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Colored powder is thought to have been behind the incident at an amusement park outside Taiwan's capital Taipei that left hundreds injured, officials say.

At least 83 have serious injuries as a result of the fire, and 132 have been left with minor body burns, according to the CNA news agency.

Millions of yoga enthusiasts bent and twisted their bodies in complex postures across India and much of the world on June 21 to mark the first International Yoga Day.

Taiwan's EVA air has reached a code-sharing agreement with Turkish Airlines for flights between Taipei and Istanbul, Turkish Airlines said in statement on June 4.

A code-sharing agreement is when two or more airlines agree to list certain flights in a reservation system under each other's names.

A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 6.8 hit Taiwan's eastern coast on April 20, the U.S. Geological Survey said, shaking offices in the capital, Taipei. 

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said there was no threat of a tsunami after the quake, which had been measured at 6.3 by Taiwan's Central Weather Bureau. 

BELGRADE - Serbia's Jelena Jankovic and Taipei's Chan Hao-ching have reached the second round of the doubles tournament in Miami after they notched up a win against Spanish Arantxa Parra Santonja / Sílvia Soler-Espinosa 7-5, 6-4.

The list of casualties from yesterday’s TransAsia flight accident has reached 32. 11 are still missing, while 15 were rescued from within the airplane wreckage.

 Taiwan rescuers scoured a river for 12 people still missing from a TransAsia plane crash on Feb. 5, as the pilot, who died in the crash, was hailed a hero for apparently battling to avoid hitting built-up areas.
 

Rescuers scrambled to reach around 30 people trapped in the wreckage of a passenger plane which clipped a road bridge and plunged into a river outside Taiwan's capital Feb. 4, leaving at least 11 feared dead.
 

A TransAsia plane crashed into a river near Taiwan's capital Taipei on Wednesday, leaving at least twelve people dead.

The aircraft was conducting a domestic flight from Taipei to the Kinmen islands, when it lost contact with flight controllers shortly after take-off, the BBC reports.

The plane had 58 people on board, the majority of whom were tourists from mainland China.

TAIPEI - Young Serbian judoist Stefan Jurisic won the bronze in the category of competitors weighing up to 100 kilogrammes at the Asian Open in Taipei.

Jurisic scored two victories and one defeat at the tournament, thus managing to win 40 new points in the race for the 2016 Olympics.