The Yilan District Prosecutors' Office has filed an appeal against the Yilan District Court's decision to sentence Yilan County Magistrate Lin Zi-miao to 12 1/2 years in prison.

The appeal comes after Lin was found guilty last December of seeking illegal gains through her supervisory role as a public official, money laundering and having unaccounted-for assets as a public official.

The prosecutor's office says it is seeking to have Lin retried on charges related to allegations she gave a tax waiver to a Luodong Township landowner.

The district court determined during the trial there was insufficient evidence to prove Lin had engaged in corruption.

Prosecutors are describing district court's verdict as "flawed" - saying and that the sentences for Lin and 13 other defendants were all too lenient.

The Taipei International Book Exhibition is now open.

This year's show features Italy as the guest of honor and showcases the country's authors and illustrators.

Italy's representative to Taiwan says the 400 square-meter Italian Pavilion features the colors of the country's national flag with red walls and an artificial lawn symbolizing a plaza where visitors can sit and engage in discussions.

The Taipei Book Fair Foundation says the event will spotlight 11 major Italian authors in different fields, including contemporary literature, children's literature, and detective fiction.

They will making appearances to promote their new books and speak at forums at the show.

The Taipei International Book Exhibition is taking place at Hall 1 of the Taipei World Trade Center until February 9.

China has announced retaliatory tariffs on select US imports and an antitrust investigation into Google, just minutes after a sweeping levy on Chinese products imposed by Washington took effect.

But the impact of China's measures on U.S. exports may be limited… as Jennifer King reports.

Colombian president Gustavo Petro has ordered the state-run oil company Ecopetrol to cancel a joint venture with U.S.-based Occidental Petroleum that was expected to produce around 90,000 barrels of oil per day.

The order cited environmental concerns.

Petro said that he was opposed to the recent extension of a deal between Ecopetrol and Occidental because it involved extracting oil through fracking, a technique that has been criticized by environmental groups.

Petro told his cabinet that he wanted the operation sold, and the money to be invested in clean energy…

Petro told his Cabinet that" We are against fracking, because fracking is the death of nature, and the death of humanity.”

Monsoon rains have unleashed flooding in Australia's Queensland that claimed the lives of two people.

The week-long deluge dropped months of rainfall in a few days, devastating small rural towns on the state’s north coast.

Officials say the body of an 82-year-old woman was found in a paddock near the North Queensland town of Ingham on Tuesday.

It followed the death of a 63-year-old woman on Sunday.

The rain drove hundreds from their homes, washed out an important bridge and blocked drinking water supplies to the worst-hit area. meanwhile, heatwaves were recorded elsewhere in Australia, including in Western Australia.

That was the I.C.R.T. EZ News,

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