With less than a week to go before Taiwan's nationwide local elections on November 26, candidates are making a final push to get out the vote. But the country's quarantine rules also mean that anyone who tests positive for COVID-19 from Monday will find themselves unable to cast their ballot, which could affect up to an estimated 70,000 people. And basketball star Dwight Howard lived up to the hype with a barnstorming debut for his new team the Taoyuan Leopards over the weekend. Also:
- Authorities in northeastern Taiwan's Yilan County have detected the country's first cases of H5N1 bird flu
- TSMC says it will expand its U.S. manufacturing facilities for its most advanced 3nm chips
- Golden Horse Best Documentary winner Tsai Tsung-lung on the plight of migrant workers in Taiwan