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      <title><![CDATA[Kuai Kuai workers protest land sale, demand compensation]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Taipei, Sept. 14 (CNA) Workers at Taiwanese snack maker Kuai Kuai Co. protested outside the Presidential Office on Monday, demanding compensation after the company sold the site of its factory in Taoyuan's Zhongli District and announced plans to relocate operations to Hsinchu.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Taipei, Sept. 15 (CNA) Inflation-adjusted wages in Taiwan's industrial and service sectors continued to outpace consumer price growth in the first seven months of the year, with real aggregate earnings recording their strongest growth for the period in 11 years, according to government data released Monday.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Taoyuan Airport MRT to add weekday evening train from Sept. 21]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Taipei, Sept. 14 (CNA) The Taoyuan Airport MRT will run an additional train from Taipei to Taoyuan Airport starting Sept. 21 to help ease congestion during the weekday evening commute, its operator said Monday.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Taipei Zoo's 40th relocation anniversary marked with historic photos]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Taipei, Sept. 14 (CNA) Taiwan's National Archives Administration on Monday marked the 40th anniversary of Taipei Zoo's move on Sept. 14, 1986, by inviting the public to revisit historic photos of the move on its website.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Taipei, Sept. 14 (CNA) Taiwan has revised its cross-Taiwan Strait sports exchange guidelines to create a firmer legal basis for stopping Taiwanese nationals from competing for China's national teams in international sporting events, the Ministry of Sports said Monday.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Taiwan auto parts firms secure US$147M deals at Frankfurt trade expo]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Taipei, Sept. 14 (CNA) Taiwanese auto parts and accessory makers secured US$147 million in business deals while participating in Automechanika Frankfurt held from Sept. 8 to 12, the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) said Monday.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[KMT lawmakers meet San Francisco officials on U.S. trip]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Taipei, Sept. 15 (CNA) A delegation of opposition Kuomintang (KMT) lawmakers visiting the United States said Monday that it had met with San Francisco city officials to discuss technology innovation, autonomous vehicles and social welfare policies.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Taipei, Sept. 14 (CNA) Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) and experts warned on Monday of the potential risks of traveling to China as new entry and exit rules take effect, but Taiwan is not planning to raise its travel alert in the face of those risks at the moment.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[8 indicted over forced labor; 4 Vietnamese minors rescued]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Taichung, Sept. 14 (CNA) The Changhua District Prosecutors Office recently indicted a Vietnamese-born naturalized Taiwanese woman and seven others for allegedly exploiting workers from Vietnam, including minors, the National Immigration Agency (NIA) said Monday.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2026 16:52:24 +0800</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Taipei, Sept. 14 (CNA) The European Union's top envoy to Taiwan on Monday called for greater bilateral cooperation to boost civil society preparedness for natural and man-made disasters, saying such efforts were crucial for both the EU and Taiwan to enhance resilience.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Taipei, Sept. 14 (CNA) Taiwan's League of Legends team is targeting at least a silver medal at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games with gold as the ultimate goal, head coach Chen "Warhorse" Ju-chih (陳如治) said Monday.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Taipei, Sept. 14 (CNA) The U.S. dollar rose against the Taiwan dollar Monday, gaining NT$0.050 to close at NT$31.688.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Rare 'red sprite' lightning spotted in Taitung]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Taipei, Sept. 14 (CNA) A rare "red sprite" phenomenon -- in which red lightning flashes in the sky above a thunderstorm -- was captured on video late Sunday, illuminating the sky off the Taitung coast.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Taipei, Sept. 14 (CNA) Shares in Taiwan closed lower Monday but pared earlier losses as tech and financial stocks rebounded, though turnover shrank as capital was locked up by an initial public offering for semiconductor equipment testing firm Hermes Testing Solutions Inc., dealers said.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Taipei, Sept. 14 (CNA) The Supreme Court has upheld a five-year-and-six-month prison sentence for a man convicted of severely physically abusing his live-in girlfriend's 4-year-old son, leaving the child with permanent brain damage and disabilities.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Taipei, Sept. 14 (CNA) Taiwan shares ended down 322.33 points, or 0.70 percent, at 45,862.52 Monday on turnover of NT$630.92 billion (US$19.99 billion).]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Washington, Sept. 13 (CNA) Five Taiwanese comic artists showcased their works at the 2026 Small Press Expo (SPX) over the weekend at the Bethesda North Marriott Hotel & Conference Center in Maryland.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[MQ-9B 'SkyGuardian' drones undergo flight testing in Taiwan: Source]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Taipei, Sept. 14 (CNA) The first two of the four MQ-9B "SkyGuardian" drones Taiwan purchased from the United States underwent their first flight tests at an air base in eastern Taiwan early Monday, a source familiar with the matter told CNA.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Taipei, Sept. 14 (CNA) Taiwan's Chen Zhi-ray (陳子睿) and Lin Yu-chieh (林煜傑) won the men's doubles final at the Yonex-Sunrise Vietnam Open badminton tournament on Sunday, quickly dispatching their Singaporean opponents in back-to-back games in 27 minutes.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Taipei, Sept. 14 (CNA) Vice President Hsiao Bi-khim (蕭美琴) said Monday that her recent visit to the Italian island of Ventotene was rewarding because she saw a growing number of international friends willing to learn about Taiwan and hear its story.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Taipei, Sept. 14 (CNA) The lead stories in major Taiwan dailies on Monday are as follows:]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Taipei, Sept. 14 (CNA) The U.S. dollar was traded at NT$31.689 at 10 a.m. Monday on the Taipei Foreign Exchange, up NT$0.051 from the previous close.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Taipei, Sept. 14 (CNA) The Taiwan Stock Exchange's main index opened down 174.11 points at 46,010.74 Monday on turnover of NT$8.23 billion (US$260.77 million).]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Taipei, Sept. 14 (CNA) Vice President Hsiao Bi-khim (蕭美琴) returned to Taiwan Monday after being invited to attend the second Ventotene European Conference for Freedom and Democracy in Italy.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Taipei, Sept. 13 (CNA) The Taoyuan District Court on Sunday approved the incommunicado detention of a man who allegedly held an airline intern at knifepoint at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport a day earlier, following a request from the Taoyuan District Prosecutors' Office.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Taipei, Sept. 13 (CNA) Mandarin Airlines on Sunday flew a newly delivered Airbus A321neo between Kaohsiung and Penghu, marking the aircraft's debut as the China Airlines (CAL) Group expands its operations in southern Taiwan.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Taipei, Sept. 13 (CNA) Naismith Basketball Hall of Famer Dwight Howard returned to Taiwan on Sunday to attend a charity event organized by the New Taipei Kings and The Asian Tournament (TAT).]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Paris, Sept. 13 (CNA) Taiwan's Minister of Culture Li Yuan (李遠) said Saturday at a seminar in Paris that a landmark article written in the 1980s by French filmmaker and critic Olivier Assayas played a pivotal role in introducing Taiwan New Cinema to the Western world at a critical moment.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Taipei, Sept. 13 (CNA) Taiwan took the bronze medal at the 2026 U-18 Asian Baseball Championship after beating the Philippines 13-0 in a five-inning mercy-rule victory on Sunday afternoon at the Taipei Dome.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Cho urges newlyweds to have children at Chunghwa Telecom mass wedding]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Taipei, Sept. 13 (CNA) Premier Cho Jung-tai (卓榮泰) encouraged newlyweds to have children while attending a mass wedding organized by Chunghwa Telecom in Taipei on Sunday, where 72 couples tied the knot.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[New York, Sept. 12 (CNA) More than 100 Taiwanese Americans, Taiwanese lawmakers and members of civic groups marched through New York City on Saturday to call for the inclusion of the Republic of China (Taiwan) in the United Nations, with the U.N. envoy of the Marshall Islands, John Silk, joining the event to show support.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Taoyuan, Sept. 13 (CNA) A man who allegedly held a Cathay Pacific Airways intern at knifepoint and injured him at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport on Saturday evening was subdued and arrested by aviation police later that day, police said.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Ventotene, Italy, Sept. 12 (CNA) European Parliament Vice President Pina Picierno on Saturday praised Taiwanese Vice President Hsiao Bi-khim (蕭美琴) as a role model for freedom-loving women around the world and told CNA that she would soon begin planning a trip to Taipei after accepting Hsiao's invitation to visit.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2026 11:25:49 +0800</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Taipei, Sept. 12 (CNA) A total of 400 foreign "high-level" professionals have been naturalized as Republic of China (Taiwan) citizens over the past decade as the government has eased nationality rules to attract talent from a wider range of fields, the Ministry of the Interior said Saturday.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Taipei, Sept. 12 (CNA) State-owned oil supplier CPC Corp., Taiwan announced Saturday that it will raise domestic gasoline prices by NT$0.7 (US$0.02) per liter and diesel prices by NT$0.6 per liter next week after international crude oil prices rose above US$100 per barrel this week.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Lodz, Poland, Sept. 12 (CNA) Taiwan's traditional temple culture was showcased in the Polish city of Lodz on Friday, drawing crowds with traditional music, deity processions, performances and a Taiwan-themed market.]]></description>
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