Taiwan will host one and possibly two qualifying tournaments for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics baseball event, the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) announced in Rome on Sunday.

Three groups of youth ambassadors will embark this week on an 11-day trip to two Asian countries, as part of the Taiwan government's New Southbound Policy, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) said Monday.

A five-day working group meeting of the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) opened in Taiwan on Monday, with more than 350 representatives from about 150 high-tech companies looking to devise standards for 5G applications in the global market.

The United States House of Representatives unanimously passed a bill on Tuesday that directs the U.S. secretary of state to help Taiwan regain observer status at the World Health Organization (WHO).

Taiwan on Tuesday made another US$500,000 donation to Indonesia to support relief efforts following a deadly tsunami that left hundreds dead last December.

Taiwan's government will continue to seek support from members of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) and meet its standards to join the trade bloc, Andrew Lee (李憲章), the spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA), said Saturday.

The annual conference of Bangkok-headquartered Asian Ecotourism Network is set to kick off Jan. 19 in the southern county of Chiayi, according to event organizer Taiwan Ecotourism Association.

A total of nine Taiwan universities are among the top 100 in emerging economies, according to a survey released Jan. 7 by U.K.-headquartered Times Higher Education.

A cultural exchange program organized by Taiwan that provides Chinese language lessons to Filipino students has had positive results, according to the Taiwan Education Center Philippines.

Taiwan sisters Chan Yung-jan and Chan Hao-ching claimed the Hobart International women’s doubles title Jan. 12 in Australia, clinching the duo’s first victory in the tournament.