A Taiwanese military veteran and politician has been arrested along with seven others accused of plotting armed attacks on military facilities in Taiwan and possibly the unofficial U.S. embassy in Taipei. The more than 200 people who were evacuated from their homes when a neighboring apartment block collapsed in New Taipei are set to receive interim compensation pending further negotiations. And a new report from Taiwan's Human Rights Commission finds that more than half of people who have experienced sexual abuse are under the age of 18.
Also:
-Rescue efforts continue to locate survivors from Tuesday's deadly 6.8-magnitude earthquake in Tibet.
-Wounded Ukrainian soldiers are finding rest from the ordeals of war, at an Orthodox monastic retreat in Greece.
-Taiwan's elite ultramarathon runner Tommy Chen has run all the way from Taipei to Kaohsiung in preparation for his next challenge, the gruelling Arctic Ultra, a race no runner from Asia has yet completed.
