HERE IS A CAPSULE REVIEW OF TODAY'S New York Film Festival premiere at Lincoln Center. Call (212) 875-5050. MAHJONG (today at 6 p.m.) Taiwan's cold, violent, on-the-make capital, Taipei, "is not ...

Taipei, Taiwan (CNN) — Heavy rains and high winds lashed Taiwan on Thursday as Typhoon Kong-rey made landfall along its southeast coast, the largest storm to hit the island in nearly three decades.

The governor of Tokyo called for cities to be more “resident friendly,” and the mayor of Rio de Janeiro said a new mind-set is needed to prevent urban chaos. But a gathering of city lea… ...

Wu, who is Taiwanese-American, made history in 2021 when she became the first woman and person of color to be elected mayor of the city of Boston, which became a "sister city" with Taipei in 1996.