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Taiwan leader seeks cooperation with Japan for economic resilience
Japan Today
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August 18, 2025
Taiwan President Lai Ching-te on Monday called for stronger cooperation with Japan in semiconductors, artificial intelligence and the defense industry to boost economic resilience, as he met with members of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's...
Taiwan’s STARLUX partners with American Airlines
Asian Aviation
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August 19, 2025
On the heels of the announcement of its new nonstop flights from Phoenix to Taipei, STARLUX Airlines announced a new a partnership with American Airlines. With this new partnership, passengers on both airlines will have convenient access to more...
Taiwan stands firm amid challenges
Taipei Times
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August 18, 2025
There is an old saying that if there is blood in the water, the sharks will come. In Taiwan’s case, that shark is China, circling, waiting for any sign of weakness to strike. Many thought the failed recall effort was that blood in the water, a...
Trade is a great peacemaker. Why should we go near another US-led folly?
Muswellbrook Chronicle
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August 18, 2025
Australia, on the other hand, has a population of 26 million and is about 7500 kilometres from China. So, if China is incapable at present of a quick invasion of Taiwan and takeover of its government, what prospect is there of China invading and...
Businesses Brace For New Tax Challenges, Global Tariff Focus
Ink Free News - Indiana
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August 18, 2025
InkFreeNews.com Posted Aug 18, 2025 Updated: Aug 18, 2025 @ 9:03 AM Cargo containers and transport trucks being processed through the Port of Baltimore at Seagirt Marine Terminal are visible during a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Maryland Port...
Tale of Two Economies: Vietnam roars while US whimpers
Azzet
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August 18, 2025
Fifty years ago the United States spent an estimated US$170 billion (A$261.1 billion) fighting a war in Vietnam it was never going to win, in today’s money that around US$1 trillion. Fast forward to 2025 and a litany of failed wars the U.S. has...
Former Yangzijiang Financial CEO Vincent Toe’s ICH Group seeks to give Singapore’s small and mid-cap IPO market a leg up
The Business Times Singapore
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[SINGAPORE] Vincent Toe, the former chief executive of Yangzijiang Financial, understands the challenges that companies with small-to-mid market capitalisation face when they attempt to get listed. During his tenure at Yangzijiang Financial, Toe...
Foxconn successfully expands business beyond just assembling iPhones
MacDailyNews
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August 18, 2025
The logo of electronics contract manufacturer Foxconn Technology Group, formally known as Hon Hai Precision Industry, is displayed at its headquarters in Taipei. Photo: Agence France-Presse Foxconn, the Taiwanese tech giant known best for...
The EU calls on China to revoke sanctions on Lithuanian banks
European Interest
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August 18, 2025
On 13 August, China announced the imposition of sanctions on two European Union banks, UAB Urbo Bankas and AB Mano Bankas, based in Lithuania. This action was taken as a reciprocal measure following the EU’s sanctions against several Chinese...
Nordson Electronics Solutions to Exhibit Fluid Dispensing Technologies at SEMICON Taiwan 2025
Automation.com
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August 18, 2025
August 18, 2025 Nordson Electronics Solutions News Nordson Electronics Solutions to Exhibit Fluid Dispensing Technologies at SEMICON Taiwan 2025 CARLSBAD, Calif., Aug. 18, 2025 – Nordson Electronics Solutions, a global leader in reliable...
Former Intel engineer Varun Gupta leaks trade secrets to Microsoft yet avoids prison
The American Bazaar
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August 18, 2025
An engineer formerly employed by Intel has escaped serious criminal prosecution with only a slap on the wrist for allegedly stealing trade secrets. After leaving the chip giant in early 2020 to join Microsoft, Varun Gupta was given two years of...
AirAsia flies KK to Taipei and Fukuoka
TTR Weekly
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August 18, 2025
FUKUOKA, 19 August 2025: AirAsia Malaysia (AK) has introduced daily flights from Kota Kinabalu to Fukuoka with a stop in Taipei, under fifth freedom traffic rights that allow the airline to sell tickets on the Taipei-Fukuoka sector. The maiden...
EXPOSED:Taiwan rice worth over R10million hidden at the Deputy Prime Minister’s Office, to be distributed to MPs and used by Ambassador in influencing upcoming eSwatini’s Tinkhundla undemocratic elections.
Swaziland News
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By Musa Mdluli MBABANE:Taiwan donated rice worth over R10million but the food was kept by the National Disaster Management Agency(NDMA) under the Deputy Prime Minister’s Office. Eswatini is an absolute Monarchy where about 70% of the population...
xMEMS Labs to Hold 3rd Annual Seminar Series in Taipei and Shenzhen
Simm Tester - Texas
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Monday, August 18, 2025 xMEMS Labs’ xMEMS Live Asia seminar series will return this September 16 in Taipei and September 18 in Shenzhen. Now in its third year, xMEMS Live Asia brings together engineers, product designers, system architects and...
Taiwan Excellence Shines at Taiwan Expo USA in Dallas
The AI Journal
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August 18, 2025
Forging MLB-Level Collaborations to Build a World-Class Brand Image DALLAS, Aug. 18, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Showcasing the very best of Taiwan’s innovation, Taiwan Excellence delivered a three-day exhibition at Taiwan Expo 2025 in Dallas, held at the...
Eagles acquire WR John Metchie III in a trade with the Texans
Philadelphia Eagles - Pennsylvania
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"Not only is he a great football player, but he's a great person, and I wouldn't want anybody else other than those guys in that room," Texans quarterback C.J. Stroud told reporters in the 2024 offseason. "His mindset is that he's just ready to...
Trump would not use Taiwan as pawn: Gray
Taipei Times
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August 18, 2025
A former White House official on Sunday said he does not believe US President Donald Trump would ever use Taiwan as a bargaining chip in dealings with Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平). “Taiwan has been a core national interest of the United...
European Equities Trade Softer As Geopolitics And Jackson Hole Loom
MENAFN
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August 18, 2025
(MENAFN- DailyFX (IG)) Peace-talk optics shift, but Kyiv holds the line Vladimir Putin's apparent demand that Ukraine cede all territory seized by Russia - plus additional areas - remains a non-starter for Kyiv and European leaders. Their...
Nation of Debt: Higher taxes, deeper spending cuts inevitable as economy suffers from long Covid
The New Zealand Herald
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August 18, 2025
Spending is at a fundamentally unsustainable level, even once you strip out the ups and downs associated with different parts of the economic cycle. The Government’s finances aren’t just suffering from a hangover that will pass. The chills run...
Vietnam Rolls Out Ambitious Infrastructure Plan for Economic Expansion
International Business Times Singapore
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August 18, 2025
Vietnam has launched an ambitious plan for housing and infrastructure development, supported by investments equal to 10% of its GDP. This comes in an attempt to boost the economy and move closer to its objective of becoming a high-income nation by...