A tour bus carrying tourists from China has burst into flames on a busy road near Taiwan's capital, killing all 26 people on board, officials said.

A Taiwanese woman who gave birth on a flight to the US in what may have been an attempt to give her baby American citizenship could face a hefty bill for forcing the plane to divert to Alaska.

Actor Sean Connery will participate in a planned 190-mile human chain next week in Taiwan to protest China’s missile threat against the island, newspapers reported today.

Lottery systems all over the world have been told they may have been infiltrated by a scratchcard code-breaker, it emerged today.