As of November 21, 2013, cash and material donations by the Republic of China government, nongovernmental organizations, and other sectors of society to the Philippines in the wake of the Haiyan disaster reached NT$192 million, or approximately US$6.4 million. Super Typhoon Haiyan devastated the central Philippines November 8. Two days later, the ROC government announced that it would donate US$200,000 to the Philippines. It also urged all sectors of society to provide generous donations and assistance, and received a warm response from the Red Cross Society of the ROC and Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation. [Read More]

The “Knockout Game,” which involves randomly targeting pedestrians, and knocking them out, has been the cause of deaths in multiple U.S. cities including Syracuse, N.Y., St. Louis, Mo., and Hoboken, N.J. [Read More]

United States Representative Grace Meng was attacked and robbed Tuesday evening in the Eastern Market area in D.C. [Read More]