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IN PHOTOS: Schools closed, flights affected as typhoon reaches coast in Taiwan

IN PHOTOS: Schools closed, flights affected as typhoon reaches coast in Taiwan

Schools and offices have been closed in Taiwan as a powerful typhoon made landfall on Thursday, bringing high winds and floods to much of the island's east coast and northern areas. Pics/AFP

31 October,2024 03:54 PM IST | Asif Ali Sayed
In Photos: China holds large naval, air force exercises surrounding Taiwan

In Photos: China holds large naval, air force exercises surrounding Taiwan

China held large-scale military exercises surrounding Taiwan and its outlying islands Monday in what it called a warning against Taiwan independence (Pics/AFP)

14 October,2024 09:46 AM IST | ronak mastakar
IN PHOTOS: Typhoon Krathon hits Taiwan, causes landfall

IN PHOTOS: Typhoon Krathon hits Taiwan, causes landfall

Typhoon Krathon made landfall on Thursday in the major port city of Kaohsiung, with maximum sustained winds of 126 kph (78 mph) and gusts of 162 kph (101 mph). Pics/ AP & AFP

03 October,2024 03:35 PM IST | Sanjana Deshpande
In Photos: Taiwan's air force cancels drills as typhoon approaches

In Photos: Taiwan's air force cancels drills as typhoon approaches

An approaching typhoon prompted the cancellation of air force drills off Taiwan's east coast on Tuesday, although naval and land exercises were set to continue in other parts of the self-governing island democracy, which China threatens to invade. (Pics/AFP)

23 July,2024 05:36 PM IST | ronak mastakar
In Photos: 9 dead, over 1,000 injured in Taiwan earthquake

In Photos: 9 dead, over 1,000 injured in Taiwan earthquake

The search for the missing continues following a 7.2 magnitude earthquake centered in Hualien that struck Taiwan on Wednesday morning, Central News Agency Focus Taiwan reported (Pics/AFP)

04 April,2024 02:24 PM IST | ronak mastakar
IN PHOTOS: Taiwan's strongest earthquake in 25 years causes damage; kills 4

IN PHOTOS: Taiwan's strongest earthquake in 25 years causes damage; kills 4

Taiwan experienced its strongest earthquake in nearly 25 years, with a magnitude of 7.2 according to local monitoring agencies and 7.4 according to the US Geological Survey. The quake caused significant damage to buildings and infrastructure across the island and claimed four lives. Pics/ AP & AFP

03 April,2024 12:01 PM IST | Taipei | Sanjana Deshpande
IN PHOTOS: How people are celebrating Halloween around the world

IN PHOTOS: How people are celebrating Halloween around the world

As Halloween gets more popular in cultures around the world, people in Lithuania, US and Taiwan are busy seen making the most of the holiday

31 October,2023 12:56 PM IST | Mumbai | Editor
IN PHOTOS: Golf ball factory fire claims 10 lives in Taiwan

IN PHOTOS: Golf ball factory fire claims 10 lives in Taiwan

Search teams in Taiwan worked tirelessly to recover the bodies of the last three missing individuals at the site of a golf ball factory fire. Pics/CNA, Taiwan

24 September,2023 08:40 PM IST | Sanjana Deshpande
In Photos: China tightens access to Tiananmen Square, 20 detained in Hong Kong

In Photos: China tightens access to Tiananmen Square, 20 detained in Hong Kong

China tightened access to Tiananmen Square in central Beijing on Sunday, the anniversary of the military suppression of 1989 pro-democracy protests that left a still unknown number of people dead and discussions and commemorations forbidden within the country. All pictures: AFP

05 June,2023 01:03 PM IST | Editor
In Photos: Typhoon Mawar lashes eastern coast of Taiwan

In Photos: Typhoon Mawar lashes eastern coast of Taiwan

Amid the Typhoon Mawar, the eastern coast of Taiwan witnessed heavy wind, rain followed by large waves, “But largely skirted the island after giving a glancing blow to the northern Philippines,” reported Arab News. This gallery delves into the visuals of how Typhoon Mawar affected Taiwan. All pictures: AFP

31 May,2023 12:51 PM IST | Editor

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