Taiwan

In the important exhibition’s 15th year being held in Taiwan, the 2010 SEMICON will highlight eight themes pivotal to the future of the industry: LEDs (light-emitting diodes), MEMS (micro-electro-mechanical systems), 3D ICs (three-dimensional integrated circuits) …

Hundreds of exhibitors will be present at Taiwan’s first-ever cultural and creativity expo next November, reports said yesterday.
The exhibition will welcome visitors free of charge at the World Trade Center Nangang Exhibition Hall in Taipei …

NEW YORK–Brad Pitt is the National Football League’s voice for its upcoming documentary on the New Orleans’ Saints Super Bowl victory.

Pitt narrates NFL Films’ documentary, “America’s Game: 2009 New Orleans Saints,” about the team’s win …

WASHINGTON — U.S. scientists said Friday they have mapped the entire genome sequences of two different species of ants for the first time, potentially providing insight into human aging and behavior.

“Ants are extremely social creatures …

TAIPEI — Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC), the world’s largest contract chip maker, announced Saturday that work on its first thin- film solar cell plant is expected to begin in September.

Rick Tsai, president of TSMC’s …

Civic groups called for education reform on a wide range of issues, including attention on special education, a 12-year compulsory education system and deregulation on the sidelines of the National Education Conference in Taipei yesterday.
The …

ATHENS — Eric Gordon scored 18 points, Kevin Durant added 15 and Derrick Rose chipped in with 11 to spark the United States to a 87-59 romp over Greece Wednesday in an exhibition game ahead …

Speaking on the same occasion, George Hsu, deputy minister of the Government Information Office, said that because of Kaohsiung’s geographical attributes, it has the potential to become an international movie mecca.
Source: Taiwan News Online

The North America-based tour is scheduled to hold five events in Asia in 2010 (in Thailand and Singapore in February and in Malaysia, South Korea and Japan in October and November), and Taiwan’s addition could …

People who have interviewedHa Jin call him “a mystery.”
But the man sitting in front of the long table for this interview doesn’t seem mysterious at all. He doesn’t even give off that sense of almost-divine …

BEIJING — Police in central China have detained an AIDS activist who contracted the virus as a boy and whose tireless campaigning for the rights of those with the disease angered local authorities, his fellow …

MADRID — Spain confirmed its timid recovery from recession on Friday with 0.2 percent growth in the second quarter but analysts warned the upturn may be short lived as austerity measures bite.

On a year-on-year basis, …

Investigators raided 18 locations in Northern Taiwan and detained five suspects yesterday in a case surrounding the alleged bribing of High Court judges, reports said.
Last month, three judges and a prosecutor were taken into custody …

AMSTERDAM — Dutch teenage sailor Laura Dekker sets sail for Portugal on Wednesday, after winning a year-long battle with child welfare authorities worried over her ambition to become the youngest person to sail the globe …

IRVINE, California — Michael Phelps won the 200-meter freestyle at the U.S. national championships, then came back less than an hour later to win the 200 butterfly on Wednesday night.

Phelps led all the way in …

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — New Zealand authorities are proposing renaming a ridge on the nation’s highest mountain to honor Mount Everest conqueror Sir Edmund Hillary,South Ridge on 12,300-foot (3,754-meter) Aoraki, also known as Mount Cook, …