Bankers in Hong Kong skipped the summer break as an artificial intelligence (AI)-fueled rush for capital sent share sales to a record, defying a bruising selloff in the city’s stocks.Initial public offerings (IPOs), placements and block trades raised US$47.5 billion in July to last month, the bigges
Members of the Taiwan Breast Cancer Alliance form a human pink ribbon in a plaza outside Taipei City Hall yesterday, which they said symbolized the journey from screening and treatment to recurrence prevention and patient support. The alliance urged women aged 40 to 74 to undergo regular breast canc
Taiwan Railway Corp’s new station in Tainan is scheduled to open on Oct. 17 as part of a project to shift the mainline rail infrastructure in the city underground, the Railway Bureau under the Ministry of Transportation and Communications said yesterday.Built next to the historic Tainan Station, com
As the dust has yet to settle on the controversy over Taipei Mayor Chiang Wan-an’s (蔣萬安) supposed doctorate, the Legislative Yuan has chosen the perfect timing to amend Chiang’s educational credentials in his former legislator’s profile. The label of Doctor of Juridical Science (S.J.D.) that persist
Saint Laurent sent out a river of gold, as giant chandeliers bathed a glossy black outdoor runway in golden light and the Eiffel Tower shimmered in the background.The extravagant show was attended by Catherine Deneuve, Kate Moss, Hailey Bieber and Rami Malek, while elsewhere at Paris Fashion Week Je
Crowds of spectators watch giant balloons make their way through the streets during the Keelung International Ocean Eagle Carnival yesterday. This year’s carnival parade was centered on the theme of “diversity and inclusion,” the Keelung City Goverment’s Culture and Tourism Bureau said, adding that
Candidates in the Nov. 28 nine-in-one local elections squared off in Kaohsiung, New Taipei City and Taichung yesterday as their campaigns began to pick up steam. At a campaign event in Kaohsiung, Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) heavyweights including President William Lai (賴清德), Kaohsiung Mayor C
Manchester City are expected to press ahead with an appeal against findings that they breached Premier League financial rules by yesterday’s deadline, opening a fresh chapter in a case that has already become one of the most significant in English soccer.The club has consistently denied wrongdoing,
The Railway Bureau has dismissed a suggestion that the new high-speed trains could be put into service ahead of schedule to ease capacity constraints, saying that the trains must pass all required tests before they can enter service.The first of 12 newly acquired high-speed trains arrived in Taiwan
