Listen in to a discussion and analysis of the important stories that affected Taiwan over the past seven days.

Taiwan's National Immigration Agency (NIA) says, foreign professionals with an employment permit issued by the Ministry of Labor (MOL) will have the option to apply for their Alien Resident Certificate (ARC), online from today

The Ministry of Health and Welfare says cancer remained the leading cause of death here in Taiwan in 2021

The Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) says the face mask mandate will remain in place through to the end of July, due to the current domestic coronavirus situation and the rising number of imported cases of the newest Omicron subvariants

The National Communications Commission (NCC) has approved a draft digital intermediary service act

The Ministry of Health and Welfare (MOHW) says people at high risk of contracting lung cancer will be eligible to receive a NT$4,000 subsidy every two years from 1 July onwards as part of efforts to curb the disease

The Group of Seven (G7) country leaders have agreed to spend US$4.5 billion on addressing food security issues around the globe exacerbated by rising grain and food costs following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Officials say the first batch of the Novavax vaccine is set to arrive in Taiwan at the end of the month

Finland and Sweden are now one step closer to becoming members of NATO after Turkey dropped its opposition to them joining the alliance, which has been taken in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.