TaiwanPlus News – 18:00, August 6, 2024

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Taiwan’s Olympic team makes history for the third day in a row after gymnast Tang Chia-hung won bronze in the men's horizontal bar despite falling during his routine. Several of Taiwan’s Olympians are returning home to cheering crowds at the airport. We take a deep dive into the history of the unusual compromise that sees Taiwan compete in international sports as Chinese Taipei. And Asian stocks rally after the Monday saw record drops amid tech company selloffs and fears of a recession in the U.S. Plus, - Taiwan’s undersea cables saw their most severe damage last year, prompting concerns about the vulnerability of the country's connection to the outside world. - Japan marks the 79th anniversary of the dropping on the atomic bomb on Hiroshima in 1945, with the country's prime minister calling for more efforts toward a world without nuclear arms. - A federal judge in the United States has ruled that Google Search is an illegal monopoly that violates antitrust law, a ruling that could potentially lead to the breakup of Google's parent company Alphabet.