Taiwan – Page 3481 – Prologue Journal

Singapore lessons in bilingualism

Taipei Times https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2023/06/22/2003801956

Spanish farmers grow crops using treated wastewater

Taipei Times https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2023/06/22/2003801995

US House calls on special counsel John Durham

Taipei Times https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2023/06/22/2003801999

Can chatbots boost mental health?

Taipei Times https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2023/06/22/2003801961

South Sudan peace at risk: UN envoy

Taipei Times https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2023/06/22/2003801991

Prosecutors drop murder charge in Taichung teenage millionaire death case

Taichung, June 21 (CNA) Prosecutors dropped a murder charge Wednesday against a man suspected of killing a high school student he had just married and who had just inherited NT$500 million-worth (US$16.15 million) of properties. https://focustaiwan.tw/society/202306210030

Agriculture top priority in next U.S. trade talks: Top Taiwan negotiator

Taipei, June 21 (CNA) Expanding agricultural exports to the United States will be a priority issue in negotiations of the second phase of the U.S.-Taiwan Initiative on 21st-Century Trade after the two sides signed an initial agreement on June 1, Taiwan’s top trade negotiator said Wednesday. https://focustaiwan.tw/politics/202306210029

Wanted fugitive extradited from Thailand to Taiwan

Taipei, June 21 (CNA) A Taiwanese man charged with defrauding investors of NT$20.1 billion (US$649.26 million) through using falsified financial statements from a now delisted drug company, and who had been at large since 2020, was brought back to Taiwan Wednesday, the Ministry of Justice Investigation Bureau (MJIB) has announced. https://focustaiwan.tw/society/202306210028

Scientists solve centuries-old mystery by discovering ‘mechanical waves’

Taipei, June 21 (CNA) Researchers from Academia Sinica, Taiwan’s top research institute, have solved the centuries-old question of how regenerative animals are able to grow back lost appendages, projecting parts of an animal that have a distinct appearance or function, through the discovery of “mechanical waves” in their cells. https://focustaiwan.tw/sci-tech/202306210027

Cloud Gate to hold free open-air performances of ’13 Tongues’

Taipei, June 21 (CNA) The Cloud Gate Dance Theatre will hold open-air performances of Artistic Director Cheng Tsung-lung’s (鄭宗龍) “13 Tongues” on July 15 in Taipei and July 22 in Taichung. https://focustaiwan.tw/culture/202306210026