Shares of Apple and some of its suppliers fell yesterday on signs that demand for the new iPhone 8 models isn’t as strong as anticipated while buyers await the release of the higher-end iPhone X.

Apple is facing production delays to its top-of-the-line iPhone X due to problems with the 3-D sensor manufacturing process, according to a series of news reports.

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.

Helen O’Callaghan meets the founder of a charity that has helped many people with suicidal thoughts and hears about the early morning walk where 120,000 people give their support

Unusually cold weather in eastern Asia has been blamed for more than 60 deaths, disrupting transportation and bringing the first snow to a subtropical city in southern China in almost 50 years.

An unusually cold weather front has been blamed for killing 57 mostly elderly people in Taiwan.

Taiwan’s Hon Hai Precision Industry, which assembles the bulk of Apple’s latest smartphones, saw its December revenues slump by a fifth and full-year sales miss expectations.

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.

TAIWAN: Taiwan will roll out “angel” and “devil” metro cards featuring a Japanese porn star next week, despite a public outcry and a previous decision to scrap the project.

Video games have long attracted both devotion and scorn. A new book explores this parallel universe many can’t resist, writes Noel Baker.

A $1.54m (€869,000) masterpiece by an 17th century Italian artist was back on display in the Taiwan capital after a 12-year-old boy tripped, fell and punched a hole in the canvass, the exhibit organiser said.

For four years, Samsung Electronics has basked in the success of its Galaxy smartphones, making billions of dollars competing with Apple in the premium mobile market.

Nearly one million people have been evacuated as Typhoon Chan-hom hit the Chinese coast south of Shanghai with winds of up to 100mph.

The pilot flying a TransAsia Airways jet mistakenly switched off the plane’s only working engine seconds before it crashed on February 4, killing 43 people, Taiwan’s Aviation Safety Council (ASC) said.

European League of Legends fans will be able to see top level players duke it out in person, as the League of Legends World Championships stops in several countries this autumn.

Six inmates led by a mob boss died by suicide at a prison in Taiwan after a failed break-out attempt in which they seized weapons and held a warden and guards hostage.

Taiwan’s aviation authority ordered the suspension of 10 pilots from TransAsia Airways who failed a proficiency test given after one of the airline’s planes crashed, killing at least 42 people.

TransAsia Airways representatives yesterday met with relatives of the victims of last week’s plane crash in Taiwan to discuss compensation after it began distributing money to families of the deceased for funeral costs.

The pilots who operate TransAsia Airways’ ATR propeller-jets have started proficiency tests, three days after one of the carrier’s planes crashed into a Taiwan river, killing at least 39 people.

One of the engines on TransAsia Airways Flight 235 went idle 37 seconds after take-off, Taiwan’s top aviation safety official said today.

Divers have pulled four more bodies from a shallow river where a TransAsia Airways propjet crashed shortly after take-off from Taiwan’s capital, bringing the confirmed death toll to 35.

Rescuers used a crane to hoist the wrecked fuselage of a TransAsia Airways plane from a shallow river in Taiwan’s capital last night as they searched for a number of people missing in a crash that killed at least 31 others.

A Taiwanese flight with 58 people aboard went sideways, clipped an elevated road and crashed into a river shortly after takeoff from the island’s capital of Taipei, killing at least 12 people.

The world’s largest international airline returns to Ireland this month, hosting Cabin Crew Open Days across the country.

Firefighters uncovered ID cards and body fragments as they picked through wreckage for evidence to identify the victims of a plane crash that killed 48 people on a Taiwanese island.

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

A plane has crashed in a failed emergency landing in Taiwan, killing 51 people, according to the Central News Agency.

Muskerry golfer Niall Turner has pulled off a significant victory on the Asian Development Tour in Jakarta as he battles back from an unfortunate run of illness and injury that have restricted his development in the pro ranks.

An apparently drunken man wielding a knife attacked riders aboard a subway train in Taiwan’s capital, killing three people and injuring 16, reports said.

A six-month old giant panda has been unveiled to her adoring public in Taiwan, as long lines of children queued up at Taipei zoo to see the cavorting cub.

There is a warning a super typhoon, moving towards Hong Kong and China, could cause serious damage.

Tropical Storm Kong-Rey has battered Taiwan, dumping more than 19ins of rain on the heavily-populated west coast and causing widespread flooding.

The Deaf Village was alive with silent chatter.

The Uninvited

We can't even THINK that fast, never mind perform complex physical tasks.

Tech giants will unveil gadgets mid-way between tablet PCs and phones at Las Vegas’s CES tech show today — and analysts predict they will be a hit.

Asian markets have risen amid optimism that Japan’s new leaders will stimulate its sluggish economy.

Noel Gallagher narrowly avoided getting caught in a typhoon as he left Tawain.

It began as a coffee table book — ex-Vogue editor Carine Roitfeld took photos of models, actors, and musicians, all wearing Chanel's classic coat. Now, the Little Black Jacket is a major exhibition, opening in London next month.

Despite travelling the world for 12 months himself, Niall Doherty feels like a novice compared to two hardy, intrepid Irishmen