (CEC), with the total number of KMT lawmakers facing recall votes now reaching 26.

A worker who fell unconscious at a site in Taoyuan operated by the state-run oil refiner, CPC Corp., Taiwan, was pronounced dead on Wednesday, according to the city's fire department.

Vice President Hsiao Bi-khim (蕭美琴) on Wednesday said that Taiwan and the United States are having some "bumps" due to the potential imposition of sweeping tariffs on Taiwanese goods by Washington, but both sides are still talking with the hope of reaching a mutually acceptable solution.

A survey has found that 60 percent of Taiwanese remain opposed to allowing heavy motorcycles (250cc and over) on national freeways, according to the Freeway Bureau on Wednesday.

Taipei Veterans General Hospital (TVGH) on Wednesday touted its world-first AI-powered platform designed to assist in the diagnosis of schizophrenia, saying it is over 90 percent accurate and capable of transcending the limits of traditional symptom-based assessments.

"Taiwan Pioneers," a team of Taiwanese firefighters, made history at the biennial World Police & Fire Games (WPFG) in Birmingham, Alabama, winning one gold, one silver and one bronze medal in the demanding Ultimate Firefighter team category.

Taiwan has reported a new imported malaria case, marking the first case in 20 years of Plasmodium knowlesi malaria, a zoonotic disease primarily found in Southeast Asia, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) said Wednesday.

Senior Cabinet official Kung Ming-hsin (龔明鑫) projected a positive outlook for Taiwan's economy during remarks in Taipei on Wednesday, citing the country's central role in the global development of artificial intelligence (AI).