Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-jen must heed the warning: His popularity has been dropping fast. But does he understand why he is much less popular than he was?

Foxconn Technology Group, known best for its flagship firm Hon Hai Precision Industry, on Wednesday finalized a deal to acquire Japan's Sharp Corp. after slashing its original offer down to about 389 billion yen.

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) dropped its case against Apple on Monday, saying that it successfully accessed iPhone data without assistance.

Another random attack gripped the nation this week. The victim, a 4-year-old girl, was gruesomely decapitated in Taipei City's Neihu District. In two recent horrific murders, both suspects escaped the fate of receiving the death penalty because they were diagnosed with psychiatric disorders.

Frustration, confusion, helplessness, and anger: these are the emotions that go through people at the time of a tragedy. Why does it happen? What could we have done to prevent it? What can we do to achieve justice? And what should we do to prevent similar tragedies from happening again? These are the questions we ask ourselves.

Panamanian President Juan Carlos Valera has invited Tsai Ing-wen, who will be sworn in as president on May 20, as well as mainland leader Xi Jinping to attend the inauguration ceremonies for the expanded Panama Canal scheduled for June 26.

The snowballing OBI Pharma scandal is threatening to derail President-elect Tsai Ing-wen's economic policy, which places heavy emphasis on the biotechnology industry.

Taiwan's Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL, 中華職棒) kicked off its 27th regular season in Taoyuan last Saturday with 19,393 fans in the bleachers, the largest audience to attend a season-opener match in league history.

After a traumatic experience, it is normal to feel sad, frightened, anxious and disconnected. That's maybe what a growing number of people have been experiencing following the continuous string of terrorist attacks that we have seen around the world in recent months and years.

Don't dwell on the negative -- focus on the positive side of humanity instead: This is positive thinking. There is some merit to this way of thinking, but does it apply to every situation?