May 20 Watch 5:47 News Wrap: CDC says 157 pregnant women in the U.S. have Zika virus By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Friday, health officials reported that the number of pregnant women in the U.S. infected with Zika virus has tripled to 157, though fewer than a dozen have had miscarriages or babies born with birth defects so… Continue watching
May 13 China has reclaimed 3,200 acres in South China Sea, Pentagon says By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press WASHINGTON — A new Pentagon report says China has reclaimed more than 3,200 acres of land in the southeastern South China Sea. But the country's focus has shifted to developing and weaponizing those man-made islands. Continue reading
Feb 06 Major earthquakes kills at least 26, injures hundreds in Taiwan By Michael D. Regan At least 26 people are dead and more than 100 are missing after a 6.4-magnitude earthquake on Saturday rattled a coastal city in Taiwan. Continue reading
Feb 05 Watch 5:32 News Wrap: Unemployment falls to 8-year low, but job growth slows By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Friday, while the U.S. unemployment rate dropped to 4.9 percent in January -- its lowest level in eight years -- the Department of Labor said that only 151,000 new jobs were added to the economy, a… Continue watching
Jan 25 Watch 3:33 News Wrap: Abnormal cold snap kills dozens in East Asia By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Monday, decades-low temperatures have swept across parts of Asia, causing more than 65 deaths and producing the first snow seen by the Chinese city of Guangzhou since 1967. Also, suicide bombers left more than 50 dead… Continue watching
Jan 17 Taiwan elects first female president By Michael D. Regan Taiwan convincingly elected its first female president Tsai Ing-Wen on Saturday, after she took about 56 percent of the vote. Continue reading
Jun 28 Explosion at Taiwan water park injures nearly 500 By Cathy Zhao Special effects color powder at a water park near Taipei, Taiwan, suddenly ignited into a fireball and blasted into a crowd on Saturday. Continue reading
Feb 06 Engines on TransAsia plane failed seconds before crash By Marina Lopes Both engines on a TransAsia flight that cartwheeled into a highway this week, killing 35 people, failed seconds after liftoff, a Taiwan aviation safety official said Friday, citing initial findings from the flight’s data recorder. Continue reading
Jul 23 Report: Taiwan plane crashes on landing; 47 feared dead By News Desk BREAKING: Taiwanese news agency: Plane crashes in emergency landing, killing 51 people, injuring 7. — The Associated Press (@AP) July 23, 2014 UPDATED 11:07 p.m. EDT: A Transasia Airways plane crashed Wednesday while… Continue reading
Mar 25 Taiwan's president offers to meet student protesters after violent clashes By Ariel Min Taiwan’s president Ma Ying-jeou extended an offer to talk with student protest leaders in the midst of escalating tensions and demonstrations near the parliament building on Tuesday. Protests erupted between students and police after Taiwan's president refused to scrap a… Continue reading