Prologue Journal

Understanding current events through the lenses of the past and future.

Young stuns as Hawks edge Celtics

Taipei Times https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/sport/archives/2023/04/27/2003798683

Study details differences between cores of Mars, Earth

Taipei Times https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2023/04/27/2003798708

Japanese company fails in bid to land on moon

Taipei Times https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2023/04/27/2003798704

War games to tackle the latest PLA threats

Taipei Times https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2023/04/27/2003798679

A British father’s uncertain twilight years

Taipei Times https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2023/04/27/2003798676

Former President Chen Shui-bian’s son sentenced to 1-year in jail

Taipei, April 26 (CNA) Former President Chen Shui-bian’s (陳水扁) son Chen Chih-chung (陳致中) was sentenced to one year in jail for his role in a money-laundering scheme connected to several corruption-related cases in which the former first family is involved. https://focustaiwan.tw/politics/202304260029

Starlux flies maiden flight to Los Angeles; next stop San Francisco

Taipei, April 26 (CNA) Taiwanese carrier Starlux Airlines launched its first commercial service between Taiwan and the United States on Wednesday, with the company’s chairman at the helm of the inaugural flight to Los Angeles. https://focustaiwan.tw/business/202304260028

Guatemalan president thanks Taiwan for helping combat poverty

Taipei, April 26 (CNA) Guatemalan President Alejandro Eduardo Giammattei on Wednesday called on Taiwanese to purchase coffee grown in his country to help disadvantaged families in Guatemala escape poverty. https://focustaiwan.tw/culture/202304260027

End of an era — TRA retires three diesel-powered Tze-Chiang trains

New Taipei, April 26 (CNA) Taiwan Railways Administration (TRA) ran two special Tze-Chiang express services for the final time on Wednesday, before the train operator retires three diesel-powered models first introduced on the Eastern Trunk Line in 1982. https://focustaiwan.tw/culture/202304260026

Franco-Taiwanese partnership inks deal to build ‘China-free’ drones

Paris, April 25 (CNA) Taiwan’s Geosat Aerospace & Technology Inc. and France’s Cavok UAS have inked a deal to develop “China-free” drones, which the two companies said will meet the needs of clients in democratic countries. https://focustaiwan.tw/business/202304260025