Economic Minister Wang Mei-hua says a working group from Taiwan is expected to meet with its American counterparts early next month to discuss economic cooperation in supply chains.
According to Wang, the talks will be taking place through the US-Taiwan Economic Prosperity Partnership dialogue.
Wang says maintaining a strong relationship with Taiwan has bipartisan (為兩黨派所支持的；包括兩個黨派的)support in the U-S and that the bilateral friendly relations are unlikely to change under President Joe Biden.
However, she is not releasing any details of the meeting - saying the possible agende has now yet been discussed, as "a U-S government reshuffle is expected now that Biden has taken office."
Taiwan and the U-S held the inaugural meeting of the US-Taiwan Economic Prosperity Partnership dialogue in November of last year, during which the two sides signed a memorandum of understanding to advance cooperation.
The Central Weather Bureau says temperatures recorded at its Taipei weather station reached 29.8-degrees Thursday, tying (打成平局，不分勝負) the record for the second highest temperature ever recorded by the station in the month of January.
A high of 29.8 degrees was previously recorded on January 23, 1972.
While the highest temperature ever recorded in January by the station was 31.9-degrees in 1964.
The weather station was established in 1949.
U-S President Joe Biden has signed 10 executive orders to boost the fight against the coronavirus outbreak - and is stressing that his administration is starting a massive (巨大的；大量的) new effort to boost the America's response to the pandemic.
Kate Fisher reports from Washington.
Police in Moscow has detained the spokeswoman of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny and several other of his allies for making calls online to join unauthorised street protests to demand his release.
Navalny was detained at the weekend and later jailed for alleged parole violations after flying back to Russia for the first time since being poisoned by a military-grade nerve agent.
He accuses (指控，控告；指責；譴責) President Vladimir Putin of ordering his murder, which the Kremlin denies.
His supporters have called for nationwide protests tomorrow -- and are hoping to press the Kremlin into letting him walk free ahead of parliamentary elections in September.
And finally,
Britain's Glastonbury music festival has been canceled for a second year in a row because of the coronavirus.
The decision to cancel one of the world's most prominent (著名的；重要的) music events is sparking concern that large music festivals across Europe will also not be going ahead this summer.
The announcement comes as coronavirus deaths are soaring in England, which is in its third national lockdown.
Glastonbury is Britain's largest pop music event and is held each June at a farm in Pilton, southwest England.
About 210,000 people were meant to attend this year, camping at the site for several days.