A jump in orders for semiconductors ahead of the release of Apple’s newest iPhones helped Taiwan post the first gain in exports in a year and a half. The jump may boost growth in the trade-dependent economy.

A plane landing in stormy weather has crashed outside an airport on a small Taiwanese island, with 47 people feared dead.

Kim Kardashian has been cited for speeding after police spotted the reality star apparently being chased by paparazzi on a Los Angeles freeway, the California Highway Patrol said.

A wealthy hedge fund manager tried to get a stranger to kidnap and rape his mistress after she dumped him.