Mainland chief negotiator Chen Deming called for greater cross-Strait cooperation in the face of global economic competition when meeting with Honorary Kuomintang Chairman Wu Po-hsiung in Taipei on Monday, the seventh day of his eight-day trip to the island.
At least nine people were killed and others were missing after torrential rains struck the Italian island of Sardinia on Monday, Rai state television reported.
Six major business and industrial associations in Taiwan on Tuesday issued a joint statement that urged the island's politicians to cease the current political strife and restore the development of Taiwan's economy.
The major railway operator on Japan's southwestern island of Kyushu launched the country's most "luxurious" cruise train on Friday, which will run on rail networks in seven prefectures, railway officials said.
Residents in seven cities in the Chinese mainland on Wednesday were given official permission to apply to travel to Taiwan as individuals under a cross-Strait agreement, bringing the total such mainland cities to 26.
The Faroe Islands are an island group and archipelago under the sovereignty of the Kingdom of Denmark, situated between the Norwegian Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean.
A total of 38 ferret-badgers and one suncus murinus in Taiwan were found with rabies, the island's rabies outbreak control center announced on Sunday.
Taiwan authorities on Tuesday announced new measures to relax entrance restrictions for certain "professionals" from the Chinese mainland.
Singaporean non-resident envoy to Fiji paid a courtesy call Thursday to Fijian Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama, saying small island countries need to become relevant and form allies in order to succeed.
Chinese President Xi Jinping has called for faster development of Hainan Province as an international resort island.
Taiwan on Tuesday welcomed its 7 millionth foreign visitor of the year, with authorities hoping to take advantage of the tourism industry to ease economic strains.
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