This is truly sad - a news anchor in Taiwan learned about the death of her co-anchor from her teleprompter, as she read the breaking story live on air.

Chinese telecoms group Huawei has unveiled what it believes to be the fastest smartphone in the world.

THOUSANDS of protesters blocked a central Taipei street and displayed candles in the shape of the Chinese character for “fart” yesterday to demand that Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian step down over suspected corruption.

A NEW SARS threat emerged yesterday as it was revealed an infected Taiwanese military scientist had not gone into strict home quarantine after becoming sick and two of his colleagues had travelled to the United States.

A wide international net was cast against a new Sars threat today as it was revealed that an infected Taiwanese military scientist had not gone into strict home quarantine after becoming sick and that two of his colleagues had travelled to the United States.