The ministry, in its regular morning update on Chinese military activities over the previous 24 hours, said the single balloon was detected at 6:21 p.m. (1021 GMT) on Sunday 60 nautical miles (111 km) to the north of Taiwan's Keelung port.

Taiwan said Monday it had detected a Chinese balloon over waters northwest of the island, the first reported since April, as Beijing maintains pressure on Taipei to accept its claims of sovereignty. Communist China claims democratic Taiwan as part of its territory and has refused to renounce the use of force to bring it under its control.

Taiwanese fighter jets will welcome back a flight carrying the island's baseball team after their victory at an international championship in Japan on Sunday thrilled fans at home.

Taiwan will deploy four F-16 fighter jets to escort its men's baseball team back to Taipei on Monday, a day after they won an international tournament in Japan.

Former Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen suggested that the U.S. should focus on helping Ukraine before it prioritizes Taiwan in her keynote speech during the annual summit of the Halifax International Security Forum,

Former Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen believes that in the near future, the US should prioritise military assistance for Ukraine over Taiwan. Source: Politico, as reported by European Pravda Details: Tsai Ing-wen stressed that "they [the United States] should do whatever they can to help the Ukrainians,

The US is reportedly drawing up contingency plans for military deployments in Japan and the Philippines to counter China in case of an emergency over Taiwan.