On June 29, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) announced 54 new confirmed cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Taiwan. All 54 cases are indigenous. The CECC also announced eight deaths today.
Two Taiwanese teams won three top awards Monday at this year’s RoboCup Junior, a robot competition held annually for young students worldwide.
Taiwanese ceramic artist Liu Jung-hui’s (劉榮輝) work “Eternal Cloudy Landscape (雲中石)” was among the 205 artworks by 192 potters from 31 countries selected to win first prize in the contemporary ceramics category at the ‘10a Bienal Internacional de Cerámica “Ciudad de Talavera”.’
Taiwan’s Taishin Bank formally opened its branch office in Bangkok on Monday. The new branch is part of the New Southbound Policy of President Tsai Ing-wen’s administration.
As the pandemic continues to spread globally, the impact has shifted the market and created new opportunities for startup innovation through digital transformation. Europe's iconic startup and technology event Viva Tech, which is backed by French government, is being held in Paris every year since 2016 to drive French President Emmanuel Macron’s innovation initiatives forward in the European technology ecosystem.