Alleged spies in Taiwan’s government reportedly gave China the president's itinerary and the vice president's phone number. At its shareholders' meeting, TSMC's chief apologizes for the death of a worker at its construction site. Taiwan clinched 18 prizes at the 2025 Edison Awards, with seven awarded to one of its leading R&D institutes. Plus:
- Eighty years after U.S. bombers killed 3,000 people in Taiwan’s deadliest WWII air raid, the event remains largely forgotten.
- Taiwanese university students are set to send the nation’s first device to the moon, in partnership with a Japanese startup.
- Ukrainian and Russian negotiators in Istanbul failed to secure a ceasefire but agreed to a large-scale prisoner exchange.