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圖為2025年2月13日，印度總理莫迪（Narendra Modi）和美國總統川普在華盛頓特區白宮舉行的記者會上發言。（Madalina Vasiliu／大紀元駐白宮記者）【大紀元2026年03月27日訊】川普（特朗普）2025年再主白宮以來，美印關係雖有所波動，但一番摩擦後，彼此都對對方有了更深入、切實的認知，雙方關係又回到了穩健前行的態勢。3月24日，美國戰爭部政策副部長柯爾比（Elbridge Colby）在印度的演講，可謂一個標誌。

美國以務實、清晰和謙遜的態度對待印美夥伴關係柯爾比表示，維持印太地區平衡，印度不可或缺（indispensable）。為什麼呢？印太地區已成為國際政治、經濟和安全的核心舞台，其局勢之發展，對印度和美國的利益與長遠繁榮有著決定性影響。另一方面，又沒有哪個國家能夠獨自在亞洲維持穩定的力量平衡。印度作為世界上最大的共和國，美國不僅視其為關鍵夥伴，而且視其為確保亞洲長期有利力量平衡的重要夥伴。

美印在地區合作上的目標是「高度一致」的，即維持印太地區「自由開放、穩定平衡的權力結構」，同時不允許任何單一強權主導。雖然柯爾比沒有點名中共，但中共顯然是房間裡的大象。

柯爾比提出如下四條軍事合作支柱：（一）美印不必事事一致，各自可以有分歧甚至爭端，但在核心問題上存在一致的利益，比如雙方均認同，「印太地區是一個沒有哪個大國能夠主導的區域」；（二）強化實際軍事能力（遠程精準、反潛、海域感知、先進技術等），不要流於形式；（三）防務工業生產合作，既尋求擴大對印軍售，也支持印度開發本土國防工業；（四）戰略坦誠，要溝通，同時不要讓分歧阻礙合作，並暗示可以本著「印度模式」發展印美夥伴關係。

防務合作是美印雙邊關係的主要支柱2025年的美印經濟摩擦並未外溢至安全領域，美印的戰略一致性與軍事合作並未削弱。2025年聯合演訓場次與2024年基本持平，並且軍演的實質性內容更豐富。

而且，2025年10月31日，在馬來西亞舉行的東盟峰會期間，美印防長簽署了為期十年的「美印重要防務夥伴關係框架」。美戰爭部長海格塞斯稱該文件是「地區穩定和威懾的基石」，將有助於深化兩國之間的協調、情報共享和技術合作。印度國防部長辛格在社交平台上發文說：「這是我們日益邁向戰略趨同的信號，將開啟夥伴關係的新十年。防務將繼續擔當我們雙邊關係的主要支柱。我們的夥伴關係對於維護自由、開放、基於規則的印太地區至關重要。」

事實上，在俄烏戰爭後，印度渴望美國幫助推進武裝部隊現代化。印度長期依賴俄羅斯的武器；但2022年俄羅斯入侵烏克蘭後，針對莫斯科的國際制裁，以及對俄武器出口質量和可靠性的質疑，推動印度轉向美國等合作夥伴採購武器（已有運輸機和海上監控機、攻擊直升機、無人空中載具、裝甲車，以及榴彈和反艦導彈彈藥等等），並擴大共同國防工業合作和聯合生產，加強兩軍之間的互操作性。此外，2025年5月的印巴衝突暴露了印軍短板，印方對美軍事需求上升，亟需引入美方的高端軍事科技。

柯爾比此次訪印及其表態，令印度欣喜不已。不過，防務合作能走多遠，取決於兩國戰略協同到什麼程度，這正是美國的主動權所在。

美印已基本解決經濟摩擦川普就職不久，莫迪來訪，雙方關係很好。但是，川普推出對印度25%的「對等關稅」，印度已不高興；而且，川普為壓普京結束俄烏戰爭，對俄羅斯石油實施二級制裁（因為俄羅斯銷售石油為烏克蘭戰爭提供資金），但印度堅持購買俄羅斯石油，川普又對印度出口商品加徵25%的關稅，頓使美印關係緊張起來。

不過，美印保持密切聯繫，比如2025年川普和莫迪通話高達8次（為川普和習近平通話次數的2倍）。今年2月6日，美印公布了一份臨時貿易框架，美國將對印度關稅降至18%，換取其停止從俄羅斯購買石油，並轉向美國和委內瑞拉採購。雙方還同意採取行動應對「第三方的非市場政策」，這被普遍視為暗指中（共）國。而且，華盛頓和新德里力爭在3月簽署正式貿易協議，多年來難以達成一項全面貿易協議的局面就此終結。

臨時貿易框架確認，印度將在未來五年內購買總額5000億美元的美國商品，包括石油、天然氣、煉焦煤、飛機及飛機零部件、貴重金屬以及科技產品。同時，印度將取消或降低對所有美國工業品以及範圍廣泛的美國食品和農產品的關稅，包括用於動物飼料的乾酒糟和紅高粱、堅果、新鮮和加工水果、大豆油、葡萄酒和烈酒。

印度商務部長皮尤什‧戈亞爾（Piyush Goyal）稱讚該框架協議為印度出口商打開了一個規模達30萬億美元的市場，尤其有利於農民、漁民以及微型、小型和中型企業。

的確，美國是印度的關鍵貿易夥伴，已成為印度最大的出口目的地。2024財年（截至2024年3月），印度對美國的出口（775.2億美元）占其總出口額的18%，且對美保持顯著貿易順差（347.4億美元）。2025財年，印度對美國的出口額達到創紀錄的約865.1億美元。

如果美印最終如期達成全面貿易協議，那雙方經貿合作前景是廣闊的。

結語美印已接近「準同盟」。以往美印經貿與軍事合作同步推進，但2025年經貿這塊出現波折，不過很快就解決了，也未影響雙方的軍事合作。對印度而言，與美國的軍事防務合作、技術轉讓與經濟紐帶具有戰略意義。對美國而言，與印度聯手，對遏制中共擴張、妄動，重塑世界格局，都具有重大意義。一番摩擦之後，美印合作將會更加平穩。

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責任編輯：高義#

journalist: 高義

countries: 烏克蘭 委內瑞拉 印度 美國 俄羅斯 馬來西亞

people: 習近平 川普

title: 王赫：美印關係的新態勢 | 美印關系 | 柯爾比 | 印太地區


content_text: 【大紀元2026年03月27日訊】美東時間3月27日，沃德塞爾奈，在七國集團（G7）部長級會議的第二天，德國外交部長約翰‧瓦德普爾向記者發表講話。在此次會議上，歐洲方面將就俄羅斯支持伊朗一事向美國施壓。新唐人、大紀元進行網絡重播，即時翻譯字幕。

countries: 德國 美國 伊朗 俄羅斯

title: 【重播】德國外長在G7部長級會議期間開記者會 | 德國外交部長 | 約翰·瓦德普爾 | 七國集團


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【大紀元2026年03月27日訊】（大紀元記者林燕編譯報導）週五（3月27日），美國媒體報導，有四所受管制的中國高校獲得了搭載英偉達人工智能芯片的超微（Super Micro）電腦伺服器。目前尚不清楚這些服務器的來源。

路透社週五報導說，根據2025年和2026年初的公開招標文件顯示，北京航空航天大學和哈爾濱工業大學採購了超微伺服器，其中搭載受美國出口管制的英偉達A100芯片。

北航和哈工大屬於中共「國防七子」（原國防科工委直屬高校，也稱「國防七校」），與中共軍方關係密切。北航側重中國航空航天、國防研究領域發展，而哈工大致力於導彈、衛星和機器人等技術研究。

報導發現，北航在2026年3月16日的一份通知中表示，已採購一台基於超微系統的機器學習工作站，該工作站配置了四枚英偉達A100芯片。

此外，哈工大2025年7月的一份通知也顯示，該校已採購一台配備八枚英偉達A100芯片的超微系統。

因北航和哈工大均被美國方面列入出口黑名單，當時不太可能從正規渠道獲得A100芯片購買許可。美國擔心人工智能芯片可能用於中共的軍事能力開發，從2022年起就禁止向中國出售部分英偉達芯片。

路透社沒有提及另外兩所採購敏感超微系統的高校名稱。

目前，超微公司拒絕就文件中的信息置評。英偉達表示，隨著出口管制範圍擴大，英偉達將繼續與客戶、美國政府密切合作，確保合規。

路透社2024年曾報導，一些中國高校通過採購超微等品牌的服務器來獲得受限芯片。

超微公司總部位於加州聖何塞，近期成為新聞焦點。司法部上週指控三位公司員工（包括其聯合創始人廖益賢）協助走私價值至少25億美元的美國AI芯片到中國。

週一，兩位美國國會參議員援引三名超微公司相關人員的起訴書，敦促美國商務部長盧特尼克考慮，暫停所有允許將英偉達先進人工智能芯片和服務器系統出口到中國以及東南亞中間商的許可證。

責任編輯：林姸#

journalist: 林燕

countries: 美國 中國

title: 中共國防高校採購搭載英偉達芯片超微伺服器 | 出口關注 | 人工智能芯片 | A100芯片


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【大紀元2026年03月27日訊】（大紀元記者林燕報導）週四（3月26日），美國勞工部宣布，計劃提高H-1B簽證項目等高技能外國人簽證類別的最低工資門檻。

勞工部擬議的規則將適用於H-1B（以及H-1B1、E-3）以及永久勞工認證（PERM，EB-2/EB-3）等簽證類別。

該部表示，將依經驗等級不同，提高盛行工資（prevailing wage）門檻，其中入門級（Level I）增幅最大（約33%），其它級別約21%～24%，整體平均工資上調約每年1.4萬美元，具體視職業與地區而定。

換句話說，雇主在為符合條件的外籍雇員提交H-1B等申請時，需要參考更高的工資水平。

此次擬議的現行工資標準調整，是旨在讓科技行業及其它行業雇主減少對美國技術移民勞動力依賴的更廣泛舉措之一。

多年來，批評人士一直抨擊H-1B項目。該項目是高技能外國專業人士來美工作的主要途徑，也是大型科技公司和金融機構常用的工具，這些公司聲稱需要引進外籍勞動力來彌補美國國內勞動力短缺。反對者認為，雇主濫用該項目，以低廉薪資僱用外國工人，而不是僱用薪酬更高的美國員工。

每年3月，美國政府都會進行一次H-1B抽籤，決定誰能獲得來年85,000個倍受矚目的新簽證名額。川普（特朗普）政府最近修改了抽籤規則，提高了高薪工人的中籤機率。每年，各公司都會提交數十萬份簽證申請。

title: 川普政府擬提高H-1B簽證最低工資門檻 | 勞工部 | 最低工資標準 | 外籍高技能勞工


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【大紀元2026年03月27日訊】（大紀元記者李言綜合報導）週五（3月27日），一名俄羅斯男子因人身傷害罪被英國法院判處四年監禁。此案因美國總統之子巴倫‧川普（特朗普，Barron Trump）無意中介入而倍受關注。他在一次視頻通話中目睹一名女性友人遭到案犯襲擊後，跨境向警方報警。

去年1月18日，19歲的巴倫告訴警方，他於當天從美國給身在倫敦家中的受害人打回撥電話時，目睹她正遭受攻擊。根據庭審記錄，受害人受襲過程中給巴倫打過電話，也曾打電話報警。

警方隨後逮捕22歲的嫌犯馬特維‧魯緬採夫（Matvei Rumiantsev），當時他與這名女性已斷斷續續交往數月。

據路透社報導，斯奈雷斯布魯克刑事法院（Snaresbrook Crown Court）法官喬爾‧本納森（Joel Bennathan）在宣判時表示：「在暴力發生過程中，受害人與她的朋友巴倫‧川普通話。」

「他看到你毆打她，而你還拿著手機對她拍攝，這是一種羞辱她的舉動，令人憤慨。儘管身在美國，川普先生仍以恰當且負責任的態度，確保當地緊急救援單位接獲通報，並向他們描述了他所見到的情況。」

在這場襲擊中，這名女性也曾撥打報警電話。她的下巴、手臂和手腕均出現瘀傷及抓痕，而且有一簇頭髮脫落。

據英國媒體報導，受害人因法律原因無法具名。她告訴陪審員，相信巴倫的介入救了她一命，不然她可能最終被魯緬採夫殺害。

今年1月，魯緬採夫被裁定「襲擊致造成身體實際傷害罪」（ABH）罪名成立，但強姦罪和故意勒頸罪不成立。此外，他在被捕入獄後曾致信受害人要求其撤回指控，因此被加控「妨礙司法公正罪」且罪名成立。

兩項罪名各被判處兩年監禁，合併執行共計四年。他目前已在服刑。

責任編輯：林姸#

journalist: 李言

countries: 英國 俄羅斯 美國

title: 巴倫視頻通話目擊女子受襲後報警 嫌犯獲刑 | 川普 | 特朗普 | 法官


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國際中心／倪譽瑋報導

東京池袋的寶可夢中心發生情殺案，目擊者拍下眾人慌亂逃竄。（圖／翻攝自X@Mori_misaki1）日本池袋26日發生駭人凶殺案，東京大型購物中心太陽城（Sunshine City）內的池袋寶可夢中心「Mega Tokyo」遭一男子闖入，他持刀往女店員脖子連刺後再自我了結，兩人送醫雙雙不治。後續警方調查，該男子是女店員的前男友，分手後因多次跟蹤、騷擾而被捕，日媒評價其為恐怖情人，即使法院已核發限制接觸，男子仍無視禁令刺殺前女友。

日本東京池袋跟蹤男 多次騷擾前女友

綜合《FNN》等日媒報導，本次犯下池袋寶可夢中心殺人案的男子名叫廣川大起（26歲），與被害女店員春川萌衣（21歲）曾為交往關係，兩人分手後男方持續騷擾，女方2025年12月向警察報案，最終廣川因涉嫌違反《跟蹤騷擾防治法》遭到逮捕。

警方發現廣川多次跑到女方家門前，他在被逮後聲稱「想和她復合才這麼做，保證以後再也不會靠近她了」。2026年1月，法院對廣川核發「接近禁止命令（禁制令）」，然而在禁制令期間，他仍埋伏於春川的工作地點。

池袋寶可夢中心凶殺案後 暫停營業直至再公告

2026年3月26日，東京都豐島區太陽城的寶可夢中心，廣川持刀往春川的頸部猛刺至少5下以上，對方濺血倒地，廣川隨即再自傷頸部，同樣昏迷不起。警方獲報趕到現場，兩人已奄奄一息，送醫搶救後均不治。消息一出，認識春川的鄰居悲痛表示，她是很孝順的人，沒想到會死於前男友手中。

事後發生凶殺案的寶可夢中心「Mega Tokyo」也公告，為了配合警方調查與事件後員工安撫，將暫停營業直至另行通知「對於由此給各位帶來的擔憂和不便，我們深表歉意。」此外，官方也以「種種因素」為由取消27日在福岡、橫濱舉辦的活動。

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journalist: 倪譽瑋

title: 寶可夢中心「割喉女店員」再自我了結 行刺男恐怖罪犯身分曝 | 國際


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大陸中心／陳沛瀠報導

北京協和醫院收治一名手指被戒指勒太緊的女子，最後由牙醫操作器材救援成功。（圖／翻攝自微薄極目新聞）中國北京發生一名女子因為手指上的戒指太緊，手指腫脹發紫向消防隊求助，但沒辦法解決，之後向醫院求助，最後在牙科醫師用口腔外科儀器切斷戒指，才保住了女子的手指免於截肢。

根據中國媒體《極目新聞》報導，北京有一名女子到協和醫院就醫，左手食指被太緊的戒指勒到嚴重腫脹還發紫，並且疼痛難耐，但醫師發現戒指材質非常堅硬，女子的手指又過度腫脹，操作空間過小導致難以處置，建議女子到牙科求助，因為牙科醫師的作業空間通常都是口腔這樣極度受限的區域，所以他們對危創工具、有限空間作業的穩定程度比其他的科別醫師高。

女子在牙科就診的梅姓牙醫判定，女子的手指如果不立刻處理，可能因為長時間血液循環不良，造成永久性損傷，甚至可能需要截肢，所以需要在不傷到手指的前提破壞戒指本身，醫療團隊甚至出動的牙科危創切割儀器。

梅姓牙醫師在女子手指邊緣做好保護後，沿著戒指進行精細切割，途中醫療團隊人員也不停駛用冰水為患處降溫，防止機械切割的摩擦熱能灼傷女子，所幸最後成功將雙層戒指切開，女子手指的血液循環也恢復正常。

journalist: 陳沛瀠

title: 戒指太緊！女子手指勒到腫脹紫爆 「這1科」醫師神救援成功 | 兩岸(大陸)


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政治中心／程正邦報導

蔡正元上囚車的畫面曝光，將被送往台北監獄服刑。（圖／記者楊佩琪攝影） 三中案纏訟多年，最終僅有前立委蔡正元一人承擔 3 年 6 個月的刑期，並於今（27）日正式入監。現場除了大批媒體，最引人注目的身影莫過於網紅「館長」陳之漢。館長不僅親自到場送行，更對著空蕩蕩的藍營聲援區開火，痛批國民黨在盟友落難時縮頭不出，簡直是「現實到了極點」。

藍營大老入獄竟「集體消失」？館長到地檢署護送蔡正元，怒噴國民黨：太現實，比小草還不如。（圖／記者楊佩琪攝影） 「對白營有恩！」館長感念蔡正元：京華城案唯一清流

談到為何跨黨派現身聲援國民黨籍的蔡正元，館長感性表示，這是一場「報恩之旅」。館長回憶，2024 年柯文哲捲入京華城案、全台名嘴瘋狂圍剿時，只有蔡正元願意站出來，從法律角度論證容積獎勵的合理性。

蔡正元多次參與民眾黨的挺柯遊行，兩人也曾多次在節目合作。館長認為，蔡正元遭遇的是「自己侵占自己公司」的荒謬指控，本質上與柯文哲一樣，都是遭到「司法迫害」的受害者。

蔡正元合體柯文哲合照，兩人一起擺拍，秀出「電子腳鐐」。（圖／翻攝自蔡正元臉書）藍營立委、議員全缺席？館長：想紅才上節目，落難就裝死

面對蔡正元入監的關鍵時刻，國民黨竟無任何現職公職人員到場，讓館長當場暴怒：「蔡正元明明是國民黨的，結果今天連民眾黨的支持者都到了，藍營卻連一個立委、議員都沒看見，這是不是太現實了？」

他酸溜溜地指出，許多藍營政客平時為了蹭流量、想走紅，巴不得天天上節目跟蔡正元同台，結果現在盟友要被關了，卻沒人敢露面講半句話。

館長曾被蔡正元指「拿紅錢」，當時館長嗆：我全捐給弱勢。(資料照)控訴國家機器監控！館長：黃國昌、馬德都是受害者

除了為蔡正元抱屈，館長也將砲火對準當前的司法現狀與個資安全。他聲援遭羈押的記者「馬德」林宸佑，質疑在證據不足的情況下，為何羈押期限能一再拉長，簡直是司法崩壞。

館長指出，現任民眾黨主席黃國昌目前身背貪污、狗仔等 20 多個案件，這分明是政治追殺，意圖讓在野黨領袖入獄。館長再次爆料，根據政論節目主持人李正皓的說法，他的手機疑似遭國安局全程監控。他憤怒表示，已委請律師處理一個多月，司法單位卻毫無回應，「這就是現在的台灣！」

館長說，李正皓曾在節目上透露，國安局正在查他，手機疑似遭監聽。（圖／翻攝自官長YT）既然你挺柯，我就挺你到底

館長強調，既然蔡正元當年在民眾黨最艱困時願意站台喊冤，身為支持者的他，今天絕對不會缺席。他堅信蔡正元與柯文哲一樣都是清白的，這場「挺蔡行動」不僅是為了個人，更是為了抗議不公不義的司法體制。

journalist: 程正邦

people: 蔡正元 黃國昌 柯文哲

title: 藍營大老入獄竟「集體消失」？館長地檢護送蔡正元 怒噴國民黨：太現實 | 政治


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圖、文／CTWANT

美國夫妻改以飯店為家，每年省下約39萬元，生活方式引發討論。（示意圖／Pixabay）美國佛羅里達州一對夫妻因應房租與生活成本上升，選擇長期入住飯店作為居所，不僅減輕經濟負擔，還成功每年節省約1.2萬美元（約新台幣39萬元），生活方式引發關注。

《紐約郵報》報導，47歲的馬蘭達鮑爾斯（Maranda Bowers）與40歲的丈夫約翰（John）原本租住一棟兩層樓、三房的住宅，每月房租高達2300美元（約新台幣7.5萬元）。不過，2023年約翰在工作中發生意外，右手遭鋼樑壓傷後失去工作，家庭收入來源驟減，使高額租金成為沉重負擔。

為降低開銷，兩人曾短暫借住親戚家，之後決定改住飯店。馬蘭達表示，目前每週支付307美元（約新台幣1萬元），費用已包含水電、網路、停車與清潔服務，整體支出較過去更為穩定。

她指出，飯店住宿不需支付押金或預付租金，改為每週付款的方式，也讓財務壓力較易控管。此外，房間內設有簡易廚房，兩人可自行料理餐食以節省開支，甚至曾準備感恩節與聖誕節餐點，與其他住客分享。

目前這對夫妻已持續以飯店為家約兩年時間，平均每月可節省約1000美元（約新台幣3.2萬元）。他們計畫將省下的資金用於購地，未來打造屬於自己的微型住宅。

馬蘭達表示，相較於過去為維持大房子所承受的壓力，現在的生活雖然簡單，但更符合自身需求，也能將資源運用在旅遊與生活體驗上。

美國夫妻改以飯店為家，每年省下約39萬元，生活方式引發討論。（圖／翻攝自X，@nypost）延伸閱讀

命理師昔預言「柯文哲66歲走空亡17年」 網挖影片朝聖：準到令人發毛 柯文哲遭指收賄210萬判17年！律師親解關鍵：已經是打折的刑期 41歲男徵婚開超狂條件！要求嫩瘦無孩還要同住公婆 網酸：在找保母？ 原文連結

journalist: CTWANT

title: 住飯店比租房便宜？美國夫妻年省39萬元 生活反更輕鬆 | 國際


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國際中心／唐家興報導

報導指出：美國總統川普在白宮最新內閣會議中直言，伊朗已主動求和，希望盡快達成協議。（圖／翻攝自白宮官網）美國與伊朗局勢持續牽動全球關注。隨著美伊協議推進中、戰場情勢出現變化，美國總統川普在白宮最新內閣會議中直言，伊朗目前「幾乎潰不成軍」，甚至已主動求和，希望盡快達成協議。白宮也同步透露，雙方和平框架已提出初步條件，外界高度關注中東戰事是否將迎來轉折。

【川普：伊朗已被打得落花流水】根據《新唐人電視台》報導，週四（3月26日）上午，川普在白宮召開內閣會議，與戰爭部長海格塞斯、財政部長貝森特等人共同更新伊朗戰場的最新情勢。會中川普語氣強硬表示，伊朗目前軍事力量已被重創。

川普指出，伊朗之所以願意談判，並非美方急於達成協議，而是伊朗在戰場上接連受挫，被迫尋求停火與談判機會。他直言：「是他們懇求達成協議，不是我們。」

外界先前曾傳出美國急於推動協議，但川普駁斥相關說法，強調美方並不急於撤出戰場，甚至在撤軍前仍有其他軍事目標需要完成。

【伊朗核能力爭議成談判關鍵】會議中，美國特使威特科夫也披露戰前談判的部分內容。他指出，伊朗在談判過程中多次強調，濃縮鈾技術是其「不可剝奪的權利」。

威特科夫表示，伊朗方面曾聲稱，手中握有約460公斤、純度60%的濃縮鈾，理論上足以製造約11枚核彈。由於伊朗不願放棄相關核能力，美方最終對其軍事設施展開強力打擊。

【美軍重創伊朗軍力】川普在會議中透露，目前伊朗海軍與空軍已遭到嚴重打擊，約九成導彈發射裝置也被摧毀，美軍正持續針對導彈與無人機生產設施進行攻擊。

戰爭部長海格塞斯進一步指出，在最新行動中，伊朗伊斯蘭革命衛隊海軍指揮官已被擊斃，伊朗海軍指揮體系受到重創。

【和平協議框架曝光】儘管戰事仍在進行，美方也同步推動外交談判。威特科夫透露，美國已提出一份包含15項行動要點的清單，作為未來和平協議的基礎。這份清單已透過巴基斯坦政府作為中間人，轉交給伊朗方面，外界普遍認為，這將成為未來美伊談判的重要框架。

至於外界關心的油價問題，川普坦言，由於戰事尚未完全結束，油價短期內可能仍有波動，但隨著局勢穩定，價格預期將逐步回落。

journalist: 唐家興

countries: 伊朗 巴基斯坦 美國

things: 和平協議 油價

title: 伊朗海空軍全滅！川普冷回「我不急」：是伊朗潰不成軍主動求和 | 國際


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記者洪正達／高雄報導

吳男供稱「失業心情差」才會縱火洩恨，讓警方不禁搖頭。（圖／翻攝畫面）高雄大寮區河堤路近日不平靜，竟出現惡意「縱火怪客」挑戰公權力！就再27日上午短短2小時內，河堤路三段沿線竟接連爆發6起雜草火警，頻率最高時甚至「2分鐘點一把火」，警消在搶救過程中，敏銳察覺起火點分散且發生頻率極度異常，加上昨日同地點已有3起火警紀錄，直覺事態不單純，隨即通報警方聯手追緝。

林園分局獲報後不敢大意，立即成立專案小組，調閱周邊監視器「以車追人」，鎖定家住小港區的46歲吳姓男子涉有重嫌。畫面顯示，吳男獨自騎乘機車流竄河堤邊，隨機掏出打火機點燃草叢，隨後便冒出陣陣濃煙，警方掌握確切行蹤後，於27日晚間強勢出擊，火速將這名讓警消忙到翻掉的嫌犯帶回偵辦。

吳男落網後供稱，因近期「失業心情太差」才選擇放火洩憤，完全無視當時正值清明掃墓期間，消防人員早已因林野火警疲於奔命。警方聽聞動機後直搖頭，全案訊後依公共危險縱火罪嫌送辦，並持續釐清其是否涉及其他縱火案件。

不良行為，請勿模仿！

journalist: 洪正達

taiwan-subdivisions: 大寮 高雄 大寮區 小港區 林園

title: 2天狂燒9次！大寮「縱火怪客」落網 竟稱：失業心情太差才放火 | 社會


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政治中心／程正邦報導

民眾黨號召329上凱道，一起為柯文哲討公道，臉書發文被網友灌爆。（圖／翻攝自民眾黨臉書）前民眾黨主席柯文哲因京華城案一審遭重判 17 年，民眾黨現任黨主席黃國昌發出「全國動員令」，號召支持者本週日（29日）集結凱道討公道。然而，這場訴求正義的集會卻因「報名費」引發爭議。網路上流傳的包車資訊顯示，支持者北上不僅要自付 500 元車資，若想品嚐傳說中的「館長便當」還得加價 200 元，遭網友嘲諷是「割草計畫」最終章。

江明宗分享「329上凱道」活動資訊，參加者必須付500元包車費。（圖／翻攝江明宗Threads）動員令變「包車旅遊」？全台小草報名費 500 元起跳

自黃國昌宣布週日上凱道後，民眾黨各地方支持者紛紛發起共乘活動。民眾黨台南黨代表江明宗在社群分享，參與者需支付 500 元包車費，消息一出讓不少預算有限的小草打退堂鼓。

台中市西屯區擬參選人劉芩妤等人發起的聯合組車資訊更精確，除了固定的 500 元車位費，還特別標註「館長便當」加購價 200 元。有網友在 Threads 爆料，問身邊支持者是否前往，對方竟傻眼直呼：「去聲援一次要噴 500 元欸！」顯見這筆費用已成動員門檻。

有網友貼出「聯合組車北上凱道」報名資訊，除了收500元車費外，想吃「館長便當」還得再付200元。（圖／翻攝自 Threads）館長便當助陣！網譏：把支持者當「人礦」在挖

「館長」陳之漢長期力挺柯文哲，這次遊行也沒缺席，其創立的餐飲品牌意外成為話題。網友開酸「阿館終於接到民眾黨生意了」，認為這次動員簡直是幫館長的便當店衝業績，民眾黨在面臨存亡危機之際，館長還不忘從小草身上「割最後一波」，甚至有人留言：「乾脆自己帶飯糰去吃比較划算。」

因近期「紅茶巴士」老闆娘的中配身分與政治言論引發熱議，網友紛紛惡搞詢問：「車上會附贈紅茶巴士嗎？」、「建議老闆娘熱情贊助，這組合才完整。」

館長砸千萬開設「TRUE飯」便當店，被員工爆料一度喊賠錢想關門，業績卻暴漲三成。（圖／翻攝自飆捍臉書、「TRUE飯」粉專）29 日凱道決戰：黃國昌接棒後的首場實力測驗

這次「 329 凱道遊行」被視為民眾黨在柯文哲判刑後的存亡關鍵。黃國昌強調這是展現態度與團結的時刻，呼籲支持者不要被外界風言風語影響。在「自費 500 元」的限制下，當天出席人數將成為外界評估「草根力量」是否依然穩固，還是已隨柯 P 判刑而潰散的指標。

警方預估當天凱道將有大規模集結，已超前部署警力維護現場秩序，避免發生激進衝突。這場集會究竟是「討公道」的壯烈集結，還是變成「館長便當」的園遊會？週日午後的凱道將揭曉答案。

「紅茶巴士」中配闆娘分享如何在台展店，嗆青鳥去「曬太陽」，遭炎上後哭著道歉。（圖／翻攝自當事人社群）

people: 柯文哲 黃國昌

references: 臉書 網友

title: 聲援柯P也要「自費」？小草上凱道驚傳收費500元 吃館長便當加價200 | 政治


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一名俄羅斯男子去年因一名女子和美國總統川普小兒子巴倫．川普發展友誼而產生妒意，進而對她施暴，他今天因毆打這名女性在英國被判處4年刑期。

馬特維魯米安采夫（左圖）對前女友動粗，巴倫（右圖）接到女子的視訊求救電話後，跨海向英國警方報案。（翻攝X@Cultination_）英國廣播公司（BBC）報導，23歲的魯米揚則夫（Matvei Rumiantsev）在倫敦斯內爾斯布魯克刑事法院（Snaresbrook Crown Court）因傷害罪與妨礙司法公正罪分別被判處2年徒刑，合計4年刑期。

陪審團今年1月聽取這起刑事案件的經過時獲悉，巴倫．川普（Barron Trump）去年與受害女子進行視訊通話時，意外目擊攻擊過程。本案也因拜倫涉入而引發媒體關注。

現年20歲的巴倫是川普（Donald Trump）與第3任妻子、美國第一夫人梅蘭妮亞．川普（Melania Trump）唯一的孩子。

他去年1月18日從美國致電英國警方，通報自己和該名女子視訊通話時目睹襲擊發生，他並稱自己與她的關係「非常親近」。這名女子的身分依法不可公開。

根據警方呈交法庭的通話紀錄，巴倫告訴倫敦警方接線員，「我剛接到一個女孩來電」、「她正遭到毆打」。

他說：「她被打得很慘，通話大約是在8分鐘前，我不知道現在情況變得如何。」

巴倫在稍後寄給警方調查人員的電郵中進一步說明，由於英國和美國的時差，他原本並未預期那名女子會接聽他的電話。

然而，令他驚訝的是電話居然接通了，畫面中出現「一名赤裸上身的男子」。

巴倫寫道：「鏡頭隨後轉向受害者，她一邊哭泣一邊遭到毆打，並用俄語說了什麼。那名男子接著掛斷電話。」 巴倫報警時，原本不願意告訴警方接線員自己是如何認識被毆打女子，但在被指責態度無禮後，他坦言兩人是在社群媒體上結識。

countries: 俄羅斯 美國 英國

title: 前女友結識川普小兒子引醋意 俄男狂毆她遭判4年 | 國際


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記者鮑琇微、徐兆緯／台北報導

台灣虎航正式宣布推出全台航空業首創新服務「訂閱制」方案，月付1588元，不需訂閱費即可每年獲得4組來回機票兌換優惠，但這個方案限時限量搶訂。航空達人就分享，白話來說就是用六折的價格買到八千元的機票折抵，對一些可以在平日或冷門時段出發的旅客，比較容易達到基本票價變零元的優勢，但像是華航、長榮等國籍航空目前有自己的促銷方案，暫時沒打算跟進訂閱制。

台灣虎航首推「飛航訂閱制」。櫻花祭開跑，不少人想衝日本賞櫻，看準出國人潮就是錢潮，台灣虎航首推「飛航訂閱制」，最低月付1588元就可享一年四趟來回機票折扣。

台灣虎航訂閱制讓民眾能享有優惠。台灣虎航董事長黃世惠：「每個單程超過四千你才需要補價差，如果你每次都有用到補一點點價差，其實你就是得到最大的優惠。」

虎航訂閱制三大方案。三大方案一次看，入門款免訂閱費，月付1588元每年有4組來回機票兌換優惠，限購三千組；中階訂閱費可享六趟來回加優先報到登機；高階版則可享12趟來回多優先行李，相對優惠也更高，相當於將浮動票價改為固定月費。

旅遊達人傑西大叔出面說明。旅遊達人傑西大叔：「最白話的解釋就是用六折的價格來購買到大概八千元的禮券來折抵機票費用，折扣率會在票價接近八千上下才會最大化。」

三款方案大家也好奇怎麼選最划算。

旅遊玩家老田出面說明。旅遊玩家老田：「可以在平日出門，或者說在冷門時段出發的，比較容易達到完全折抵，基本票價變零元的優勢。」

虎航全台首推訂閱制。其他航空像星宇、華航、長榮目前尚未跟進，但各自有精選優惠，但想省荷包細則得看仔細。

旅遊玩家老田出面說明。旅遊玩家老田：「飛的這一趟還沒飛完的時候，下一趟是不能接著馬上去訂的，就是會有這樣子的一個間隔，所以可能要看自己的時間規劃上面。」

亞洲航空曾推預付年費後整年出國免票費，但限定名額一票難求，台灣首創航空訂閱制能否成為市場主流，各界高度關注。

journalist: 鮑琇微、徐兆緯

countries: 台灣 日本

title: 全台首創！虎航訂閱制「月費1588」年換4組來回機票 | 生活


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財經中心／余國棟報導

新生血管型老年性黃斑部病變（nAMD）治療領域近期再傳重要進展。台灣圓祥生技（6945）授權予中國信達生物開發的雙機制生物新藥IBI302，三期臨床試驗交出穩健成績，不僅強化市場對其取得上市許可的預期，更為圓祥開啟一扇通往全球授權市場的大門。（示意圖/ PIXABAY）新生血管型老年性黃斑部病變（nAMD）治療領域近期再傳重要進展。台灣圓祥生技（6945）授權予中國信達生物開發的雙機制生物新藥IBI302，三期臨床試驗交出穩健成績，不僅強化市場對其取得上市許可的預期，更為圓祥開啟一扇通往全球授權市場的大門。

IBI302在視力改善等主要療效指標上達標，並在黃斑部萎縮（MA）發生率這項關鍵安全指標上持續領先對照組。在第三期更嚴格的收案條件下，IBI302仍將MA發生率從對照組的約2.9%壓低至1.5%，相對風險降幅接近五成。能在門檻更高的條件下維持優勢，正是這份數據最具說服力之處，也是後續向中國國家藥監局（NMPA）及未來美國FDA送件審查時最有力的籌碼。

約72.8%的患者可延長至每16週施打一次，換算下來一年僅需注射3至4次，遠低於現行主流療法的頻率。對年長患者而言，少跑醫院本身就是實質的生活品質改善；這項長效優勢，正逐漸成為眼科新藥能否在市場站穩腳跟的關鍵條件。而IBI302的進展代表圓祥整體授權策略成功與否。

全球nAMD市場規模數百億美元，且隨高齡人口持續擴張。IBI302兼具雙機制差異化、長效給藥與完整三期數據三項條件，恰好是大型跨國藥廠評估授權合作時最看重的組合。隨著信達生物在中國推進NMPA審查，IBI302在美國、歐洲等市場的授權談判能見度也將同步提升。授權金收入，也將成為圓祥未來營收成長最直接的動能來源。

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journalist: 余國棟

countries: 中國 台灣 美國

title: 老年黃斑部病變有福了！這家授權新藥IBI302三期數據亮眼 商機直衝全球 | 財經


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伊朗境內的消息人士指出，針對德黑蘭是否該無視美國，和以色列攻擊日益升級而發展核武一事，正在伊朗強硬派內部引發日益激烈論戰，相關主張也變得更為公開和堅決。

美國與以色列對伊朗首都德黑蘭的空襲日益加重。（圖／中央社）路透社報導，兩位伊朗高層消息人士指出，前最高領袖哈米尼（Ali Khamenei）2月28日戰爭爆發日遭到擊斃後，伊斯蘭革命衛隊（Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps）掌握實權，針對核政策的強硬立場也隨之抬頭。 西方國家長期認為伊朗有意發展核武，或至少希望保有隨時製造核武的能力。但伊朗對此始終予以否認，強調哈米尼宣布核武不符合伊斯蘭教義而禁止發展，並且援引德黑蘭作為「禁止核子擴散條約」（Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty）締約國，主張有權發展和平用途的核技術。

其中一名消息人士表示，目前還沒有改變伊朗核戰略的計畫，伊朗也未決定追求核武。不過體制內已經出現質疑現行政策，要求作出修正的聲音。

美國和以色列在伊朗就其核計畫進行談判期間攻打德黑蘭，這或許改變了局勢，讓伊朗戰略規劃者相信，繼續放棄發展核武或遵守禁止核子擴散條約，已經不符合國家利益。

消息人士指出，核政策已經成為統治圈私下討論的議題，但是革命衛隊等強硬派系和政治體系內其他成員之間，對於此舉是否明智莫衷一是。

事實上，伊朗官員在與西方超過20年的核談判過程中，曾多次以退出禁止核子擴散條約作為威脅，卻從未付諸行動。如今就此更公開辯論，不無只是類似的談判伎倆的可能性。

同時，在以色列和美國去年進行為時較短空襲後，德黑蘭現在又經歷數週針對其核子、彈道飛彈和其他科學設施的空襲。伊朗需要多久才有推進核彈計畫的能力，暫不得而知。（中央社德黑蘭26日電）

countries: 伊朗 以色列 美國

taiwan-subdivisions: 和美 和平

title: 路透：伊朗強硬派要求發展核武呼聲抬頭 | 國際


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根據船舶追蹤網站MarineTraffic以及荷莫茲海峽附近的中國船員消息，中國遠洋海運集團旗下2艘貨櫃輪，今天上午試圖通過荷莫茲海峽時，罕見遭伊朗強迫掉頭。

中國遠洋海運集團旗下2艘貨櫃輪，今天上午試圖通過荷莫茲海峽時，罕見遭伊朗強迫掉頭。（圖／翻攝自NASA）根據華爾街日報報導，這兩艘被迫掉頭的貨櫃輪分別是「中海印度洋號」（CSCL Indian Ocean）與「中海北冰洋號」（CSCL Arctic Ocean）。

這兩艘貨櫃輪在靠近伊朗南部阿巴斯港（Bandar Abbas）約20英里的拉拉克島（Larak Island）附近迴轉掉頭。近日來部分標示為中國籍或由中國籍船員駕駛的船隻，透過伊朗葛希姆島（Qeshm）與拉拉克島之間的狹窄水道通過海峽。

華爾街日報指出，這是伊朗當局一次不尋常之舉，伊朗先前航運封鎖主要針對其認定支持以色列與美國的國家。

伊朗國家最高安全委員會轄下的「努爾新聞」（Nour News）報導，伊朗革命衛隊（Revolutionary Guard）今天表示，已讓3艘不同國籍、試圖通過荷莫茲海峽（ Strait of Hormuz）的貨櫃輪掉頭。革命衛隊強調，會進出與美國和以色列支持者港口的船隻禁止航行該航道。

能源市場情報公司Kpler今天表示，發現中國遠洋海運集團所屬兩艘貨櫃輪曾試圖通過伊朗外海的狹窄水道荷莫茲海峽，但後來掉頭折返。

Kpler指出，自從2月28日美國和以色列對伊朗發動攻擊而引發戰事以來，這兩艘貨櫃輪便一直滯留波斯灣（Persian Gulf）。（中央社德黑蘭27日電）

countries: 伊朗 中國 美國 以色列 印度

title: 中國中遠海運2貨輪試圖通過荷莫茲海峽 罕見遭伊朗強迫掉頭 | 國際


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記者古芙仙、朱俊傑／屏東報導

屏東有家長投訴小孩連續兩天在補習班拿到過期5天豆花，向老師反映第一時間還得到「甜的跟過期幾天的沒關係」，更是發現補習班把廚餘跟食物放同個冰箱，認為食安有疑慮！業者回應，老師第一時間是想安撫學生，不過一連串的疏失也的確需要改進。

屏東一間補習班遭家長投訴孩子連續兩天拿到過期的豆花。甜甜軟軟的豆花是小朋友最愛，屏東有補習班拿來給學童當點心，但家長投訴孩子連續兩天拿到過期的豆花，第一時間反映老師卻回甜的沒關係。

投訴家長出面說明。投訴家長：「我找主任了解一下這狀況，（她回）小朋友看不懂日期，她會不會搞錯了，她就不承認。」

家長表示3月18日孩子拿到3月14日就過期的豆花，跟老師反映後，19日又看到過期家長表示第一天3月18日拿到14日過期的孩子沒有吃，已經跟老師反映，19日又看到過期，從補習班的監視器還聽到老師這樣回應。

補習班老師當下回應。補習班老師：「大家都吃了也沒有說有奇怪的味道，冷藏食品不太會，甜食比較沒有關係，鹹的麵包那是比較不行。」

19日孩子拿到豆花不敢吃帶回家，的確是14日就過期，而補習班回應豆花有兩個有效期限14日跟21日，過期四天以上，因為把要丟掉的過期豆花跟沒過期的放同個冰箱，孩子拿錯造成誤會。

補習班業者出面說明。補習班業者：「是因為不想讓孩子太過恐慌，那當然我覺得這也是老師自己當下沒有把話講清楚。」

屏東縣教育局終身教育科長廖怡倫出面說明。屏東縣教育局終身教育科長廖怡倫：「補習班表示該點心為教師為了獎勵學生所額外提供的，並非每次提供，也沒列入所謂收費。」

業者回應說甜的和過期幾天沒關係是想安撫孩子，而衛生局也上門稽查，教育處表示依規定補習班不得主動提供餐點，後續疏失跟開罰都會持續調查。

journalist: 古芙仙、朱俊傑

taiwan-subdivisions: 屏東 屏東縣

title: 孩子拿到過期5天豆花 補習班竟回：甜的沒關係 | 生活


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歐盟通過一系列海關改革措施，其中之一是針對歐盟境外原本免稅的150歐元以下小型包裹，自7月1日起每件徵收3歐元（約新台幣110元）臨時關稅，後續還將收取處理費。據統計，2025年約有59億件低價商品進入歐盟，其中超過90%來自中國。

空運變海運!貨櫃塞爆 網:包裹1個月沒清關,貨運,包裹,示意圖歐盟於26日晚間批准一項全面性的海關改革措施，引入新的工具改善關稅徵收流程，並加強控管不合規定或不安全貨物，同時降低對於成員國政府和貿易商的負擔。

根據歐盟執委會發布的文件指出，就目前的形式和近期的發展，歐盟海關面臨許多挑戰。

造成海關壓力的原因之一是因為進入歐盟的低價電商商品數量不斷增加，成員國一致認為有必要採取緊急行動。根據統計，2025年約有59億件低價商品進入歐盟，其中超過90%來自中國。

這份文件說明，在2025年12月時，歐盟成員國已經同意取消低價貨物關稅免稅門檻，並預計從今年7月1日起，對主要透過電子商務進入歐盟的150歐元小型包裹內含物品，每件徵收3歐元的臨時關稅，最晚在今年11月前，將再徵收一項處理費。

歐盟說明，徵收3歐元的臨時關稅以平衡電子商務銷售與傳統零售之間的競爭環境；加收處理費，用以補償海關日益增加的成本。

除了低價電商商品，海關必須檢視貨物是否符合歐盟標準，特別是所謂「禁止與限制」，例如打擊非法貨物、產品符合規定與否、安全規則、環境保護、槍枝及出口管制等；此外，海關需要持續應對地緣政治變化，執行歐盟制裁，並在全球危機時期支持各項措施，因此各項改革勢在必行。

歐盟強調，海關改革措施將保護歐盟消費者免受濫用和不合規範產品的侵害，讓購物行為更安全。因應電子商務進口持續激增，歐盟海關必須能確保符合規範且安全的產品進入歐盟市場並到達消費者手中。

countries: 中國 歐盟

title: 中國低價貨物湧入 歐盟將加徵小包裹關稅與處理費 | 國際


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記者古芙仙、王紹宇／台南報導

台南市開基永華宮出現奇觀，最近幾天湧入大量蜜蜂，數量可能破萬！蜜蜂在廟前梁柱間飛舞卻不會飛進主殿，而其實前年跟去年都出現過這景象，廟方人員說廣澤尊王每年的兩次聖誕前都會有大量蜜蜂飛來，感覺是來祝壽。不過農業局表示，這是分蜂築巢，屬於大自然的現象。

眾多蜜蜂在廟門前飛舞。成千上萬的蜜蜂在廟門前飛舞，伴隨巨大嗡嗡聲，好多信眾拿起手機拍下這驚奇的一幕。

蜜蜂數量驚人。拍攝民眾：「又來了又來了。」

台南開基永華宮供奉的是廣澤尊王。蜜蜂數量驚人，穿梭在梁柱、屋簷和燈籠間卻不會攻擊人，這裡是台南開基永華宮，供奉的是廣澤尊王，廟方志工說蜜蜂聚集前來的景象每年都會發生。

開基永華宮志工黃先生出面說明。開基永華宮志工黃先生：「相傳是來跟聖王公祝壽的，蜜蜂不會，完全不會叮人，對，完全沒有攻擊性。」

廟方人員表示廣澤尊王每年兩次紀念日蜜蜂們都會飛舞聚集，感覺是前來祝壽。看看2024年蜜蜂也來飛舞聚集在燈籠上；還有2025年的8月份蜜蜂也來了，都是像這樣在廟前方聚集飛舞，場面壯觀，廟方人員說，廣澤尊王每年兩次紀念日，農曆2月22誕辰、農曆8月22飛升得道，都曾出現蜜蜂，感覺是前來祝壽。

信眾：「就像阿里山受鎮宮他們也是在農曆4月還是3月，也是會有飛蛾。」

信眾表達意見。信眾：「（蜜蜂）也不會進來就是到拜殿。」

台南市局森保科長朱健明出面說明。台南市局森保科長朱健明：「如果蜂王帶一群蜂出去要築一個新的巢，所以這是一個自然的現象。」

農業局分析蜜蜂在春季會分巢，屬於自然現象。農業局分析蜜蜂在春季會分巢，每年6月過後如果數量太多就會再分一次，忙著搬家的蜜蜂通常也都不會攻擊人，但時間點上的巧合也成了替神尊祝壽的特殊現象。

journalist: 古芙仙、王紹宇

title: 獨家／台南永華宮萬蜂飛舞奇觀 信眾：跟神明祝壽 | 生活


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記者陳亭汝、鄭翔仁／台北報導

北市大安區27日早上有名騎士行經台灣大學旁時，身上紙袋裡的大量現金竟不慎掉落，鈔票撒滿地卻絲毫沒發覺。有善心民眾路過撿回了2萬2千多元交給轄區員警，警方循線找到粗心車主，他渾然不知自己掉錢，還淡定的說下班再去領。

騎士奔馳在市區道路，怎麼前方有東西飛過來甚至撒了滿地，放慢動作看東西是從這位橘衣騎士身上飛過來的，而再往地上看竟然是一張張白花花的千元大鈔隨風四散在地上紛飛。

熱心民眾幫忙撿起鈔票拿給警方。熱心民眾；「他就騎然後在我旁邊就掉了，然後就騎走了，很多人幫忙撿，然後有些人就走了。」

員警獲報到場，只見民眾手裡握著整疊鈔票，熱心的報案人看到騎士就這樣騎走，只好冒險將滿地紙鈔一張張撿回，數一數竟然有2萬2100元。

記者現場報導。記者陳亭汝、鄭翔仁：「事發地點就在台大校園門口的這條辛亥路二段上，當時騎士掉錢的時間是早上八點多，正值上班尖峰時間。」

警方透過監視器追查聯繫上失主，並歸還車主2萬多元。警方透過監視器追查終於聯繫上失主，該名騎士竟渾然不知自己掉了2萬多元，他說他把鈔票放在塑膠袋裡的牛皮紙袋，結果沒有綁好才會邊騎邊掉錢，變成移動財神爺。但騎士態度相當淡定，表示等下班後再去警局把錢領回。

律師張宏暐出面說明。律師張宏暐：「撿到他人遺失物而未歸還會觸犯刑法337條的侵占遺失物罪。」

律師提醒，民眾若在路上撿到他人遺失財物應立即送交警方處理，若據為己有恐將吃上刑責，因小失大得不償失。

journalist: 陳亭汝、鄭翔仁

title: 台大旁驚見「移動財神爺」 騎士2.21萬元紙鈔「邊騎邊掉」 | 社會


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大陸新疆一名女子懷疑丈夫出軌，偷偷掛在他的貨車後方跟蹤，危險行為被警方攔阻，才沒釀成傷亡悲劇。（圖／翻攝自微博／新疆法治報）無論情侶或夫妻，信任是兩人相處很重要的一環。近日大陸新疆喀什巴楚縣一名女子因懷疑丈夫外遇，竟在深夜趁丈夫開車出門時，徒手攀附在小貨車車尾企圖跟蹤「捉姦」。當地交警巡邏時及時發現並攔截車輛，才避免了一場可能的墜車事故，但女子的丈夫也因此被開罰。

根據陸媒《新疆法治報》報導，事發於3月24日晚間9時許，新疆喀什巴楚縣公安局交管大隊在一處路口執勤時，驚見一輛行駛中的小貨車後方竟「掛著一個人」。警方靠近一看，發現有一名女子雙手死命抓著貨車的後擋板，全身懸空在車外，且身上未採取任何防護措施，情況萬分險急。

警方立即鳴笛並示意該貨車靠邊停下，協助後方那名體力近乎透支的女子下車。據警方初步調查，該名女子為貨車司機玉姓男子的妻子，面對警方攔查，玉男顯得一臉錯愕，直言完全不清楚妻子竟「掛」在自己車後，當下才知道妻子如此瘋狂。

警方追問下，女子才鬆口，近期因強烈猜忌丈夫出軌，見丈夫準備開車外出，一時激動才鋌而走險，躲在車尾盲區掛在車後方「跟蹤」，想藉此查明丈夫行蹤。所幸當時路段車流量較小，且行駛距離尚短、速度不快，才未釀成傷亡慘劇。

儘管這起事件導因於家庭糾紛，但危險行徑已嚴重違反交通安全法規。當地交管部門指出，玉男在發動車輛前，未依規定繞車巡視周邊安全狀況，亦未察覺後方載人違規，依法被處以記點3分及人民幣200元（約新台幣900元）罰鍰。警方也對該名女子進行嚴正教育，警告切莫因情感猜忌而採取極端行為，以免造成不可挽回的遺憾。

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title: 人妻懷疑有小三「肉身掛車」抓姦！驚險畫面嚇壞警 丈夫遭開罰 | 兩岸(大陸)


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外交部今天表示，歐盟外交暨安全政策高級代表卡拉斯與日本外務大臣茂木敏充昨天在第三屆歐日外長戰略對話，重申台海和平穩定的重要性；部長林佳龍對歐盟與G7成員國等理念相近夥伴持續關切台海和平穩定，表達歡迎與感謝。

外交部長林佳龍（圖）23日出席「史瓦帝尼文化節」開幕儀式。外交部晚間發布新聞稿指出，卡拉斯（Kaja Kallas）與茂木敏充昨天在法國舉行第三屆歐日外長戰略對話，雙方重申台海和平穩定的重要性，並堅決反對任何在東海及南海單方面以武力或脅迫改變現狀的企圖，以及任何可能升高緊張局勢、破壞區域穩定與以規則為基礎的國際秩序的行為。

外交部強調，台灣將持續與所有民主夥伴共同捍衛以規則為基礎的國際秩序，致力守護台海與印太地區的和平穩定與繁榮發展。

日本外務大臣茂木敏充在歐日外長戰略對話，重申台海和平穩定的重要性。（資料照／取自外務省@MofaJapan_jp X）

countries: 日本 法國 史瓦帝尼 歐盟 台灣

title: 歐日外長戰略對話重申台海和平 林佳龍表達歡迎 | 政治


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社會中心／洪正達報導

龍井公車失控撞斷路樹後翻覆在田中，目前大批警消趕往救援中。（圖／翻攝自Threads @baobao101222）台中市龍井區目前發生一起嚴重車禍，一輛公車不知何故行經沙田路六段時不明原因失控，先是撞上一棵路樹後衝進田裡後翻覆，消防局已派遣大批人車趕往救援，傷亡人數不明，警方稍晚將對外說明。

消防局指出，3月27日晚間10點半獲報龍井區沙田路六段鷺山橋發生一起車禍，一輛公車不知何故撞到護欄後滑下邊坡，隨機派遣龍井、梧棲、沙鹿分隊5車16人前往救援。

警消趕抵後，初步了解公車車上1名司機及1名乘客皆已自行脫困，其中男性司機頭部外傷、意識清楚，送往向上光田醫院救治，另名男性乘客（40歲），無明顯外傷、意識清楚，由童綜合醫院救護車載送就醫。

taiwan-subdivisions: 田中 沙鹿 龍井區 龍井 梧棲

title: 快訊／警笛狂鳴！台中公車失控撞樹翻覆田中央 大批警消趕抵救援中 | 社會


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被封「最美星巴克店員」的安井南宣布離開兼職工作，引發大量關注。（圖／翻攝自X，@yasaiminami ）日本話題人物安井南（Minami Yasui）近日在社群平台宣布結束於星巴克的兼職工作。她因外型亮眼被網友封為「最美星巴克店員」，同時也積極發展演藝事業。該消息迅速在網路擴散，貼文瀏覽數突破5200萬次，不僅吸引粉絲祝福，也引來部分網友質疑，形成兩極討論。

根據《集英社》等日媒報導，安井南透露，自己自高中時期開始進入星巴克打工，最初排班較為密集，後來隨著工作重心轉向演藝發展，仍持續維持一定頻率的上班安排。經過長時間累積，她認為已完成階段性目標，因此選擇離開這份工作，並以「畢業」來形容這段經歷。

同時，安井南也在今年完成大學學業，生活與職涯同步邁入新階段。她在貼文中回顧過去的工作經驗，提到在服務業中累積的人際應對與實務歷練，對個人成長有所幫助。現年22歲的安井南，擁有多項武術專長，包括雙節棍、劍道與空手道等，並曾於2024年選美活動中獲得相關頭銜，逐步累積知名度。

然而，相關發言在網路上引發不同解讀。部分網友認為其用詞過於包裝，對於將離職稱為「畢業」提出質疑，也有人討論星巴克工作本身是否具有特殊象徵意義。另一方面，也有支持聲音認為，分享個人職涯轉變屬正常現象，無須過度放大。

整體而言，安井南結束兼職工作的消息，因其個人形象與高關注度，引發廣泛討論，也反映社群對於工作價值與表述方式的多元觀點。

被封「最美星巴克店員」的安井南宣布離開兼職工作，引發大量關注。（圖／翻攝自X，@yasaiminami ）延伸閱讀

柯文哲一審速判17年！陳揮文拿鄭文燦相比：他懂得躲政治追殺 命理師昔預言「柯文哲66歲走空亡17年」 網挖影片朝聖：準到令人發毛 41歲男徵婚開超狂條件！要求嫩瘦無孩還要同住公婆 網酸：在找保母？ 原文連結

people: 鄭文燦 柯文哲

title: 「最美星巴克店員」不幹了！震撼宣布畢業 5200萬人朝聖卻吵翻 | 娛樂星聞


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娛樂中心／蔡佩伶報導

李尚寶驚傳身亡。（圖／翻攝自X）韓國44歲男星李尚寶參與《壞愛情》、《私生活》、《基督山小姐》等劇打開知名度，2022年一度捲入吸毒疑雲，經過檢方20多天偵查，才終於還他清白，怎料再度躍上新聞版面，竟傳出身亡的消息，讓大眾相當震驚。

根據韓媒《韓國日報》報導，李尚寶傳出已於26日死亡，相關資訊警方仍在調查當中，而所屬經紀公司對此消息，發聲表示「還在確認中」，尚未證實死訊。

事實上，李尚寶2022年遭爆涉毒，傳出用藥後在街上狂奔，疑似精神失常遭到逮捕，雖然李尚寶在現場接受毒品快速檢測試劑出現「陽性反應」，不過李尚寶向韓媒否認吸毒一事，強調是服用憂鬱症藥物，還提供醫生的診斷證明書。

後續，警方表示李尚寶前往醫院檢測後的毒品反應呈現「陰性」，該案因為沒有涉毒證據而駁回結案，不過李尚寶受訪時仍指控警方誤判，導致他因此被冠上吸毒演員的標籤，讓他有苦難言。

李尚寶（이상보）曾捲入吸毒疑雲。（圖／翻攝自韓網）三立新聞網提醒您：

莫逞一時樂，遺害百年身！拒絕毒品 珍惜生命健康無價 不容毒噬

journalist: 蔡佩伶

title: 捲吸毒疑雲才還清白！44歲大咖男星驚傳身亡 經紀公司回應了 | 娛樂星聞


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【本報訊】往返東、西引島重要道路「人定勝天」路段，近日展開內側坡地崩塌防護工程，鄉公所提醒用路人行經該路段時務必減速慢行，留意施工安全。

鄉公所表示，去（114）年7月受豪大雨影響，西引島包括「人定勝天」段、清水澳及東引島樂華村樂華水井至機步連等多處道路，陸續出現不同程度的邊坡崩落情形。為改善災損並確保交通安全，已爭取農業部農村發展及水土保持署補助逾新台幣1千萬元，辦理相關復建工程。

鄉公所指出，「人定勝天」段為東、西引島間唯一聯絡道路，地理位置關鍵，但內側邊坡岩層破碎，結構較為脆弱，遇強降雨容易發生落石或坍方，對通行安全造成威脅。這次防護工程採取加設阻絕式防落石柵，以吸收與分散落石衝擊力道，降低災害風險。

鄉公所呼籲，施工期間請用路人配合現場交通指揮，減速慢行，並隨時注意施工動態，以確保自身與他人安全。

taiwan-subdivisions: 東引 清水

title: 西引島「人定勝天」路段展開邊坡防護工程 - 馬祖日報


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【本報訊】響應全球年度環保行動「Earth Hour Taiwan 2026（地球1小時）」活動，縣府邀請民眾於3月28日（六）晚間20時30分至21時30分，關閉室內外非必要照明設備，以實際行動關心地球、守護環境。

縣府表示，「關燈1小時」不僅象徵節能減碳，更希望藉此喚起大眾對氣候變遷與環境保護議題的重視，進一步思考日常生活中如何落實節能與永續行動。

縣府也邀請鄉親與世界同步，一同參與這項國際環保公益活動，從關燈的小小舉動開始，為地球盡一份心力，共同守護生活環境。

title: 「關燈1小時」 縣府邀鄉親今晚與世界同步 - 馬祖日報


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【本報訊】連江縣警察局昨（27）日表示，針對北竿鄉草叢發現遺體案件，相關資訊及坊間傳言，勿過度臆測，警方正積極調查釐清中。

警方指出，本案為北竿鄉塘岐村一名王姓男子通報失聯後，警方展開協尋，於3月25日下午約4時許，在塘岐通往橋仔路段附近蝴蝶谷草叢中發現一具遺體，並報請連江地檢署指揮偵辦，後續將依規定相驗及蒐證，以調查釐清死因。

taiwan-subdivisions: 北竿 連江縣

title: 北竿鄉蝴蝶谷草叢發現遺體案 縣警局：正調查釐清中，勿過度臆測 - 馬祖日報


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115年1月24日，我今天早上在畫生日卡片，因為今天是我爸爸的生日，我覺得爸爸收到一定會很開心的，爸爸收到卡片後說：「絨婧，我喜歡這個禮物，謝謝妳送我的禮物。」

115年1月27日，我今天吃了一頓豐盛的晚餐，我覺得好好吃呀！我吃了香噴噴的白飯、一條鯛魚、豬耳朵和清脆香甜的高麗菜，實在是太好吃了，如果可以常常吃到這麼豐盛的晚餐，那該有多好！

115年 1月28日，清水教會很好玩，因為有好玩的遊戲。教會裡面有香菇、貢丸、湯，香菇是姊姊，貢丸和湯都是哥哥，他們帶著我們玩遊戲，都很有趣！謝謝香菇姊姊、貢丸哥哥和湯哥哥。

115年1月29日，我寒假有去羽球訓練站，下午在馬高體育館集合，我和教練一起跑腳步，教練發球時，我們和對面的人都要接住，還要用羽球拍拍到球，我覺得好開心，可以跟教練和同學一起打羽毛球。

115年1月30日，我在家裡寫寒假作業，寫完之後就可以看電視，我覺得好開心，因為可以看我喜歡的電視節目，看完電視後，媽媽還讓我吃零食，我覺得好幸福喔！

115年2月2日，今天早上九點我去上安親班，我覺得好開心，因為可以跟同學一起上課、一起玩玩具，還可以一起寫寒假作業，我覺得很開心！

115年2月3日，今天下午我上美語啦啦隊的課程，英文老師先帶我們唱英文歌，再帶我們玩了翻轉杯子和圈圈叉叉連成一條線的遊戲，我們分男生組跟女生組，三局之後雖然女生組輸了，但是我們玩得很開心。

115年2月5日，我今天上了熱力街舞的課，我們跟二年級的大哥哥、大姊姊一起上課，一開始老師會一個動作、一個動作的教，等到大家都練習熟了，老師就要大家一起跳舞，老師說我跳得很好，聽到老師的誇獎我很開心！

115年2月6日，今天我跟安親班同學一起去苗栗尚順育樂天地玩，我們玩了旋轉木馬、咖啡杯、侏儸紀、熱氣球，我最喜歡的是球池，因為有六層樓高，可以玩得很盡興！

115年2月9日，我今天畫了一幅數字油畫，它很簡單，數字油畫就是幾號的顏料就畫在幾號的畫板上，我畫的是一隻超級可愛的白色小鴨。

115年2月10日，今天安親班請了一位大哥哥來教大家如何急救，還帶了一個假人來讓大家練習，大哥哥說在兩個乳頭的中間壓兩分鐘，我很認真做，大哥哥還誇獎我，說我做得最正確，還送我一包糖果。

115年2月11日，今天我在安親班做手作，它的名稱叫『彩虹』，就是把鹽和粉筆攪拌在一起，在放在一個漂亮的瓶子裡，瓶子就會像彩虹一樣一層一層的，每個小朋友的作品都不一樣，但是一樣的漂亮。

taiwan-subdivisions: 苗栗 清水

title: 我的寒假日記集 ／文與圖：介壽國小 一忠 吳絨婧 - 馬祖日報


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北竿社造中心辦理CPR＋AED訓練課程，教官示範按壓與AED操作，學員分組實作練習，並學習止血與包紮技巧，強化急救應變能力。（圖：北竿社造中心／文：鄭禮頤）

【記者鄭禮頤報導】北竿社區健康營造中心分別於24、26日晚間於社福館2樓辦理115年度CPR＋AED訓練課程，由陳維祥教官授課，吸引多位保健志工及鄉親到場參與，現場透過講解與實際操作，學習基本急救技能。

課程先以簡報說明急救基本觀念，包含判斷意識與呼吸、通報流程等重點，並提醒在無呼吸狀況下應立即施作CPR，把握黃金救援時間。隨後由教官進行示範，從胸外按壓位置、節奏到AED貼片使用方式逐一講解，讓學員清楚掌握操作要領。

現場安排實作練習，學員利用安妮模型進行CPR按壓操作，教官逐一指導姿勢與力道，協助調整動作；同時也演練AED操作流程，讓學員熟悉實際應用方式。此外，課程也教導創傷種類與止血要點，學員實際操作止血帶與繃帶使用，使學習更具實用性。

學員專心跟著操作，輪流進行練習，逐步建立正確急救觀念；課程結束後，頒發結業證書予參與學員。

北竿社造中心表示，希望透過課程強化保健志工急救能力，未來在社區中遇到突發狀況時，能即時提供協助，共同守護居民安全。

title: 北竿社造中心CPR＋AED訓練 提升急救能力 - 馬祖日報


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該名釣友起初還以為只是春子，直到魚上岸後請附近漁民幫忙確認，才驚覺竟是俗稱「海上黃金」的黃魚。（圖／文：蔡夢玲）

【記者蔡夢玲報導】東莒昨天下午傳出難得一見的大物，一名新手釣友原本是要釣鱸魚，沒想到意外釣起一尾約3斤半重的黃魚，魚一上岸還活跳跳，立刻吸引不少鄉親圍觀。

該名釣友起初還以為只是春子，直到魚上岸後請附近漁民幫忙確認，才驚覺竟是俗稱「海上黃金」的黃魚。由於野生黃魚本就不常見，尤其超過3斤更屬少見，此次釣獲大尾黃魚，也讓在場民眾直呼難得。

有鄉親表示，這樣體型的黃魚已經多年沒見到，能在東莒海域釣獲，更是相當難得，也讓不少人特地前來看看這尾罕見的大黃魚。

title: 「海上黃金」出水 新手釣獲3斤半野生黃魚 - 馬祖日報


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連江縣115年國軍陣（公）亡將士春祭典禮，眾人共同向為國為民犧牲奉獻的先賢先烈致上最高敬意。（圖／文：王致潔）

【記者王致潔報導】青年節將至，為表彰忠烈、撫慰英靈，連江縣115年春季國軍陣（公）亡將士祭典昨（27）日上午9時，於南竿珠螺軍人紀念園區舉行。由馬防部指揮官尹昌榮主祭；縣長王忠銘、議長張永江、馬防部政戰主任張博彥、南竿守備大隊大隊長袁雨農，及縣府代理秘書長陳明傑、鄉長林志東、地方政要等軍民代表齊聚一堂，共同向守護國土的先烈表達永恆追思與感念。

春祭儀式莊嚴隆重，馬防部近百位官兵一字排開，展現嚴肅軍容，縣府各局處首長及中央駐馬單位均踴躍參與。主祭官、陪祭官依序向將士靈位上香、獻花、獻爵、獻饌、獻果，並由司儀恭讀祭文，字裡行間流露對先烈拋頭顱、灑熱血的感念；最後在全體行三鞠躬禮下，眾人向先烈致上最高敬意，場面肅穆感人。

青年節是黃花崗烈士捨生取義的殉難日，也是先民獻身救國的紀念日。回顧過去風雨飄搖年代，無數年輕將士離開家鄉，將美好青春奉獻給這座戰地前線島嶼，以汗水築起工事，用生命守護家園，其事蹟不僅銘刻在紀念園區碑石上，更深烙在馬祖的歷史紋理中；今日能享有富足安定的生活，皆源於先輩們開疆闢土、蓽路藍縷的犧牲。

透過連江縣政府與馬防部每年合作辦理春、秋祭典，向為國為民犧牲奉獻的先賢先烈致敬，讓這份精神在馬祖世代傳承；同時提醒著世人，和平從非偶然，而是由無數英雄以血淚換取，也提醒社會大眾承襲這份大無畏精神，勇敢擔負起推動國家社會進步發展的重任。

people: 莊嚴 張永江

taiwan-subdivisions: 和平 連江縣 安定 南竿

title: 表彰忠烈 春季國軍陣亡將士祭典莊嚴肅穆 - 馬祖日報


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【本報訊】為響應全球地球日盛事，連江縣環境資源局配合環境部辦理115年地球日全國22縣市環保成果串聯行動。今年地球日以「Our Power, Our Planet-地球力」為年度主題，強調每一份微小的個人行動，都能匯聚成守護地球的龐大力量。連江縣不僅擔綱全國串聯活動的第一棒，更將馬祖在地特色融入創意圖文與短片，透過「年輕化、趣味化、生活化」的策略，將這股「地球力」轉化為鄉親在日常生活中可親近、可參與的具體行動。

其中「我們的環保宣言」創意圖文接力今（28）日正式起跑。連江縣環境資源局作為全台首波發布縣市，當日圖文將同步於環境部及全國22縣市環保機關的臉書（Facebook）、Insta-gram等社群平臺亮相。隨後各縣市將依序輪流發布至4月18日，環資局誠摯邀請鄉親朋友屆時踴躍按讚並轉發分享，用您的社群影響力支持馬祖，讓海島的環保創意在全國舞台綻放能量。

在「為地球出任務」環保任務影片中，環資局長陳忠義親自示範如何落實低碳生活。影片特別選址於具有在地運輸特色的「黃魚公車站牌」，以及致力於推廣友善環境理念的「中南58手作輕食咖啡廳」進行拍攝。透過與在地優質店家合作，具體呈現民眾在日常消費中，如何運用本縣專屬特色的環保「卡蹓杯」來替代一次性容器。這不僅展現了馬祖獨特的環保風景，更透過局長的接力傳遞，象徵離島攜手守護環境、共創永續海島的行動決心。

活動最關鍵的「人氣票選」將於4月20日（一）至4月26日（日）展開，為期一週。這不僅是展現馬祖人團結實力的時刻，參與投票的鄉親更有機會獲得驚喜好禮。每人每日可投1票，凡參與投票並投給最終獲得人氣票選前3名縣市之民眾，將由環境部公開抽出幸運得獎者並致贈精美獎品。若本縣影片能順利獲得前3名，將於6月「世界環境日」活動現場頒發獎品予得獎縣市代表，讓全台灣都能看見馬祖推動環境永續的軟實力。

環資局強調，地球日的主題「地球力」就掌握在每一位鄉親手中。無論是分享一篇圖文、實踐減塑生活，還是投下關鍵的一票，都是在為我們的地球注入生命力。誠摯邀請全縣鄉親發揮馬祖人的凝聚力，從4月20日起踴躍投票並熱情拉票，讓我們共同邁向永續循環的無塑之島！更多活動詳情請持續關注「連江縣環境資源局」官方粉絲專頁及環境部活動官網。

references: Facebook 臉書

title: 響應地球日 連江縣擔綱全國環保串聯第一棒 - 馬祖日報


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消防義消體技能交流活動於北竿登場，參賽人員全力投入，展現團隊合作與專業救護能力。（圖：連江縣消防局／文：鄭禮頤）

【記者鄭禮頤報導】為展現消防與義勇消防人員平時訓練成果，連江縣消防局於今日下午3時，在北竿塘岐運動場辦理「115年消防義消體技能交流活動」，南竿、北竿、東引、莒光四大隊，以及水上救生大隊、鳳凰志工大隊等單位齊聚一堂，透過競技交流展現團隊默契與救災實力。

消防局表示，本次活動設有四大競賽項目，包括「力拔山河（拔河）」、「極限消防員」、「救護技能」及「無人機任務」，讓參賽人員透過競技交流，相互切磋並展現訓練成果。

活動由消防局局長曹典鈺主持，並邀請內政部消防署副署長馮俊毅、連江縣縣長王忠銘、連江縣秘書長陳明傑、議員周瑞國、陳玉發及台北市消防局主任蕭建成等人出席；另邀集各離島義消夥伴跨海參與，現場亦規劃消防宣導攤位，讓民眾在觀賽之餘，也能了解防災觀念與居家安全知識。

歡迎鄉親及遊客前往塘岐運動場觀賽，為消防與義消人員加油打氣，現場感受競賽熱度。

taiwan-subdivisions: 水上 北竿 連江縣 東引 南竿 莒光

title: 消防義消體技能交流 今塘岐運動場登場 - 馬祖日報


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介壽國中小慶祝創校51年，昨日在各界貴賓與親師生共同見證下，校長吳健忠與眾人切下生日蛋糕，歡慶半世紀育才成果。（圖／文：王致潔）

【記者王致潔報導】介壽國中小於昨（27）日歡慶第51屆校慶，典禮於上午10時30分揭幕，由縣長王忠銘、校長吳健忠、家長會副會長徐雲輝等人表揚6位資深教職員及22位優異學生，各界貴賓與約400位師生齊聚一堂，在溫馨的生日快樂歌聲與熱鬧的慶祝活動中，共同見證校園邁向新的里程碑。

半世紀以來，介壽國中小秉持耕耘教育的初心，畢業校友已逾4000人，成為馬祖教育界的中流砥柱。典禮中表揚資深教職員及表現優異學生，名單如下：

服務20年資深優良教職員：王秀芬老師、陳國強老師、王淑敏老師。

服務10年資深優良教職員：姜佳琦老師、陳家欣老師、陳菊香女士。

國小部班級模範兒童：一忠陳歆予、一誠陳妤瑄、二忠劉昕穎、二誠陳宣岑、三忠陳奕臻、三誠陳楀琁、四忠陳儀珊、四誠劉芯慈、五忠翁歆媞、五誠陳廷恩、六忠陳建廷、六誠姜堉柔、特教班吳采翊。

國中部班級優秀青年：七忠陳冠睿、七誠陳熙元、八忠林語涵、八誠陳映潔、九忠曹予菲、九誠陳酉宸。

115年度全國角力錦標賽獲獎學生：蔡宇軒（國中男子組自由式第十級第一名、U17男子組自由式第十級第三名）、周楷鑫（國中男子組自由式第五級第二名、U15男子組自由式第五級第三名）、蔡昀菲（國小中年級女生組自由式第四級第三名）。

縣長王忠銘致詞時，特別向歷屆與現任教職員致上最高謝意，感謝老師們為馬祖造就無數優秀青年，成為地方發展的根本。他也特別援引該校司令台標語「養天地正氣，法古今完人」勉勵孩子們，在追求學科知識之餘，更要注重品格修養，也要「吃果子拜樹頭、飲水思源」，有朝一日有能力時，別忘了回饋母校與社會，做一個正正當當、品德高尚的人，將優良校風發揚光大。

校長吳健忠代表全校師生誠摯歡迎諸位貴賓，並感念各界對教育的長期支持，使學校軟硬體得以持續優化，為學子提供更完善的學習空間；在軟實力方面，他指出，在全體師生與家長的共同努力下，學生於學業、藝文及體育競技方面均有卓越表現，特別在去年全國語文競賽縣內複賽中，國中部勇奪5項特優，刷新校史紀錄，展現優異教學成效。

他強調，校慶的意義不僅是慶祝活動，更是一種傳承與責任，勉勵學生在變遷的環境中，持續保持好奇心與熱情，勇於挑戰、踏實努力並持續進步。

吳健忠表示，學校將於4至6月辦理藝術季系列活動，除了展出學生豐富的作品、辦理廣達「游於藝」名畫展及華岡藝校展演，更將推出AI修復老照片展，透過珍貴的歷史影像，讓師生與校友能跨越時空，看見介壽與馬祖的古今演變。

典禮最後，全場高唱校歌與生日快樂歌。在歡樂氣氛中，縣長王忠銘、議長張永江、校長吳健忠、代理秘書長陳明傑、教育處長王禮民、鄉長林志東、家長會副會長徐雲輝、前會長楊清宇等人共同切下生日蛋糕。校方也安排了趣味競賽與烤肉活動，師生同歡，共同祈願校運昌隆，下一個50年更加璀璨奪目。

people: 張永江 陳菊

title: 介壽國中小51屆校慶 洋溢溫馨歡樂 - 馬祖日報


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【本報訊】為掌握縣內民眾體適能現況，並提升整體運動參與成效，縣府規劃辦理「運動i臺灣常態性課程體適能前測」，透過專業檢測機制，協助民眾了解自身體能狀態，並作為後續運動課程規劃的重要依據，逐步強化體適能表現。

本次體適能前測活動於3月28日（五）下午1時30分至晚間7時30分，以及3月29日（六）上午9時至11時辦理，地點設於縣民樂活體育館二樓角力場。縣府表示，藉由系統化檢測與數據分析，讓參與民眾能清楚掌握自身體能指標，作為後續運動訓練與健康管理的參考。

此外，本次前測成果亦將銜接後續系列活動，預計於4月份辦理北竿場次前測，並於6月底進行南竿第一階段後測，透過前後測數據比對，讓民眾具體感受體適能提升的成效，進一步培養規律運動習慣。

縣府強調，規律運動是促進健康的重要關鍵，期盼透過本次活動，鼓勵更多民眾走出戶外、參與運動，以數據見證進步、用行動累積健康，打造更具活力的健康城市。歡迎縣內民眾踴躍參與，一同邁向健康生活。

taiwan-subdivisions: 北竿 南竿

title: 「運動i臺灣體適能前測」 今、明樂活體育館辦理 - 馬祖日報


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大坵梅花鹿上週傳出傷人意外，產發處委託獸醫團隊前往鋸除鹿角，同時提醒遊客保持距離、注意安全。（圖：產發處）

【本報訊】大坵島梅花鹿上週傳出碰撞遊客造成輕傷意外，事件發生後，產發處委請專業獸醫團隊登島進行巡檢，並完成5隻公鹿鋸角，防範意外再次發生。產發處也提醒遊客登島賞鹿務必注意自身安全，保持安全距離。

產發處指出，今年3月18日，在地一名導遊在大坵島上，為了保護小朋友而被鹿攻擊，所幸只有輕微擦傷，經過簡單治療後沒有大礙。產發處獲知後，立即著手展開處理，針對具潛在攻擊風險的公鹿進行鹿角鋸除。

產發處表示，作業全程由專業獸醫師依動物醫療及野生動物管理原則執行，確保在不影響梅花鹿健康及整體生態平衡之前提下，進行必要之安全管理措施。獸醫團隊在執行鋸角作業後，同步為該批公鹿繫上「耳標」作為辨識，以便管理單位日後能精確掌握特定鹿隻的行為特徵與健康狀態，落實科學化的生態管理。

產發處說明，公鹿於特定季節期間或受到驚擾時，鹿角可能成為防衛或攻擊工具，適度修整可有效降低人鹿衝突機率，有助於維持人與野生動物之和諧共存。

旅遊旺季即將到來，產發處提醒，大坵梅花鹿雖長期與人類活動接觸，但仍屬野放動物，具有自然警戒與防衛本能。遊客於登島觀賞及餵食時，務必遵守「不接觸、不挑釁、保距離」三大安全原則，以確保自身及動物安全：

一、禁止肢體接觸：請勿觸碰鹿角、抓抱幼鹿，或進行過於親密之互動行為。

二、嚴禁挑釁行為：餵食時應保持平穩，切勿以食物戲弄、追逐或驚嚇鹿隻。

三、保持安全距離：隨時留意周邊鹿隻動態，尤其應避免接近公鹿及攜幼母鹿。

產發處未來將持續加強大坵島梅花鹿族群管理及遊客安全宣導，透過專業監測與適度管理措施，在兼顧生態保育與觀光發展之原則下，營造安全友善之旅遊環境。

title: 防範梅花鹿傷人意外 獸醫團隊登島鋸除鹿角 - 馬祖日報


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今年兒童節由莒光鄉公所率先送上禮物，提前祝福東莒國小及附幼學童兒童節快樂。（圖／文：蔡夢玲）

校長陳其俊感謝鄉長的用心，也祝福每位同學都能開心度過屬於自己的節日。莒光鄉公所致贈敬恆國中小的學生好吃的洋芋片禮盒，祝賀同學們青年節及兒童節快樂。（圖／文：宋幸儒）

【記者蔡夢玲報導】莒光鄉公所搶先慶祝兒童節！兒童節前夕，由公所秘書曹恒忠代表前往東莒國小，致贈國小部及附設幼兒園學童兒童節禮物，提前向孩子們送上節日祝福。

今年兒童節由莒光鄉公所率先送上禮物，曹恒忠代表公所前往學校致意，將準備好的兒童節禮物一一送到孩子們手中，讓小朋友們在節日前先收到驚喜，也感受到過節的開心氣氛。

曹恒忠表示，兒童是地方未來的希望，藉由兒童節前夕致贈禮物，祝福孩子們兒童節快樂，也希望大家都能平安健康、快樂成長。

【記者宋幸儒報導】迎接青年節及兒童節即將到來的，莒光鄉公所特地準備小禮物致贈敬恆國中小大小朋友，祝福同學們青年節及兒童節快樂。

佳節快樂！青年節及兒童節的前夕，莒光鄉公所準備了小禮物，27日下午由鄉公所秘書曹恆忠代表鄉長陳樂禮，到敬恆國中小、幼兒園及公托提前替小朋友賀節，學生們每人收到1盒好吃的樂事洋芋片禮盒或是奇多禮盒好開心，大聲的謝謝秘書伯伯。

title: 祝福青年節及兒童節 莒光鄉公所致贈東莒、敬恒學子禮物 - 馬祖日報


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生活中，我們常希望能聽到自己喜歡的話。當別人以真心話應對，卻達不到我們的期待時，我們往往會與之爭辯。漸漸地，人們學會了隱藏內心真實的想法，改用虛偽或客套的方式與人相處。就好比收下朋友送的禮物，即使自己已經有了或並不喜歡，卻因擔心對方傷心、怕關係斷裂而不敢拒絕，只能違心地說出：「我很喜歡。」隱藏內心的聲音有好有壞：它能讓朋友得到一時的欣慰，讓自己獲得長官的信任，但也可能讓身邊的人失去認清自我的機會。

陽光靜靜灑落，正在讀書的我因這股暖意，回想起那年冬天在校園發生的事。當時，一位同學常跑來對我說些令人煩躁的話，內容不外乎強調自己多優秀，或者批評班上同學。起初我覺得「自信」是她的優點，尚可接受，於是便違心地附和她，說些「我真的比不上妳」、「妳真厲害」之類的客套話。然而，太過度的自信反而成了自大，令我逐漸感到反感。終於有一天，當她又故技重施時，我再也按捺不住，當眾說出了心裡話：「妳其實很糟，妳以為別人都很差，其實妳才是最差的那一個！」話一出口，我自己也嚇到了，而她則當場哭著跑出教室。在那之後，我們的關係降到冰點，不久後她便轉學了。這件事讓我陷入長期的自責，總覺得若當時不說出那些狠話，她或許就不會離開了。

幾年後的冬日清晨，在那年寒假快結束的一天，我如往常去熟悉的早餐店，沒想到竟遇見了一個熟悉的身影。因為當年的自責感，我本想拿完早餐就低頭離開，卻還是被那位女同學認了出來。她大聲喊著我的名字，熱情地問我過得好不好。我原以為這只是重逢的客套開場白，沒想到她的下一句竟是：「謝謝妳。」看著我疑惑的神情，她解釋道：如果不是當年我說出的那番重話，她到現在可能還不知道如何與人好好交流，更無法在講求人脈的社會中立足，進而擁有現在的成就。

言語可以違心，也可以直白。雖然人在第一時間聽到刺耳的話會感到難受，但事後回想，那些隱藏真實的「欺騙」或許能帶來一時的快樂，卻無法解決根本的問題。我認為，能在社交中懂得「分寸」的人固然厲害，但有時候，那些傷人的「真心話」反而是人生旅程中最好的良藥。這場偶遇讓我釋懷，也讓我深刻記住：真正的幫助，有時是需要勇氣去戳破那層虛假的和平。

taiwan-subdivisions: 中山 和平

title: 言語的兩面／ 文:中山國中 九年級 王宣雅 - 馬祖日報


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好習慣是透過一天一天努力累積而來的，要先有一個目標，然後慢慢把時間拉長，就可以建立好習慣。

我覺得最重要的好習慣有三個——守時、愛乾淨、今日事今日畢。

時間是很重要的，因為時間會流逝，就像機會錯過就不會重來。如果跟別人約好時間，但因為遲到，也許就會錯過了別人給的機會了。身為學生，上課不遲到，能讓老師感受到你很守時，並且已經做好要上課的準備，這將是一個很好的開始。反之，如果你上課遲到，老師會不開心，你自己也會很焦慮、很慌張，上課一開始就慌張，會打亂你的情緒。所以，我覺得守時是很重要的，要養成提早準時到，讓自己準備好。

吃完飯的時候，順手把碗給洗了；吃完東西後，順手把垃圾給丟了；功課寫完了，順手把書包整理好了，不僅會讓你變得很有效率，也會給別人一個很好的印象，因為順手就能輕鬆地把環境整理乾淨，使心情愉快。所以，愛乾淨是我覺得第二個重要的好習慣。

身為學生，我們要養成今日事今日畢，作業每天都要寫完，才不會堆積如山，造成沉重的壓力，也會讓別人覺得你很有責任感，留下良好的印象。雖然有時遇到令我感到困難的功課，我就會想要逃避。一旦這個念頭產生，就是一個拖拉的壞習慣，所以壞習慣也是在我們生活中不經意建立起來的習慣有好有壞，想要保持良好的習慣，就要努力減少壞習慣的發生。

養成習慣不是特別難的事，只要每天累積就能夠養成，重要的是要多培養好習慣，減少壞習慣，就能成為更好的自己。

title: 應該培養的好習慣 ／ 文:塘岐國小 蔡潔依 - 馬祖日報


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【本報訊】2月底才剛修好，台馬2號海纜又斷了。台馬2號海纜3月7日發生斷纜，目前中華電信改由台馬3號海纜作為替代路由，馬祖通訊暫不受影響，依國際海纜船安排期程，預計要到5月29日完成修復。

數發部網站指出，中華電信公司台馬第2海纜（TDM2）3月7日在距淡水沙崙約23.6公里處發生芯線障礙，訊務已於第一時間疏轉至台馬第3海纜，客戶服務不受影響，中華電信公司技術團隊已派員全力搶修中。

台馬2號海纜在去年10月、12月一連發生2處的海纜障礙，直到今年2月26日終於全面修復，沒想到短短不到10天，海纜又再次發生斷纜障礙，更凸顯強化通訊韌性的重要。

目前國際海纜船預計5月29日完成2號海纜修復，台馬4號海纜也預定在今年6月底如期完工。

title: 修復不滿10日 台馬2號海纜又斷了！ - 馬祖日報


title: China bases old jet drones near Strait

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J-6 REMODEL: The converted drones are part of Beijing’s expanding mix of airpower weapons, including bombers with stand-off missiles and UAV swarms, the report said

China has stationed obsolete supersonic fighters converted to attack drones at six air bases close to the Taiwan Strait, a report published this month by the Arlington, Virginia-based Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies said.

Satellite imagery of the airfields from the institute’s “China Airpower Tracker” shows what appear to be lines of stubby, swept-winged aircraft matching the shape of J-6 fighters that first flew with the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force in the 1960s. Since their conversion to drones, the aircraft have been identified at five bases in China’s Fujian Province and one in Guangdong Province, the report said.

J. Michael Dahm, a senior fellow at the Mitchell Institute, said that the PLA has deployed an estimated 200 or more obsolete fighters converted to drones to airfields near the Taiwan Strait.

A retired J-6 fighter is displayed at a Chinese air force exhibition last year. The Chinese People’s Liberation Air Force has converted some of the fighters into attack drones. Photo: Reuters / Screen grab via PLA Air Force WeChat page

The jets-turned-drones would fly into targets in the opening phase of an assault on Taiwan, said Dahm, a former US naval intelligence officer.

They would be used more like cruise missiles than autonomous or remote-controlled uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAV), he said.

“They will attack Taiwan, US or allied targets in large numbers, effectively overwhelming air defenses,” he said.

He compiled the data for the report from open-source intelligence and commercial satellite imagery.

China dominates the global commercial drone market. It is also investing heavily in military drone technologies.

The converted drones identified in the Mitchell Institute report are part of Beijing’s expanding mix of airpower weapons, including bombers with stand-off missiles, modern fighters, ballistic missiles, cruise missiles and swarms of modern UAVs, experts on air warfare said.

This month, the US intelligence community said that its assessment is that China is not currently planning to invade Taiwan in 2027.

That contrasted with the Pentagon’s annual report on China’s military power late last year that said China “expects to be able to fight and win a war on Taiwan by the end of 2027.”

The key purpose of the converted drones is “to exhaust Taiwan’s air defense systems in the first wave of an attack,” a senior Taiwanese security official said.

To prevent China from “striking high-value targets, we will inevitably face the cost-efficiency issue of using expensive missiles to intercept them at a distance,” the official said.

In a report to the legislature this week, the Ministry of National Defense outlined plans to rapidly acquire a new generation of counterdrone systems.

The ministry referred to a 2022 report by the Institute for National Defense and Security Research, which said that the drones were “a form of asymmetric warfare that cannot be ignored.”

The Chinese Ministry of National Defense and Beijing’s Taiwan Affairs Office did not respond to questions for this story.

The Pentagon also did not respond to a request for comment.

In a Taiwan conflict, China could launch a “large attack wave” of strike aircraft, missiles flying on different trajectories, and fast and slow drones, said Peter Layton, a visiting fellow at Griffith University in Australia and a retired Royal Australian Air Force group captain who has worked at the Pentagon.

“There would be a lot of diverse things all coming at the same time,” Layton said. “It would be an air defense nightmare.”

The drones do not rank among China’s most threatening, advanced UAVs, but they would be costly to combat, he said.

The small, high-speed interceptor drones that Ukraine has been fielding in its war with Russia would be ineffective in shooting them down, he said.

“Those J-6s would need a proper expensive missile,” he added.

The protracted conflict in Ukraine and the US-Israeli war with Iran have demonstrated that drones are a crucial element of modern warfare.

Some can be built in large numbers, deployed in mass formations and quickly replaced after battlefield losses.

China is developing new UAVs, including a stealth attack drone that experts said would operate from an aircraft carrier.

Military attaches and security analysts said that China is already testing the use of drones in deception operations in potential rehearsals of a Taiwan invasion.

The twin-engine J-6 was derived from the 1950s-era Soviet Mig-19 fighter.

This jet and other Soviet-derived aircraft formed the core of China’s fighter fleet until the mid-1990s, the US Air Force’s Air University said.

Dahm estimated that more than 500 of the aircraft have been converted to drones.

The drone version of the J-6 is designated the J-6W.

The PLA Air Force in September last year exhibited one of the converted fighters at the Changchun Air Show in northeast China.

On an information board displayed next to the drone, it was described as a J-6 UAV, a photograph from the air show published by the Chinese Ministry of National Defense showed.

“This aircraft is a modified version of the J-6 fighter jet,” the information board said.

The fighter’s cannons and other equipment were removed, and it was fitted with an automatic flight control system and terrain matching navigation technology, it said.

The UAV made its first successful flight in 1995 and could be used as attack aircraft, or a training target for fighter pilots, anti-aircraft guns, surface-to-air missiles or radar operators, the board said.

The Chinese airfields closest to the Taiwan Strait where J-6 drones are based would be vulnerable to counterattack from Taiwan and its allies in a conflict, Dahm said.

“The idea is to launch all the drones in the first hours of a PLA operation,” he said.


title: Israel says its attacks on Iran ‘will escalate’

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Israeli attacks on Iran “will escalate and expand,” Israeli Minister of Defense Israel Katz said in a statement yesterday, adding that he and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “warned the Iranian terrorist regime to stop firing missiles at the civilian population in Israel.”

“Despite the warnings, the firing continues — and therefore [Israeli military] attacks in Iran will escalate and expand to additional targets and areas that assist the regime in building and operating weapons against Israeli citizens,” Katz said.

“They will pay heavy, increasing prices for this war crime,” he said.

A US Air Force B-52H Stratofortress bomber aircraft prepares to refuel over the US Central Command area of responsibility in the Middle East on Friday last week. Photo: AFP / US Air Force / US Central Command

Israel launched a new wave of strikes on Iran.

The US has offered Iran a 15-point proposal for a ceasefire that includes it relinquishing control of the Strait of Hormuz and at the same time has ordered thousands more troops to the region — possibly in preparation for a military attempt to wrest the waterway from Iran.

Israel’s attack on Friday “in the heart of Tehran” targeted sites used by Iran to produce ballistic missiles and other weapons, the Israeli military said.

It also hit missile launchers and storage sites in western Iran, it said.

Meanwhile, smoke was rising over Beirut after a pre-dawn strike.

The Lebanese Ministry of Health later reported that two people were killed.

Air raid sirens sounded in Israel as the military said it was working to intercept Iranian missiles, and Iran kept firing missiles and drones at its Gulf Arab neighbors, with sirens warning of attacks in Bahrain, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates.

The Saudi Arabian Ministry of Defense said that it shot down missiles and drones targeting the capital, Riyadh.

Kuwait said its Shuwaikh Port in Kuwait City and the Mubarak al-Kabeer Port to the north, which is under construction as part of China’s “Belt and Road” initiative, had sustained “material damage” in attacks.

It appeared to be one of the first times that a project affiliated with China in the Gulf Arab states came under assault in the war.


title: Taipei Floral Picnic to feature exclusive ‘Pokemon Go’ event

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ANNUAL EVENT:  Two massive Pokemon balloons are to be set up in Daan Park, with an event zone operating from 10am to 6pm

This year’s Taipei Floral Picnic is to be held at Daan Park today and tomorrow, featuring an exclusive Pokemon Go event, a themed food market, a coffee rave picnic area and stage performances, the Taipei Department of Information and Tourism said yesterday.

Two massive Pokemon balloons are to be set up in the park as attractions, with an exclusive event zone operating from 10am to 6pm, it said.

Participants who complete designated tasks on-site would have a chance to receive limited-edition souvenirs, it added.

A poster promoting this year’s Taipei Floral Picnic is pictured in an undated photograph. Photo: screen grab from the Taipei City Government’s Web site

People could also try the newly launched game Pokemon Pokopia in the trial area, the department said.

Three PokeStops are to be set up in the park and people are invited to take part in an exclusive Timed Research and Field Research event to enjoy a spring outing with Pikachu wearing a flower hat from today to April 6, it said.

The event is to also feature three half-hour sessions of meet-and-greets with Pikachu and Eevee in the afternoon on both days, it added, inviting visitors to wander through a global food map of exotic flavors and local favorites, savor world-class coffee and explore hand-picked artisan stalls.

To join a tasting at the pour-over coffee show, collect a numbered ticket on-site 15 minutes before each demonstration begins — first come, first served, the department said.

Each free specialty coffee giveaway sessions feature different specialty brews, it said.

This year’s DJ performance is to begin today with Divyns from Nantes, France, it said, adding that participants can expect a cross-cultural fusion where French house meets US and Taiwanese pop.

DJ Jamie Q on Sunday is to deliver a dynamic mix of Asian pop, K-pop and Mandopop favorites, the department said.

The Paws and Play Meadow is to feature interactive bubble and balloon shows, and family and children dress-up shows, it said.


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Vibrant street life and urban scenes familiar with locals carved in black paper, backlit by yellowish light, are telling the story of Taiwan and its people at a solo exhibition by papercut artist Johan Cheng (成若涵).

It is Cheng’s first solo exhibition in Taiwan — which has opened at the Huashan 1914 Creative Park in Taipei and runs until April 6 — held shortly after her first-ever solo exhibition was held in Tokyo last year.

Cheng said she has been creating papercuts for 15 years after finishing studying agriculture at university.

Papercut artist Johan Cheng and her exhibition at the Huashan 1914 Creative Park in Taipei. Photo courtesy of Johan Cheng

“Life in Taiwan has invariably been a key creative element in my work,” she told the Taipei Times, adding that she is committed to incorporating local history into her work.

Yancheng, Nation. 38, Home represents the time-honored port town of Yancheng District (鹽埕) in Kaohsiung, while Hometown: Taipei’s East District depicts the bustling streets of one of the trendiest shopping areas in Taiwan.

The Yancheng piece was created by superimposing six layers of papercuts to produce a blend of the present and the past, Cheng said.

The layer closest to exhibition visitors shows what the artist saw with her own eyes when she visited the district, while the deeper layers represent the scenes described by local community elders or in historical documents, she said.

Cheng explored her career options and finished her first artwork, My First Piece: KTV, while she was convalescing from a car accident.

“I recalled that I enjoyed cutting and pasting while I was little. I bought splendid colored papers to create handmade cards as a gift for my friends and parents on their birthday,” she said.

While Cheng’s parents were supportive of her following her passion to build a lifetime career, British papercut artist Rob Ryan’s creations also inspired her.

“He made me realize that papercut art can go beyond the red, symmetric patterns of traditional papercut window decorations,” she said.

Cheng said Ryan’s works have a rather dreamy touch, while hers tend to be more realistic and focused on people.

“I believe people are the key to shaping cultural scenes of a place,” Cheng said. “That’s why I think it animates scenes when there are people interacting socially or doing something — even though it might be trivial.”

Cheng grew up in Taipei and did not leave her home and family even while in college, but creating papercuts led her out of her comfort zone.

“The creative path compelled me to open my mind and venture into unfamiliar environments,” she said, adding that she considers doing fieldwork and designing compositions the most exhausting.

“I must take notes, compile information, and sort through my story ideas and structures before I can plan a composition,” she said. “So cutting the paper is my favorite part. It is soothing, although I still have to use my mind to decide where to cut.”

For her, the cutting also involves a series of rational decisionmaking moments.

“For example, I would think whether the floor should be hollowed out or left solid, and if it remains solid, the character on the floor must be hollowed out,” she said.

Cheng said she did not think about where to cut until she began to cut the paper, and her pencil drafts were full of curves and lines without colors.

Asked about the exhibition’s illustration showing how to ensure papercut connections in drafts, she said it is for people to understand how papercut works, but not what would happen in her mind.

“I’d have a general picture in my mind when cutting the paper, just as when I composed the work, although its hard to explain,” she said.

Cheng’s Chronicles of Chengnan: Taipei Reimagined won the Citizen Participation Award from the Taipei Cultural Affairs Department in 2022.

Set up at the entrance of the Treasure Hill Artist Village in Taipei, the piece was created jointly with more than 100 residents of the southern area of Taipei.

“We interviewed six local community elders and asked them to draw what their life looks like living there,” Cheng said.

Many were keen to explain the work to passersby, as their stories or creative traces are represented in the work, she said.

Cheng said the name of her solo exhibition’s venue at the park, Fangniangso (芳釀所), or “Fragrance Brewery” in Mandarin, echoes her creative process of “brewing” her perceptions and people’s stories like brewing beer.

“Little things may seem trivial, but add up to our life experiences and affect our happiness,” she said, adding that she hopes the exhibition would remind visitors of the valuable things in life.

title: FEATURE: Johan Cheng discusses her papercut art


title: Baseball and lilies

content_text: Players and cheerleaders of the Taoyuan-based Rakuten Monkeys CPBL team pose for a photograph at the opening of the Taoyuan Calla Lily Festival yesterday. The festival, taking place at the Sihai Leisure Agriculture Area in Taoyuan’s Dayuan District, is to run through April 12.


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content_text: Members of the Taiwan One Ecology Coalition protest in front of the Ministry of Agriculture in Taipei yesterday. The group protested a possible amendment to the Animal Rights Protection Act that includes clauses to ban feeding strays and stipulating that treating feeding them would be equivalent to ownership. The protesters said that regulations defining stray management responsibilities were unclear.


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LIMITED AND MANAGEABLE: Investors would continue to profit despite tensions in the Middle East, and the group’s core operations remain strong, posting record profits

Cathay Financial Holding Co (國泰金控) said yesterday its exposure to the Middle East remains limited and manageable despite heightened geopolitical tensions and rising inflationary pressure.

Internal stress tests under multiple scenarios show the group’s capital position would remain within regulatory requirements even under a prolonged inflation environment triggered by regional conflicts, president Lee Chang-ken (李長庚) told an investors’ conference in Taipei.

Neither the group’s banking unit nor its insurance arm holds Iranian sovereign debt, Lee said, adding that its life insurance subsidiary has no exposure to overseas private credit and the bank does not invest in such products.

Four investment funds offered through the group hold related assets with net exposure of about US$100 million, Lee said.

Cathay United Bank (國泰世華銀行), the conglomerate’s main lending arm, holds about NT$2.8 billion (US$87.83 million) in Middle Eastern sovereign bonds, he said.

Concerns over private credit products have largely centered on whether large-scale withdrawals could trigger a chain reaction of redemptions. However, Lee said the current market structure is stronger than during the global financial crisis in 2008.

He said he has not observed signs of large-scale redemption pressure, and product structures and subscription and redemption rules are now more robust and tightly regulated.

Most investors remain in profit despite market volatility, Lee said, adding that the company would continue to monitor financial markets and geopolitical developments.

Lee said the worst-case scenario would involve the complete closure of the strategic Strait of Hormuz, which would disrupt shipments of crude oil and natural gas.

For now, the waterway remains partially open, as Iran has allowed oil tankers to pass under certain conditions, reportedly charging about US$2 million per large tanker.

The fee translates to roughly US$1 per ton, meaning oil prices could remain manageable even if crude rises to US$120 per barrel, provided traffic through the strait continues, Lee said.

Cathay Financial reported a net income of NT$107.6 billion for last year, down 3 percent from a year earlier, largely due to a one-off foreign exchange reserve provision booked in December by its main subsidiary, Cathay Life Insurance Co (國泰人壽). Earnings per share were NT$7.06.

Despite the decline, the group said its core operations remained strong, with its banking, property insurance and securities units all posting record profits.

Cathay Life acting president Lin Chao-ting (林昭廷) said the insurer plans to gradually increase its exposure to Taiwanese equities over the long term, focusing on stocks with stable dividend payouts, while expanding investments in infrastructure projects and other Taiwan dollar-denominated assets.

Cathay Life realized NT$114.8 billion in gains from equity investments last year, representing a return of 16.4 percent.

title: Cathay reports weak Mideast exposure


title: Chinese anxiety about Trump visit

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The shifting geopolitical tectonic plates of this year have placed Beijing in a profound strategic dilemma. As Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平) prepares for a high-stakes summit with US President Donald Trump, the traditional power dynamics of the China-Japan-US triangle have been destabilized by the diplomatic success of Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi in Washington.

For the Chinese leadership, the anxiety is two-fold: There is a visceral fear of being encircled by a hardened security alliance, and a secondary risk of being left in a vulnerable position by a transactional deal between Washington and Tokyo that might inadvertently empower Japan at China’s expense.

The summit between Takaichi and Trump has rattled Beijing’s strategic planners more than any other regional development this year. Takaichi, riding a landslide electoral mandate and representing a more assertive Japanese foreign policy, successfully leveraged Japan’s economic weight to secure Trump’s personal favor. By pledging massive investments in US energy and technology, she has effectively repositioned Japan as an indispensable partner in the “America First” framework. For China, this success is a nightmare scenario, because it suggests that the US is willing to maintain deep security commitments if the ally is willing to pay and play.

Takaichi’s previous assertions that a Taiwan contingency constitutes a survival-threatening situation for Japan — allowing for collective self-defense — was a paradigm shift that Beijing tried to punish through diplomatic pressure and mineral export restrictions. However, Trump’s warm reception of her indicates that those intimidation tactics might have backfired, driving Japan and the US closer together.

Furthermore, the “anxiety of postponement” has intensified Beijing’s unease. The sudden delay of the Trump-Xi summit, originally intended for this month, has allowed the Takaichi-Trump momentum to solidify. Beijing fears that the longer the gap between these two summits, the more time the US and Japan have to coordinate “minilateral” defense architectures with other regional players such as Australia and the Philippines. There is a growing concern in the Great Hall of the People that by the time Trump arrives in Beijing, the strategic architecture of the Indo-Pacific region would have been presettled in a way that favors Japanese interests.

In response, Beijing is engaged in a delicate calibration of its own foreign policy rather than a wholesale retreat. To ensure the Trump visit remains viable and successful, China is adjusting its posture across several fronts. One of the most notable shifts is a strategic silence regarding Takaichi. Since her Washington visit, Beijing’s rhetoric has been uncharacteristically measured. While the official stance on regional territorial issues remains firm, the aggressive tone often associated with Chinese diplomacy has been temporarily shelved. China is intentionally avoiding a high-decibel escalation with Tokyo to ensure that Trump does not arrive in Beijing feeling he must immediately defend an ally under siege. This temporary “thaw” is a tactical move designed to clear the path for bilateral negotiations with Washington.

Economic olive branches are also being extended to lay the groundwork for the visit. Chinese economic officials have been active in international circles, signaling that Beijing is prepared to offer tangible trade wins that appeal to Trump’s preference for bilateral deals. These potential concessions include significant agricultural purchases and a renewed focus on intellectual property protections. Most importantly, China has suspended some of its most severe rare earth export controls, a move specifically aimed at de-escalating tensions before Trump touches down. This “goodwill gesture” is intended to show that China remains a reliable, albeit competitive, pillar of the global economy.

The decision by Beijing to distance itself from the “Security Belt 2026” naval exercises with Russia and Iran represents a strategic pivot aimed at managing its relationship with the US while avoiding regional entanglement. While initial reports early this year suggested that China would participate in the drills near the Strait of Hormuz, its absence or minimal involvement was a calculated attempt to avoid appearing as a formal member of a “hard” military axis.

The primary driver for China’s evasion was the upcoming high-stakes summit with Trump. Beijing recognized that participating in provocative live-fire drills alongside Russia and Iran in the world’s most sensitive maritime chokepoint would provide ammunition to hawks in Washington. By stepping back, Xi signaled that China’s interests are fundamentally economic and stable, rather than purely disruptive. This “strategic pause” was intended to lower the temperature and ensure that bilateral negotiations with the US could focus on trade and investment rather than immediate military confrontation.

Xi is also balancing this charm offensive with a demonstration of “hard power” and regional influence. By hosting a flurry of other world leaders, Beijing is signaling to Washington that it is not isolated and remains the indispensable center of Asian commerce. This is a position-of-strength adjustment, intended to show Trump that while China is willing to negotiate, it is not doing so out of desperation. The goal is to present China as a stable partner that could offer the US economic benefits that Japan simply cannot match due to the difference in market scale.

However, the core of the dilemma remains the mercurial and transactional nature of Trump. Beijing wants to strike a deal that stabilizes relations and perhaps secures a lowering of restrictions on Chinese investment in strategic sectors. Yet, if Xi offers too much, he risks validating a philosophy where pressure and tariffs are seen as the only effective ways to deal with China. If he offers too little, he risks a scenario where Trump returns to a closer embrace of Japan’s hawkish security agenda.

Ultimately, China is adjusting its posture to be receptive, but resolute. It is preparing a metaphorical red carpet for Trump that emphasizes bilateral economic stability, while simultaneously building up its domestic resilience and critical mineral stockpiles. This dual-track strategy ensures that if the summit fails to yield a breakthrough, China is prepared to survive the subsequent fallout. Beijing is not just awaiting a summit; it is preparing for a new era where Japan has emerged as a formidable variable in the US-China equation, forcing Beijing to play a much more sophisticated game of triangular diplomacy than ever before. The success of the upcoming visit would depend on whether Xi could convince Trump that a partnership with China offers more “winning” than a containment strategy led by a resurgent Japan.

Gurjit Singh is a former Indian ambassador to Germany, Indonesia, ASEAN, Ethiopia and the African Union.


title: The power of social movements

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It has been 12 years since the Sunflower movement — a protest led by students and civil groups to oppose the ratification of the Cross-Strait Service Trade Agreement — not only thwarted the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) and Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) “united front” strategy and brought about a change in the ruling party, but also reshaped Taiwan’s political trajectory.

The joint efforts of students, pro-Taiwan social activists and political figures successfully dismantled the CCP’s “united front” offensive, which sought to bind the nation with economic leverage, redefining Taiwan’s national identity.

This is precisely why pro-unification forces become visibly agitated whenever the Sunflower movement is mentioned. It must also be why 12 years later, they are still launching troll campaigns online, mocking the movement’s anthem, Island’s Sunrise (島嶼天光).

Several accounts, real and fake, have been disseminating parodies of the anthem — a song by Taiwanese indie band Fire Ex (滅火器) — across major online platforms, turning it into a copypasta filled with puns and other humorous expressions, the media reported.

As anti-CCP YouTuber Pa Chiung (八炯) said, this is a form of sophisticated stigmatization employed by pro-China forces, aimed at making people ashamed of the song and the democratic memory it represents.

“When we start to feel embarrassed by the song, they will have succeeded in dismantling the collective sense of honor among Taiwanese,” he said.

In other words, it is because pro-China forces fear the Sunflower movement that they resort to every possible tactic to distract from it.

Under the CCP’s rule in Hong Kong, the song Glory to Hong Kong (願榮光歸香港) — an anthem that emerged from the territory’s huge pro-democracy protests in 2019 — was banned outright, demonstrating how authoritarian regimes fear social movements.

It is because they dread people striving for freedom that they resort to violent suppression by police and invoke absurd charges such as “conspiracy to commit subversion” in an attempt to extinguish the flames of liberty. However, when facing democratic and free Taiwan, all they can do is collude with local proxies, infiltrate online spaces and launch troll attacks to undermine the nation.

Even as one of the victims of the police’s improper use of force during the March 24, 2014, crackdown on the Sunflower movement, I would give no second thought to participating once more. Had the movement failed and Taiwan become fully economically bound to China, subsequent events — such as the COVID-19 pandemic, the US-China trade war and the global shift of supply chains out of China — would have dealt major blows to Taiwan.

Even in the face of expanding authoritarian pressure from China, Taiwan has remained committed to safeguarding human rights and democratic values. For years, it has been classified by international organizations as a free and open country in Asia.

The many social movements that have worked to defend democracy and freedom while resisting CCP aggression have all played an indispensable role in this achievement. Therefore, we must not allow attacks from pro-CCP online trolls to blur the focus of such movements.

Pan Kuan was a participant in the 2014 Sunflower movement.

Translated by Kyra Gustavsen


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According to reports, the largest setback in the Long-term Care 3.0 program is the shortage of residential beds for people with dementia. In metropolitan areas, beds are extremely difficult to secure. There shortages in 11 counties and cities and the situation in the six municipalities is even more severe.

Although the Ministry of Health and Welfare indicated plans to invest NT$2 billion (US$62.47 million) for 900 beds and to provide incentives for resource-scarce areas to increase capacity, the high initial costs, difficulty in securing sites and challenges associated with workforce training mean that tangible results are unlikely to be seen in the short term.

Setting aside older people with dementia, those without dementia or disabilities also face major challenges in housing and mobility due to aging and physical decline. Many of Taiwan’s four and five-story walk-up buildings were constructed during the economic boom of the 1960s and 1970s, when developers rushed to build. Little thought was given at the time to the fact that 40 years later, people and the buildings would be much older. As a result, elevators were not installed, leading to the present issue — aging buildings are trapping older people. They are unable to climb stairs and are effectively confined to their old apartments, forced to limit outings and remain at home.

Some people might ask why older people do not just sell their aging urban walk-up units and buy one in new buildings with elevators, which are often in the suburbs. However, most older people hope to grow old in the communities familiar to them, where some of them have lived for more than four decades. Urban areas also have more hospitals and clinics, better for meeting their medical needs, and public transportation is much more convenient. However, installing elevators in older urban buildings is difficult, and urban renewal projects rarely allow a one-for-one property exchange — homeowners typically have to pay developers a substantial added sum. Most middle-class older people simply cannot afford to use their retirement savings to move into a new urban building. As a result, many older people have effectively become “house refugees,” facing constant mobility challenges due to the lack of elevators.

Older people with dementia have an even greater need for familiar environments and care models such as group homes, which could help slow the progression of the disease. Family members could also visit and assist with caregiving in the community, helping prevent one’s condition from placing an overwhelming financial burden on the entire family.

The only plausible solution to this problem is for the government to build senior housing and group homes with dementia care beds in every community. Older people or families of those with dementia could use their apartments as collateral or exchange them for a spot in social housing designed for older people or those with dementia — buildings equipped not only with elevators, but also with facilities that meet the needs of older people living and dementia care.

A community-based social housing model for older people and those with dementia is a policy that the government should urgently invest in. As the nation’s population ages, many urban areas already have idle schools, military camps or other public buildings that are not being utilized properly. Rather than continually focusing on land sales or urban redevelopment, the government should prioritize establishing more social housing dedicated to older people and those with dementia.

Wang Hsi-chang is a retired librarian.

Translated by Kyra Gustavsen

title: Create more accessible housing for older people


people: 鄭麗文 習近平

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John J. Tkacik, Jr. On Taiwan: ‘Denial: War in the Strait and Taiwan Independence’

China’s supreme objective in a war across the Taiwan Strait is to incorporate Taiwan as a province of the People’s Republic. It follows, therefore, that international recognition of Taiwan’s de jure independence is a consummation that China’s leaders devoutly wish to avoid. By the same token, an American strategy to deny China that objective would complicate Beijing’s calculus and deter large-scale hostilities. For decades, China has cautioned “independence means war.” The opposite is also true: “war means independence.” A comprehensive strategy of denial would guarantee an outcome of de jure independence for Taiwan in the event of Chinese invasion or

Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairwoman Cheng Li-wun (鄭麗文) earlier this month said it is necessary for her to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平) and it would be a “huge boost” to the party’s local election results in November, but many KMT members have expressed different opinions, indicating a struggle between different groups in the party. Since Cheng was elected as party chairwoman in October last year, she has repeatedly expressed support for increased exchanges with China, saying that it would bring peace and prosperity to Taiwan, and that a meeting with Xi in Beijing takes priority over meeting

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China surveys oceans in preparation for submarine battles with the USData collected by Chinese vessels would be crucial in a submarine skirmish, naval experts say

China is conducting a vast undersea mapping and monitoring operation across the Pacific, Indian, and Arctic Oceans, building detailed knowledge of marine conditions that naval experts say would be crucial for waging submarine warfare against the US and its allies.

In one example, the Dong Fang Hong 3 (東方紅3), a research vessel operated by Ocean University of China, spent 2024 and last year sailing back and forth in the seas near Taiwan, the US stronghold of Guam, and around strategic stretches of the Indian Ocean, ship-tracking data reviewed by Reuters shows.

In October 2024, it checked on a set of powerful Chinese ocean sensors capable of identifying undersea objects near Japan, Ocean University said, and visited the same area again in May last year.

In March last year, it crisscrossed the waters between Sri Lanka and Indonesia, covering approaches to the Malacca Strait, a critical chokepoint for maritime commerce. The university said the ship was carrying out mud surveys and climate research. However, a scientific paper co-written by Ocean University academics shows it also conducted extensive deep-sea mapping.

Naval warfare experts and US Navy officials say the type of deep-sea data being collected by the Dong Fang Hong 3, via mapping and placement of sensors in the ocean, is giving China a picture of the subsea conditions it would need to deploy its submarines more effectively and hunt down those of its adversaries.

The Dong Fang Hong 3 is not operating alone. It is part of a broader ocean mapping and monitoring operation involving dozens of research vessels and hundreds of sensors.

In tracing this effort, Reuters examined Chinese government and university records, including journal articles and scientific studies, and analyzed more than five years of movement by 42 research vessels active in the Pacific, Indian, or Arctic oceans using a ship-tracking platform built by New Zealand company Starboard Maritime Intelligence.

While the research has civilian purposes, some of the surveying covers fishing grounds or areas where China has mineral prospecting contracts, it also serves a military one, according to nine naval warfare experts who reviewed Reuters’ findings.

To gather information about underwater terrain, research vessels map the seafloor while traveling back and forth in tight lines. The tracking data shows that type of movement by the vessels Reuters tracked across large sections of the Pacific, Indian and Arctic Oceans.

At least eight of the vessels Reuters tracked have conducted seabed mapping, while another 10 have carried equipment used for mapping, a review of Chinese state media articles, vessel descriptions published by Chinese universities and press releases by government organizations shows.

The vessels’ survey data “would be potentially invaluable in preparation of the battlespace” for Chinese submarines, said Peter Scott, a former chief of Australia’s submarine force.

“Any military submariner worth his salt will put a great deal of effort into understanding the environment he is operating in,” he added. The ship-tracking data show that China’s seabed-surveying effort is focused in part on militarily important waters around the Philippines, near Guam and Hawaii and near US military facilities on Wake Atoll in the North Pacific.

“The scale of what they are doing is about more than just resources,” said Jennifer Parker, an adjunct professor of defense and security at the University of Western Australia and former Australian anti-submarine warfare officer. “If you look at the sheer extent of it, it is very clear that they intend to have an expeditionary blue-water naval capability that also is built around submarine operations,” she added.

Moreover, Parker and other experts added, even where data is gathered for scientific purposes, the integration of civilian scientific research and military technology development has become a key focus of the government under Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平). Beijing calls this approach “civil-military fusion.”

China’s ministries of defense, foreign affairs and natural resources did not respond to requests for comment about the seabed mapping and ocean-monitoring activities. The US Department of Defense did not respond to questions from Reuters.

In testimony to a congressional commission this month, US Office of Naval Intelligence Commander Rear Admiral Mike Brookes, said China had dramatically expanded its surveying efforts, providing data that “enables submarine navigation, concealment, and positioning of seabed sensors or weapons.” He added that “potential military intelligence collection” by Chinese research vessels “represents a strategic concern.” The US recently overhauled its own efforts to map and monitor the ocean, but it typically does so with military vessels that are allowed to turn off the tracking system monitored by civilian software.

China’s civilian survey ships also sometimes disable tracking, meaning its campaign may go further than Reuters could determine. This is the first time the extent of China’s mapping and monitoring across the Pacific, Indian, and Arctic Oceans has been reported.Previous reporting has revealed a portion of the effort around Guam and Taiwan, and in parts of the Indian Ocean.

“It is frankly astonishing to see the enormous scale of Chinese marine scientific research,” said Ryan Martinson, an associate professor specializing in Chinese maritime strategy at the US Naval War College. “For decades, the US Navy could assume an asymmetric advantage in its knowledge of the ocean battlespace.”

“China’s efforts threaten to erode that advantage. It is obviously deeply concerning,” he said.

PARANOID ABOUT BEING BOXED IN

The data that Chinese research vessels are collecting about the seabed and water conditions are critical to submarine operations and anti-submarine warfare, naval experts say.

Most obviously, Australian defense scholar Parker said, commanders need information about underwater terrain to avoid collisions and hide their vessels.

However, those data are also essential for detecting submarines, which operate within a few hundred meters of the surface. Typically, submarines are identified through the sounds they emit or echoes from signals sent by sonar systems.

Tom Shugart, a former US submarine commander who is now an adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, said the movement of those sound waves changes depending on the underwater landscape. Sound waves and submarine movements are also affected by water temperature, salinity, and currents.

The vessels involved belong to Chinese state entities like the Ministry of Natural Resources or state-affiliated research institutions like Ocean University, whose president in 2021 publicly celebrated its “close ties” to China’s navy and commitment to “the construction of a maritime power and national defense.” The university did not respond to a request for comment.

China has done its most comprehensive ocean surveying east of the Philippines, which sits along the First Island Chain, the string of territories largely controlled by the US’ allies that runs from the Japanese islands in the north through Taiwan and on to Borneo in the south. The chain forms a natural barrier between China’s coastal seas and the Pacific.

“They are paranoid about being boxed in to the First Island Chain,” said Peter Leavy, formerly Australia’s naval attache to the US and now president of the Australian Naval Institute. “China’s mapping indicates a desire to understand the maritime domain so they can break out,” he added.

The tracking data show that China’s mapping also covers the waters surrounding Guam, where some US nuclear submarines are stationed.

Strikingly, Chinese vessels have also mapped waters around Hawaii, one of the US’ other regional military hubs; examined an underwater ridge north of a naval base in Papua New Guinea to which the US recently gained access; and scouted around Christmas Island, an Australian territory on a route between the South China Sea and a vital Australian submarine base. China’s efforts extend further.

It has mapped large swaths of the Indian Ocean, a critical route for Chinese imports of oil and other resources from the Middle East and Africa.

“China has some key vulnerabilities when it comes to dependencies on maritime trade,” said Parker, the former anti-submarine warfare officer. “The surveying indicates that they will likely be conducting more submarine operations in the Indian Ocean,” he added.

China’s vessels have also mapped the seabed west and north of Alaska, an essential sea route into the Arctic. Beijing has identified the Arctic as a strategic frontier and declared its ambition to become a polar great power by the 2030s.

The extensive surveying and Beijing’s growing undersea capability are “symptomatic of China’s rise as a premier maritime power,” said Shugart, the former submarine commander.

A ‘TRANSPARENT OCEAN’

Around 2014, Wu Lixin (吳立新), a scientist at Ocean University, proposed an ambitious effort to create a “transparent ocean” by deploying sensors that would give China a comprehensive view of water conditions and movement through specific areas, a statement published by the state-affiliated Chinese Academy of Sciences said. The proposal quickly received at least US$85 million in support from the Shandong provincial government, Shandong officials said.

The project began in the South China Sea, where Ocean University public statements boast it has now built an observation system covering the deep-sea basin.

Brookes, the director of the US Office of Naval Intelligence, told the congressional commission that China is building undersea surveillance networks that “gather hydrographic data, water temperature, salinity, currents, to optimize sonar performance and enable persistent surveillance of submarines transiting critical waterways like the South China Sea.”

After surveying the South China Sea, Chinese scientists expanded the transparent ocean project to the Pacific and Indian Oceans.

In the Pacific, records from the Chinese Ministry of Natural Resources, Ocean University, and the Shandong government show that China has deployed hundreds of sensors, buoys, and subsea arrays to detect changes in water conditions like temperature, salinity, and subsea movement through the ocean east of Japan, east of the Philippines, and around Guam.

In the Indian Ocean, documents from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Ministry of Natural Resources describe a sensor array ringing India and Sri Lanka, including along an underwater mountain range known as Ninety East Ridge. The ridge, which Chinese vessels have also combed, according to the Starboard data, is one of the world’s longest undersea mountain ranges and sits astride the approach to the strategically essential Malacca Strait, through which much of China’s oil supply passes.

Ocean University and the Institute of Oceanology, which is part of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, have said the wider network of sensors now provides China with real-time data about water conditions and subsea movements.

SENSITIVE LOCATIONS

Some naval warfare experts expressed caution about that claim, given technical challenges with real-time communication of data from underwater. However, even delayed data are valuable, Parker said, as it could help China detect US submarine operations.

Many sensors are placed in sensitive locations. For example, Reuters recently reported on a US effort to fortify a key strait between Taiwan and the Philippines to cut off Chinese access to the Pacific. Ocean University studies show that China has deployed advanced sensors in parts of the strait through which US submarines would move to reach the South China Sea.

Chinese scientists say these sensors monitor changes in climate and ocean condition.However, in 2017, government officials from Shandong Province said the transparent ocean project was intended to “ensure maritime defense and security” and explicitly compared the project with a US military effort to build a US ocean-sensor network.

Shandong’s government, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the Institute of Oceanology did not respond to requests for comment.

Mapping program founder Wu now oversees the network through the Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, whose partners include China’s Naval Submarine Academy, according to the academy’s Web site. Wu did not respond to Reuters questions.

NEW TYPES OF COMBAT CAPABILITIES

Together, China’s mapping and monitoring give it sophisticated tools to detect rival submarines and deploy its own in some of the world’s most contested waters.

“This is a manifestation of China’s far-seas reach,” said Collin Koh, a senior fellow in maritime security at Singapore’s RSIS Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies. “They now have a reasonably good picture of the maritime domain they hope to operate in, either in peacetime or in war,” he added.

Chinese researchers, similarly, see strategic value in their work. Zhou Chun (周春), an Ocean University researcher who oversees the Indian and Pacific Ocean sensor arrays, was quoted last year in an Ocean University press release as saying that his work had shown him “the rapid development of my country’s maritime defense and military capabilities.” He did not respond to Reuters questions.

Going forward, Zhou said he would “transform the most advanced scientific and technological achievements into new types of combat capabilities for our military at sea.”


title: Dodgers launch three-peat bid

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BAD START:  Pittsburgh’s Cy Young Award-winning pitcher Paul Skenes was knocked out of the game just two-thirds of an inning into a 11-7 loss to the Mets

The Los Angeles Dodgers, sparked by a three-run homer by Andy Pages, on Thursday launched their bid for a World Series three-peat with an 8-2 victory over Arizona on a historic day of season openers.

Dodgers pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto, the reigning World Series Most Valuable Player, pitched six strong innings, both runs he allowed coming on Geraldo Perdomo’s two-run homer in the fourth that staked the Diamondbacks to a 2-0 lead.

Diamondbacks starting pitcher Zac Gallen gave up a leadoff single to Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani, but retired 12 of the next 13 batters he faced before the Dodgers offense heated up in the fifth inning.

Andy Pages of the Los Angeles Dodgers hits a home run against the Arizona Diamondbacks in their MLB game in Los Angeles, California, on Thursday. Photo: EPA

Max Muncy and Teoscar Hernandez led off the fifth with base hits and Pages followed with the first home run of the Dodgers’ three-peat bid into the left-field seats.

They chased Gallen later in the inning, adding another run on a single by Will Smith — who added a two-run homer in a four-run seventh inning.

The evening at Dodger Stadium started with the Dodgers celebrating last season’s title before opening their bid for a rare third straight title run.

“There’s obviously going to be a lot of talk about it, but I think our guys are trying to just think about winning a game today,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said. “It’s out there, but you’ve got to kind of block it out and focus.”

The season’s first full slate of games saw Pittsburgh’s Cy Young Award-winning pitcher Paul Skenes knocked out of the game just two-thirds of an inning into an 11-7 loss to the Mets in New York.

Skenes boasted an earned-run average of 1.97 — the lowest for any Pirates starter since 1920 — last season, but was blasted off the mound by the Mets in the shortest outing of his career.

Brett Baty’s three-run triple powered a five-run first inning for the Mets. A Marcus Semien single scored Baty and Skenes was pulled.

History was made in the third inning at the Mets’ Citi Field when the first successful Automated Ball-Strike challenge in a game was made by Mets catcher Francisco Alvarez.

Alvarez challenged a full-count fastball thrown by Freddy Peralta to Oneil Cruz and called a ball on the outside edge of the strike zone. The call was overturned by the new “robot umpire” system for strike three and the second out of the inning.

In Milwaukee, Brewers pitcher Jacob Misiorowski surrendered a leadoff homer to the visiting Chicago White Sox, then the 23-year-old right-hander struck out 11 batters over the first five innings to set a Brewers opening-day record for strikeouts.

Misiorowski eclipsed the mark of eight set by Ben Sheets the day before Misiorowski was born in 2002.

The Brewers bullpen added nine strikeouts, the total of 20 tying the record for most team strikeouts in a nine-inning game.

Detroit’s Kevin McGonigle hit a two-run double down the right-field line on the first pitch he saw in his major league career to help the Tigers win 8-2 at San Diego.

McGonigle was only the second Tiger, after Billy Bean in 1987, and 25th player ever with four hits on his debut.

Detroit’s Tarik Skubal, a 29-year-old left-hander chasing his third consecutive American League Cy Young Award, struck out six and allowed only three hits in six innings.

Elsewhere, the Guardians sank the Mariners 6-4, the Phillies downed the Rangers 5-3, the Red Sox blanked the Reds 3-0, the Orioles edged the Twins 2-1, the Nationals crushed the Cubs 10-4, the Angels overcame the Astros 3-0 and the Cardinals stung the Rays 9-7.

Additional reporting by staff writer


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Italy are to face Bosnia and Herzegovina for a place at the FIFA World Cup after beating Northern Ireland 2-0 on Thursday, as Wales and the Republic of Ireland suffered agonizing penalty shoot-out defeats in their qualifying playoff semi-finals.

Sandro Tonali and Moise Kean struck second-half goals in Bergamo to keep four-time World Cup winners Italy on track to end a 12-year absence from the tournament.

Italy missed the past two editions in Russia and Qatar, but Tonali’s powerful drive and an excellent finish from Kean nudged Gennaro Gattuso’s team a step closer to a return to the biggest stage.

Italy’s Moise Kean, center, scores against Northern Ireland in their FIFA World Cup playoff semi-final in Bergamo, Italy, on Thursday. Photo: Reuters

“We had to work hard because it was not easy tonight,” Gattuso said. “We knew this game would be tough, all we can do now is try to recharge the batteries.”

Italy are to take on Bosnia and Herzegovina in Zenica on Tuesday next week. A late header from 40-year-old Edin Dzeko canceled out Dan James’ superb opener for Wales and forced extra-time in Cardiff, where Bosnia scraped through 4-2 on penalties after a 1-1 draw.

“We’re lost for words,” Wales captain Ethan Ampadu told the BBC. “We prepared as well as we could have and I thought we played well. We can hold our heads up high because we fought for everything, sometimes in life things don’t go your way.”

Viktor Gyokeres scored a hat-trick in Sweden’s 3-1 win over Ukraine.

Arsenal striker Gyokeres netted his first goals of the qualifying campaign to lead Sweden to the brink of the finals, despite a dismal group stage in which they picked up just two points in six matches.

Sweden got another chance as a result of their UEFA Nations League performances and Gyokeres turned in from close range early on against Ukraine, unable to play at home because of the war with Russia and instead having to move the tie to neutral ground in Valencia, Spain.

Gyokeres tucked away his second six minutes after halftime and converted a penalty to complete his treble and seal victory for Graham Potter’s team, with Matvii Ponomarenko grabbing a late consolation for Ukraine.

Sweden are to play Poland in Stockholm for one of four remaining European tickets to the World Cup.

Robert Lewandowski helped Poland come from behind to scrape past Albania 2-1 after Arber Hoxha gave the visitors the lead in Warsaw.

Lewandowski headed in from a corner to bring Poland level with his 89th goal for his country before Piotr Zielinski grabbed the winner.

Czech Republic goalkeeper Matej Kovar saved two penalties in a shoot-out to steer his team past the Republic of Ireland in Prague.

Ireland looked well placed for a first trip to the World Cup since 2002 as Troy Parrott’s penalty and an own-goal by Kovar put them 2-0 ahead.

Patrik Schick pulled a goal back from the penalty spot and Ladislav Krejci powered in a header on 86 minutes to level at 2-2 and send the semi-final to extra-time.

Finn Azaz and Alan Browne both missed in the shoot-out as the Czech Republic lined up a showdown at home to a rampant Denmark.

“Just pain. We all feel pain. When you go this far it’s a flip of a coin. Just pain we feel being that close,” Republic of Ireland head coach Heimir Hallgrimsson told RTE.

Denmark eased to a 4-0 victory over North Macedonia in Copenhagen with all the goals coming in the second half.

Mikkel Damsgaard broke the deadlock and Gustav Isaksen scored twice in as many minutes before Christian Norgaard added a fourth.

Kosovo are on the brink of a first appearance at any major tournament following a wild 4-3 win away to Slovakia.

Slovakia twice led in Bratislava through goals from Martin Valjent and Lukas Haraslin, but Kosovo fought back with efforts from Veldin Hodza and Fisnik Asllani.

Kosovo, who were only admitted to UEFA and FIFA competitions a decade ago, then went in front courtesy of Florent Muslija and got another goal from Kreshnik Hajrizi.

David Strelec’s stoppage-time strike was not enough to deny Kosovo, who are to host Turkey for the right to go to the World Cup.

Ferdi Kadioglu scored a second-half winner for Turkey in a 1-0 victory over Romania in their playoff semi-final in Istanbul.

Turkey, quarter-finalists at Euro 2024, are bidding to reach the showpiece tournament for the first time since finishing third in South Korea and Japan 24 years ago.

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title: Bolivia and Jamaica close in on World Cup berths

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Bolivia and Jamaica on Thursday moved to within one win of returning to the FIFA World Cup after decades-long absences after securing opening victories in the intercontinental playoff tournament in Mexico.

Bolivia, chasing their first World Cup appearance since the 1994 finals in the US, came from behind to defeat Suriname 2-1 in Monterrey.

The South Americans’ victory sends them into a winner-takes-all playoff against Iraq on Tuesday next week, with the victors advancing to a World Cup group of death alongside France, Norway and Senegal.

Bolivia’s Juan Godoy, center, vies for the ball with Suriname’s Anfernee Dijksteel, left, and Leo Abena in their FIFA World Cup playoff semi-final in Guadalupe, Mexico, on Thursday. Photo: AFP

Jamaica, who are aiming to qualify for the World Cup for only the second time in history following a lone appearance at the 1998 finals in France, defeated New Caledonia 1-0 in the other game in Guadalajara.

The Reggae Boyz are to play the Democratic Republic of the Congo on Tuesday next week for the right to a berth in World Cup Group K alongside Cristiano Ronaldo’s Portugal, Colombia and Uzbekistan.

Jamaica head into their clash knowing that they would need an improved performance to punch their ticket to the World Cup after a labored win over New Caledonia, the tiny French territory in the South Pacific.

Despite dominating possession and territory for long periods at the Estadio Akron near Guadalajara, Jamaica struggled to create clear-cut chances.

The only goal of a drab encounter came when Wrexham forward Bailey-Tye Cadamarteri bundled in a rebound after New Caledonia goalkeeper Rocky Nyikeine could only parry a Ronaldo Webster free-kick.


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Kon Knueppel on Thursday scored 26 points as the Charlotte Hornets maintained their late-season charge for a playoff berth with an emphatic 114-103 defeat of the high-flying New York Knicks.

Charlotte forward Knueppel rattled in six three-pointers as part of an impressive all-round team shooting display to help the Hornets extend their winning streak to five games as they chase a post-season ticket.

LaMelo Ball finished with 22 points, six assists and five rebounds, one of five Charlotte players to finish in double digits.

Kon Knueppel of the Charlotte Hornets, right, vies for the ball with Josh Hart of the New York Knicks in their NBA game in Charlotte, North Carolina, on Thursday. Photo: Jim Dedmon-Imagn Images

The Hornets have now won 23 of their past 29 games since late January and are firmly in the thick of the Eastern Conference race for the playoffs.

With sixth-placed Toronto occupying the last automatic playoff spot at 40-32, Charlotte are part of a cluster of teams jostling for position just below them.

Philadelphia occupy seventh place on 40-33, while Charlotte, Orlando and Miami all have identical 39-34 records.

Charlotte’s blistering form is part of a remarkable turnaround this season for the franchise, who finished just one place off the bottom of the Eastern Conference last season with just 19 wins.

Orlando kept pace with Charlotte on Thursday with a 121-117 defeat of the Sacramento Kings, thanks to 30 points from Paolo Banchero and 23 from Desmond Bane.

In Thursday’s other game, the Eastern Conference-leading Detroit Pistons bounced back from Wednesday’s overtime defeat to Atlanta with a comfortable 129-108 defeat of the New Orleans Pelicans.

With Cade Cunningham still absent as he recovers from a collapsed lung, Jalen Duren took on the offensive duties with 30 points and 10 rebounds. Kevin Huerter added 22 points, while Daniss Jenkins chipped in with 19.

The Pistons improved to 53-20 and enjoy a comfortable four-and-a-half-game lead at the top of the Eastern Conference.

title: Hornets sting the Knicks to maintain playoff push


title: Satellite observations offer tsunami formation insight

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Observations made by a satellite operated by the US and French space agencies shortly after a strong earthquake struck off Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula last year are giving scientists a better understanding of how tsunamis originate and propagate.

The researchers said the findings might help improve understanding of future tsunamis and earthquakes, particularly near ocean trenches.

The strongest tsunamis often are generated by such quakes.

A person in Dichato, Chile, holds a phone displaying a message to evacuate to a tsunami safety zone after an earthquake off Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula on July 30 last year. Photo: Reuters

The magnitude 8.8 quake struck on July 29 last year, triggering a tsunami that spread across the Pacific Ocean. Tsunamis — a series of extremely long and powerful ocean waves — are typically caused by large movements of the seafloor that push water up or down during earthquakes.

The NASA-CNES Surface Water and Ocean Topography, or SWOT, satellite made its observations within 70 minutes of the start of the earthquake.

It observed not only the leading wave of the tsunami, but also a distinct pattern of smaller waves trailing behind it.

Such wave patterns had long been predicted in computer models and theoretical studies, but had been difficult to confirm with real-world observations, the researchers said.

“I believe SWOT represents a new lens for observing and studying tsunamis and their generation,” said Ignacio Sepulveda, a professor of coastal engineering at San Diego State University and lead author of “SWOT detects dispersive tsunami tied to a near-trench source in the 2025 Kamchatka earthquake,” an article published in the journal Science on Thursday.

“It is also likely to improve our understanding of the physical mechanisms that generate tsunamis, including earthquakes,” Sepulveda said.

Traditional deep-ocean pressure sensors and other satellites have limitations in coverage and measurement, making it difficult to capture the full structure of the waves, especially near trenches, the researchers said.

SWOT scans a wide swath of the ocean, producing 2D maps of sea surface height. This allows scientists to see the shape, direction and spacing of tsunami waves in much greater detail.

Tsunamis are among the strongest and most destructive natural forces, with powerful waves radiating from a point of origin outward in all directions. The waves can cause damaging and deadly coastal flooding.

The Kamchatka tsunami did not cause significant loss of life, but others have caused huge death tolls such as the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami that killed about 230,000 people.

The tsunami last year originated within about 10km of the trench, the researchers said.

The location could not previously be determined using traditional land-based instruments or sparse sensors on the seafloor alone.

The researchers said that when earthquake-caused movement extends close to the trench, it can generate shorter waves that travel more slowly and spread out, forming a trailing pattern behind the main tsunami front.

The behavior means that different parts of the wave move at different speeds, with longer waves moving more quickly and leading while shorter ones lag behind.

The study also showed that the strength of the trailing waves increases when earthquake movement extends closer to the trench, suggesting the waves are linked to where and how the tsunami was generated near the trench.

“This opens a new window to understand in a better way what happens with earthquakes and tsunamis near the trench,” Sepulveda said, referring to SWOT observations. “In the future, this knowledge will allow us to improve models we use to evaluate tsunami hazards in coastal communities and make them more resilient.”


title: PowerPoint deployed in love search at London pub

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Fed up of swiping left or right on dating apps, young London singles are returning to a classic British way of meeting people — the pub — with a modern twist: a PowerPoint presentation by a close friend pitching them as dating material.

Putting together a slide deck is second nature for many younger millennials and older Gen Zers. Now, they are using that skill to enhance their friends’ love lives, just as dating apps are losing their appeal.

“I hate the swiping,” said Annie, 27, adding that she was keen to see if her friend’s two-minute pitch at a Date My Mate event could land her a boyfriend — or at least a first date.

People react during a Date My Mate event at a pub in London on Wednesday. Photo: Reuters

Organizers said that all 150 tickets for the event, held at a north London pub, were sold in less than five minutes.

They are planning to roll out more, aiming for one a week across the country.

Dating apps are fading in popularity in the UK, with usage across the 10 biggest platforms falling 16 percent between 2023 and 2024, according to Global Dating Insights.

Polling showed that nearly half of users have had negative experiences on apps such as Tinder and Hinge.

At the event, friends crowded around tables with glasses of wine, wearing “Date” or “Mate” stickers, as presenters clicked through slides of flattering holiday photographs and fun facts.

“A bit more about Lauren. She’s 30. She’s a structural engineer, so even though she will stop walls from falling down, she’ll always be there to support you,” one friend said. “Interesting fact, she’s just about to submit her sexy fantasy romance book to publishers.”

Having seen similar events in Australia and the US on social media, Emily Churchill, head of marketing at wine company Nice who helped arrange the event, said she knew she had to bring the concept to London.

“It’s just so much fun,” Churchill said, adding that it gave coupled-up friends a way to help their single mates find love and escape “horrible dating stories.”

Those hunting for a match said it was easier for a friend to sell their best qualities — and poke fun at their flaws — with humor and honesty.

“It’s quite retro. It’s a vintage way of meeting people,” said Jonny, 28, a journalist, joking about how he tried to steer his own presentation.

His friend Patrick said the preparation involved “hundreds of photos over WhatsApp, hundreds, and him being incredibly specific about the ones that make him look good.”

Laughing about whether the friendship would survive the pitch, Patrick said he was confident the slides were good enough to lead to a wedding some day.