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F-16s to Ukraine would raise NATO issue: Russia

Taipei Times https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2023/05/23/2003800295

Apple imports from South Africa suspended after pests detected

Taipei, May 22 (CNA) Taiwan has suspended apple imports from South Africa after codling moth larvae were detected in two shipments during inspections, the Bureau of Animal and Plant Health Inspection and Quarantine (BAPHIQ) said Monday. https://focustaiwan.tw/society/202305220024

Taiwan protests exclusion from WHO’s annual assembly

Taipei, May 22 (CNA) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) on Monday said it was “deeply regrettable” that Taiwan would be excluded from the World Health Organization’s (WHO) annual assembly in Geneva this week. https://focustaiwan.tw/politics/202305220023

Expansion plan of Southern Taiwan Science Park in Nanzih approved

Taipei, May 22 (CNA) The National Development Council (NDC) on Monday approved a NT$43 billion (US$1.40 billion) plan to expand the Southern Taiwan Science Park (STSP) to Kaohsiung’s Nanzih District. https://focustaiwan.tw/business/202305220022

Export orders fall for 8th straight month in April

Taipei, May 22 (CNA) Taiwan’s export orders recorded a year-on-year decline for the eighth consecutive month in April as a global economic slowdown continued to weigh on demand, the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) said Monday. https://focustaiwan.tw/business/202305220021

Taekwondoist holding Chinese flag at Korea event to be probed: Premier

Taipei, May 22 (CNA) The government will look into whether a taekwondo athlete from Taiwan who held a Chinese national flag after winning a bronze medal at the Asia-Pacific Masters Games (APMG) in South Korea last week has worked for the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in Taiwan, Premier Chen Chien-jen (陳建仁) said Monday. https://focustaiwan.tw/cross-strait/202305220020

St. Lucia deputy PM lauds Taiwan as ‘very special friend’

Taipei, May 22 (CNA) Visiting Saint Lucia Deputy Prime Minister Ernest Hilaire said Monday that his five-day visit to Taiwan is intended to thank the country for being a “very special friend of St. Lucia” and explore ways to deepen the two sides’ already cordial relationship. https://focustaiwan.tw/politics/202305220019

Jobless rate ends 2-month rising streak in April

Taipei, May 22 (CNA) Taiwan’s jobless rate fell in April, breaking a two-month rising streak, as job openings increased in domestic demand-oriented industries in the post COVID-19 era, the Directorate General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics (DGBAS) said Monday. https://focustaiwan.tw/business/202305220018

WHA press passes for Taiwan reporters abruptly canceled

Geneva, May 22 (CNA) Two Taiwanese CNA reporters who had been accredited to cover this week’s World Health Assembly (WHA) were told on Monday they would not be allowed to claim their press passes, in a move a United Nations staff member blamed on pressure from China. https://focustaiwan.tw/politics/202305220017

Taichung man wins top lottery, donates nearly NT$40 million

Taipei, May 22 (CNA) A Taichung resident has donated nearly NT$40 million (US$1.3 million) in prize money to charities after winning the NT$100 million top prize in Taiwan’s Grand Lottery with a NT$200 purchase in March this year, Taiwan Lottery Co., Ltd. said Monday. https://focustaiwan.tw/society/202305220016