Hon Hai Precision Industry Co chairman Terry Gou gets doused with ice-cold water in New Taipei City yesterday as part of a fundraising and awareness campaign for people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Photo: CNA. Taiwanese celebrities and public ...

Lee Westwood birdied his last four holes to grab a share of the lead at the PGA Championship on Thursday, with world No. 1 Rory McIlroy one back after his own four-birdie run. Britain's Westwood, eight times a top-three major finisher but yet to hoist a trophy, ...

Palestinians carry two bodies as they prepare to bury the five members of Mahmud al-Neirab's family at the Beit Lahiya cemetery in the northern Gaza Strip, on Saturday. Mahmud al-Neirab, his wife and their three children were killed after Israeli air strikes in ...

Palestinians carry two bodies as they prepare to bury the five members of Mahmud al-Neirab's family at the Beit Lahiya cemetery in the northern Gaza Strip, on Saturday. Mahmud al-Neirab, his wife and their three children were killed after Israeli air strikes in ...

Then China's Public Security Minister Zhou Yongkang reacts as he attends the Hebei delegation discussion sessions at the 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China at the Great Hall of the People, in Beijing in this October 16, 2007 file photo.

Andreas Bouchalakis of Olympiakos scores against AC Milan in their friendly match at BMO Stadium in Toronto, Canada, on Thursday. Photo: John E. Sokolowski-USA Today. Greek champions Olympiakos defeated Italy's AC Milan 3-0 on Thursday in a ...

Among the passengers presumed dead in the Penghu County plane crash were two French medical students in an exchange program at National Taiwan University, the university's Office of Superintendent head Lin Te-ta (林德達) said yesterday. Jeromine ...

Uruguay's Martin Caceres, left, vies for the ball with England's Ross Barkley in their FIFA World Cup Group D match in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on Thursday last week. Photo: AFP. England return to Belo Horizonte today, the scene of the country's greatest sporting ...

Amazon.com Inc chief executive officer Jeff Bezos is silhoutted against a screen as he unveils the company's Fire smartphone at Fremont Studios on Wednesday in Seattle, Washington. Photo: Bloomberg. Amazon.com Inc's new smartphone seeks to offer ...

Mexico goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa, front, dives for the ball against Brazil in their FIFA World Cup Group A match in Fortaleza, Brazil, on Tuesday. Photo: AFP. 1; 2; 3. Goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa produced an inspired performance as Mexico held World Cup ...

Formula One champion Michael Schumacher yesterday emerged from the coma he has been in since suffering a ski accident in December last year. The retired German driver's spokeswoman, Sabine Kehm, said he had been transferred from a hospital in ...

UN and Arab League Special Envoy to Syria Lakhdar Brahimi is to meet representatives of the warring sides in Syria separately for the first few days of a second round of talks that began yesterday, after the breaking of a local ceasefire set back peace efforts.