The Tai-Ex opened up 34-points this morning from yesterday's close, at 30,845

on turnover of $8-billion N-T.

The market lost ground on Thursday as investors awaited the outcome of Taiwan

Semiconductor Manufacturing's investor conference - which began after the

trading day ended.

Events are slated to take place to mark the completion of the Danjiang Bridge

in the lead-up to its officially opening on May 12.

Both the New Taipei City Government and the Highway Bureau will be hosting

events from between April 25 and May 9.

The bridge will be open to the public to walk across on April 25 and the

Highway Bureau will be holding a parade on the bridge the following day

featuring performances by musical groups.

A concert will also be taking place in May 2 and the bridge will be open for

a public picnic day on May 3.

Construction of the 920-meter-long bridge is due to be completed in April and

when completed, the Danjiang Bridge will become the longest

asymmetric (不對稱的) single-tower cable-stayed bridge in the world.

Officials say the bridge will cut the travel time between Tamsui and Bali by

about 25-minutes.

US president Donald Trump has threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act to

deploy troops to Minnesota in response to rising tensions between protesters

and federal agents.

His warning came just hours after a man was shot and wounded (受傷的) by an

immigration officer who had been attacked with a shovel and broom handle in

Minneapolis.

Kate fisher reports from Washington

The United Nations chief is lashing out at countries that violate

international law and calling the concentration of power and wealth by the

world’s richest 1% “morally indefensible.”

Secretary-General Antonio Guterres spoke to the U.N. General Assembly on

Thursday at the start of his final year at the helm (領導地位) of the United

Nations.

He said the U.N.'s 193 member nations are facing “a world marked by

self-defeating geopolitical divides, brazen violations of international law,

and wholesale cuts in development and humanitarian aid.”

He said all these forces are shaking the foundations of global cooperation at

a time when it is needed most.

Guterres warned of the dangers of a concentration of power and wealth in the

world's richest 1%, who hold 43% of global financial assets.

He also criticized countries that don’t pay their U.N. dues on time —

another jab at the Trump administration, which did not pay its mandatory dues

to the U.N.’s budgets in 2025.

Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia written by volunteers, is embracing

artificial intelligence to mark its 25th anniversary.

The site has signed up new AI partners, including Meta and Microsoft,

alongside existing ones with companies like Google.

These companies are paying to access Wikipedia content, supporting its

nonprofit mission.

Founder Jimmy Wales welcomes AI training on Wikipedia data, emphasizing

(強調) its human-curated nature.

The Wikimedia Foundation urges AI developers to pay for access, as bots

heavily tax (使負重擔) its servers.

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