Taiwan, suspicoius of spying, is enforcing stricter oversight of Chinese immigrants. Some of them are being deported.

Paraguayan President Santiago Pena stressed his government is “more than willing to support and be a strong ally” to Taiwan.

Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te voiced his hope for peace with China, but is boosting the country’s defenses amid Beijing’s frosty approach to peace talks. Speaking with reporters while marking his first year in office, Lai echoed the famous dictum of the Roman writer Vegetius: “If you want peace, prepare for war.”

The People’s Republic of China has restated opposition to Taiwan independence, saying that it is a serious threat to the country’s sovereignty and

President Lai says Taiwan will continue to strengthen its defence as preparing for war is best way to avoid it

NVIDIA also unveiled the first update to Isaac GR00T, its foundation AI model for humanoid robots, designed to help them learn and adapt in real time. The latest version, Isaac GR00T N1.5, includes GR00T-Dreams, a simulation tool that creates virtual training environments to accelerate robotic learning.

We have a pope from Chicago, and now Finland has an envoy from a metal band. Freddy Lim is the frontman of the group Chthonic, and he was chosen by President Lai Ching-te as Taiwan’s ambassador of the Scandinavian country.

Taiwan on Monday test-fired for the first time ... firing shows our people the military’s determination to protect the country’s security and safeguard our beautiful homeland,” he added.

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