Tajikistan has restricted the use of electricity because a shortage of water has left it struggling to run vital hydroelectric power plants, authorities said on Monday.
Nodira knew that life would be difficult when her husband left their home in Tajikistan for a job packing lorries in distant Russia, but they had two children and needed the money to survive.
Taiwan's China-friendly opposition party said Monday it would not send a delegation for talks on the mainland after "inappropriate comments" by Beijing's state media.
In most of its habitats, the heavily trafficked pangolin's biggest threat comes from humans.
Taiwan's tourism sector suffered the worst summer in 13 years due to a slump in Chinese visitors, officials said Friday, as ties with Beijing deteriorate.
Two top Taiwanese officials in charge of China affairs on Wednesday announced their resignations ahead of an anticipated government reshuffle.
The last of Taiwan's four remaining allies in the Pacific reaffirmed diplomatic ties with Taipei on Thursday following last week's defection of two nations to China.
Taiwan said Thursday export orders from China in August rose for the first time in five months, even as most of the trade-dependent island's other markets remained sluggish.
Taiwan's navy launched its premier surface-to-air missile from the deck of a warship Thursday, its first test of the weapon in six years, destroying a drone simulating a Chinese air attack.
Germany's Saxony state signed an agreement with Taiwanese chip giant TSMC on Tuesday to train German students in an effort to meet the growing demand for workers in the semiconductor sector.
China's leading passenger van maker on Tuesday signed an agreement with Taiwan vehicle manufacturer Sanyang Industry to set up what would be the first cross-strait auto venture here, a report said.
A veteran Taiwanese human rights advocate said Tuesday he is unlikely to gather enough signatures for his presidential campaign and is dropping out of a race widely expected to see the island elect its first female leader.
For Fubon, Taiwan's second-largest publicly listed financial group, a gamble on the boom time in China is worth taking, even though it comes laden with political risks.
A Taiwanese democracy activist confessed Monday to charges of attempting to subvert Chinese government power during a trial in China that has been slammed by rights activists and further soured cross-strait relations.
There is little fear in Taiwan of war with China, but the island's public has somewhat negative feelings towards the mainland's government and people, a survey published Saturday showed.
A Taiwanese democracy activist pleaded guilty Monday to charges of attempting to subvert Chinese government power during a trial in China that his wife called a "political show" and further soured cross-strait ties.
