Many common food combinations are safe and may even support better health.
Health warnings about specific food pairings—such as grilled fish with pickled vegetables or tomatoes with cucumbers—are widely circulated online. However, how much truth is there…

A ship sails in the Taiwan Strait between the coast of Pingtan island (foreground), the closest point to Taiwan, and another island in Fujian Province, China, on April 7, 2023. Greg Baker/AFP via Getty ImagesChina’s aviation regulator said on July 6 that…

Logos of Chinese-owned mobile applications Xiaohongshu and TikTok, in Paris on Jan. 15, 2025. Anna Kurth/AFP via Getty ImagesTAIPEI, Taiwan—The Taiwanese National Security Bureau (NSB) is warning the public about significant cybersecurity risks posed by five…

Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka during the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) in Fiji, on Feb. 23, 2023. Ben McKay/AAP ImageIn a rebuke of Beijing’s growing influence in the Pacific, Fijian Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka declared during a visit to Australia…

Earlier this year, Vancouver’s Queen Elizabeth Theatre received a disturbing email just as it was about to host a performance by a New York-based company on a global tour. “We have prepared Molotov cocktails and guns,” claimed the sender, whose name was in…