Taiwan (Asia)

FILE PHOTO: The Deepseek app is seen in this illustration taken on January 29, 2025.
Taiwan's digital ministry said on Friday that government departments should not use Chinese startup DeepSeek's AI service, saying that as the product is from China it represents a security concern.
Cheng Chen Chin-Mei, 90, practices at the gym ahead of a weightlifting competition in Taipei, Taiwan December 17, 2024.
Cheng Chen Chin-Mei beamed broadly as she hoisted a 35-kg (77-pound) weightlifting bar to her waist, dropped it and waved confidently to the enthusiastic crowd in a competition in Taipei.
FILE PHOTO: Terry Gou, the founder of Taiwan's Foxconn, makes a speech at Banqiao Cihui Temple in New Taipei City, Taiwan October 29, 2023.
Terry Gou, the billionaire founder of major Apple supplier Foxconn, has collected three times the amount of signatures needed to qualify to run in Taiwan's presidential elections.
Digell Huang, 34, one of the two reserved customers tries the giant isopod ramen in Taipei, Taiwan May 27, 2023.
A 14-legged giant isopod is the highlight of a new dish at a ramen restaurant in Taipei, and it has people queuing up — both for pictures and a bite.
FILE PHOTO: 12 F-16V fighter jets perform an elephant walk during an annual New Year's drill in Chiayi, Taiwan, January 5, 2022.
Software problems are delaying the delivery of 66 advanced new F-16V fighter jets from the United States to Taiwan, but the island still expects the full order to arrive by 2026.
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi is greeted by Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister James Marape at Jackson International Airport, at Papua New Guinea May 21, 2023.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken signed a defence cooperation agreement with Papua New Guinea on Monday.
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