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AIT offered funds to Kuma Academy
發布於 2025-03-12 11:00:13
The AIT has confirmed that it provides funding (經費) to a wide range of social groups and non-profit organizations, including Kuma Academy, with the aim of promoting U.S.-Taiwan cooperation.
In a response to news media, the American Institute in Taiwan says it provides small grant programs (小額獎助金計畫) to many local social groups to emphasize shared values (強調共享價值), adding that details are disclosed in AIT’s year-end plans.
The statment comes after New Party's Taipei city councilor Ho Han-ting accused DPP lawmaker Shen Bo-yang, the founder of Kuma Academy, of violating the National Security Act (國安法) for accepting funding from abroad (接受境外資金).
Ho called on Shen to resign from his lawmaker's office.
Kuma Academy was established at the end of 2021 and registered as a company in the following May.
It promotes learning from Ukraine’s model of organizing a "civilian territorial defense force (民間國土防衛軍)."
Shen himself admitted that AIT funding was crucial for organizing civil defense camps and that officials had provided guidance multiple times (多次提供指導).
(JL)
Taiwan Police and Coast Guard Officers Named in Smuggling Investigation
發布於 2025-03-12 11:00:14
Changhua prosecutors have named 20 suspects in a local cigarette smuggling ring .
The suspects include a police chief, 10 police officers, and three Coast Guard members ... who are accused of corruption, with some officers also suspected of leaking confidential information (洩漏機密).
Authorities began investigating the smuggling case in 2023, but confiscated phones revealed deeper involvement by law enforcement (執法人員涉案).
Prosecutors have detained two coastal patrol officers and released four others on bail.
On Monday, police raided (突襲) 38 locations across multiple departments, questioning 28 people.
Investigators suspect some officers used police databases to check official vehicle license plates, potentially leaking information and taking bribes.
The case is still under investigation.
Britain congratulates Ukraine, US on deal
發布於 2025-03-12 11:00:14
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer welcomed on Tuesday a 30-day ceasefire proposal that Ukraine has agreed to and said it was now up to Russia to end the fighting.
Starmer also congratulated both Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and U.S. President Donald Trump for what he called a "remarkable breakthrough (了不起的突破)".
The US has further said it will lift its pause on intelligence sharing (取消暫停分享情報) with Kyiv and restart security assistance to Ukraine.
Nick Harper reports from Washington.
Yemen's Houthi rebels warning of attack on ships
發布於 2025-03-12 11:00:14
Yemen’s Houthi rebels have warned shippers that “any Israeli vessel” traveling through nearby Mideast waters is now a target as Israel continues to block aid (停止援助) to the Gaza Strip.
The Houthis’ Humanitarian Operations Coordination Center's statement follows a four-day deadline set by the rebels for Israel to resume food and medical supply shipments.
It describes the warning as taking hold today in the Red Sea, the Gulf of Aden, the Bab el-Mandeb Strait and the Arabian Sea.
There was no immediate sign of an attack on ships.
Greenland votes in parliamentary elections.
發布於 2025-03-12 11:00:14
Voters in Greenland have wrapped up (結束) voting in the region's parliamentary elections.
The polls will determine the leaders who will confront U.S. President Donald Trump’s effort to take control of the strategically placed (具有戰略地位) Arctic country.
The self-governing region of Denmark occupies a strategic North Atlantic location.
It also contains rare earth minerals (稀土礦) key to driving the global economy.