Imagine how Russia would fare against 32 Ukraines.

On a lecture tour of China, John Macnab finds that even one slide mentioning Taipei is enough to get organisers sweating and warning of consequences for his hosts. If this is his last column, you'll know what has happened.

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Os controlos de exportação impostos por Pequim ameaçam a produção dos semicondutores mais avançados do mundo. Uma eventual escassez de componentes pode afetar setores estratégicos, da inteligência artificial à defesa. A solução: motores sem terras raras. A taiwanesa TSMC está a estudar alternativas aos componentes de terras raras no equipamento das suas fábricas, disseram à Reuters três pessoas a par do assunto. O objetivo é reduzir o risco de que os controlos de exportação de Pequim perturbem as operações nas unidades que fabricam os chips mais avançados do mundo. Esta decisão, noticiada agora pela primeira vez, mostra como o domínio

Entre rajadas de vento de até 191 quilómetros por hora, vítima mortal foi arrastada pelas ondas numa praia no distrito de Pingtung. Quedas de motociclos ou acidentes de viação lesaram 163 pessoas.

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Along with higher oil prices associated with the Iran war, Trump’s tariffs are highly unpopular with the electorate.   

Storm Adam brings torrential rain to Valencia, Alicante and Balearic Islands, as Storm Austen strikes England and Wales

Storm Adam brought torrential rain to eastern Spain earlier this week. In Pego, Alicante, 632mm fell in 36 hours, with 430mm of this falling in just six hours, while the Valencian town of Oliva received 600mm in 24 hours.

The severe flooding led 145 municipalities across Valencia and Alicante to impose a temporary lockdown on about 850,000 people on Monday. At least five people have died, 500 have been rescued and 2,100 evacuated.

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America is figuring out the trick to reindustrialization, if it can learn the right lessons.

The Philippines is exploring deeper cooperation with Taiwan on protecting undersea cables and addressing "gray-zone" activity, despite Manila's one-China policy, which recognizes Beijing and not Taipei, a Philippine diplomat said on Wednesday.

Cinco pessoas foram acusadas de terem aceitado 450 mil dólares taiwaneses (mais de 12 mil euros) para "partir os braços e as pernas" do humorista Huang Yihao, de forma a impedi-lo de atuar em palco.

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The island adopted quotas for women running for public office decades before other countries. The upshot? Today, few of them need quotas to get elected.

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China's military said on Tuesday it had sent forces to watch a US warship that "illegally" entered waters around a disputed shoal in the South China Sea, while further north in the waterway, Taiwan reported a standoff with a Chinese vessel.

Patrulhas da Guarda Costeira chinesa a leste de Taiwan constituem a evolução "mais preocupante" dos últimos anos e podem ter um efeito "altamente desestabilizador"

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The US and Japan kicked off their biennial Keen Sword military exercise on Monday, one of the largest joint drills between the two countries. This year, the exercise will focus on Japan’s southwestern islands, including its westernmost island, Yonaguni, just 68 miles east of Taiwan. Both the US and Japan have deployed new anti-ship missile […]

Beijing has proposed banning exports of the technology used to make next-generation solar cells, a move that could complicate United States technology guru Elon Musk’s plan to expand into space solar power. The ban, which covers production technology for perovskite and tandem solar cell modules, is part of a proposal by China’s Ministry of Commerce […]

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Russian President Vladimir Putin’s advisor Nikolai Patrushev’s recent visit to China points to something more consequential than another round of Russia-China strategic rhetoric: Moscow is trying to turn maritime cooperation with Beijing into infrastructure, technology and logistics that can survive geopolitical pressure. The proposals discussed during the October 8-13 visit — linking China’s Maritime Silk […]

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TSMC expects overseas manufacturing to reduce its consolidated gross margin by nearly two percentage points in 2026, with the impact widening to three to four points later in its expansion program. The company plans to spend $60 billion to $64 billion on capital expenditure this year. Its latest outlook calls for fourth-quarter revenue of up […]

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A questão de Taiwan não pode ser reduzida a uma disputa territorial distante. Nenhum povo deve ver o seu futuro decidido pela ameaça ou pelo uso da força.

President Donald Trump said Taiwan had agreed to buy 30% of the liquefied natural gas from a planned project in Alaska for 20 years, even as Taipei indicated that no binding commitments have been finalized.

Após China sancionar ministro paraguaio por manter ligações com Taiwan, Paraguai declara a sua liberdade de associação com qualquer nação do mundo. "O Paraguai é um país livre e soberano".

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Empresa estatal de energia de Taiwan, a CPC Corporation, tinha apenas assinado uma carta de intenções para investir no projeto, apresentada em março de 2025, agora assinou um maior compromisso.

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