The Tai-Ex opened down 163-points this morning from yesterday's close, at

30,412 on turnover of 23-billion N-T.

The market closed above the 30,000 point mark once again on Tuesday, as

buying was further boosted by investor optimism over Taiwan Semiconductor

Manufacturing's sales amid the current A-I boom.

Analysts say investors are betting that T-S-M-C will deliver positive leads

(商機線索) at its investor conference next Thursday.

The National Security Bureau says Beijing paired military drills against

Taiwan with information operations and cyberattacks from between December 29

and January 2.

According to the bureau, the move resulted in the spreading of more than

19,000 "controversial" messages and the launch of millions of hacking

intrusions (入侵).

In a report submitted to the Legislative Yuan, the N-S-B says the online

activity involved 799 abnormal accounts and focused on amplifying skepticism

about the U-S, Taiwan's military and President Lai Ching-te, referring to

concerns about Taiwan's ability to defend itself.

The Centers for Disease Control says it expects to see a rise in flu cases in

the later this month and a further increase around the Lunar New Year holiday

period.

According to the C-D-C, a total of 82,161 people sought medical treatment for

flu-like illness from the week of December 28 to January 3 - and that level

remains about the same as the previous week.

The C-D-C is projecting that Taiwan will again enter a flu epidemic ( 流行病)

period in the latter half of this month, following a previous period from

late September to late November this winter and it's likely to peak around

the nine-day Lunar New Year holiday, which begins on February 14.

The UN Human Rights office says it's concerned America's military action in

Venezuela is going to make the situation (情況) in the country even worse,

and that US actions undermined international law.

Mitch McCann reports from the United Nations in New York:

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney says his foreign minister and the

governor general will visit Greenland in early February in the wake of

renewed threats by U.S. President Donald Trump to annex the Danish territory.

Canada's Foreign Minister Anita Anand and Governor General Mary Simon are

expected to open a consulate in Nuuk, Greenland,

Simon became Canada's first Indigenous governor general in 2021 and

previously served as Canada's ambassador to Denmark.

Carney says the future of Greenland and Demark are decided solely

(唯一地，完全) by the people of Denmark.

He spoke while meeting with Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen at the

Canadian Embassy in Paris.

That was the I.C.R.T. EZ News, I'm _____.

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