The Tai-Ex opened up 10-points this morning from yesterday's close, at 30,370

on turnover of $6.5-billion N-T.

The Food and Drug Administration says Nestle has preemptively recalled 83,496

cans of baby formula powder over potential contamination (污染) of the toxin

cereulide.

The move comes amid a global recall of the food company's baby formula

products earlier this week.

According to the F-D-A, Nestle Taiwan self-reported that two batches of its

products sold in Taiwan may have used potentially contaminated ingredients.

Those products are batches (批次) of it Illuma Infant Growth Formula and

Illuma Toddler Growth Formula.

Nestle Taiwan says it initiated voluntary recalls as a precaution to

safeguard consumer health and safety.

The company says it has lso set up a dedicated hotline to handle returns and

exchanges.

The F-D-A is urged consumers who have purchased the products to stop

consumption and return the product.

The Ministry of Economic Affairs has updated guidelines to protect the rights

of foreign students interning in Taiwan.

The updated Guidelines Governing the Application of Foreign Students to the

ROC in the Capacity of Interns in Enterprises and Organizations includes

clearer rules on student eligibility, internship stipends and working hours.

Under the revised rules, students must be enrolled (已註冊) at overseas

universities officially listed by the Ministry of Education, the and the

economic ministry's Department of Investment Review.

Students must have completed at least one semester of study before coming to

Taiwan and be of an age appropriate for their program.

They must also be studying a field related to their internship and have basic

Chinese or English communication skills to ensure the quality and

effectiveness of the internship.

The United States is withdrawing from dozens of international organizations

and bodies, many of which are associated with the United Nations, in the

latest sign of Washington stepping back from multilateralism (多邊主義).

Mitch McCann reports:

A huge mound of garbage has collapsed in a waste segregation facility in a

central Philippine city, killing one person and leaving at least 27 others

missing.

Police say that firefighters and disaster-mitigation personnel retrieved

eight people, including workers at the facility, who were trapped (被困)

Thursday afternoon in the avalanche of trash and debris in the village of

Binaliw in Cebu city.

Local officials say one of those rescued, a female worker at the landfill,

died while being brought to a hospital.

Authorities and officials at the waste management facility, which has 110

employees, are to hold an emergency meeting today

The United Nations is forecasting that the global economy will grow by 2.7%

this year.

That's slightly lower than last year’s estimate, citing the impact of higher

U.S. tariffs, economic uncertainties and geopolitical tensions.

U.N. economists predict that growth will edge up to 2.9% in 2027.

That’s still well below the average 3.2% growth between 2010 and 2019,

before the COVID-19 pandemic hurt economies around the globe.

The U.N. economists say there was “unexpected resilience" to sharp increases

in U.S. tariffs last year.

They are pointing to solid consumer spending and easing inflation, which

helped sustain (維持) growth..

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