Taiwan's National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology and American

defense company Shield A-I have signed a contract to advance the development

of AI-piloted unmanned systems.

The systems are reportedly capable of continuing operations in compromised

communications environments.

According to Shield AI President Brandon Tseng, the partnership will enable

(使…能夠) drone forces being produced in Taiwan to include cutting-edge AI

pilots that will allow the U-A-V's to operate while G-P-S and communications

are jammed.

Shield AI last year announced a teaming agreement with Taiwan's state-backed

Aerospace Industrial Development Corporation and opened a new office at the

Taipei 101.

The Centers for Disease Control is reporting Taiwan's first measles case of

this year.

According to the C-D-C, the case involves an eight-month-old baby boy who

lives in northern Taiwan, who traveled with his family to Vietnam and

returned in late January.

The boy developed a fever, a persistent (持續的) cough and other symptoms in

early February and was hospitalized last Friday after developing a rash.

The C-D-C says the infant's family members and 395 others suspected contacts

are now being monitored.

They will continue to be monitored until February 28.

The C-D-C has issued measles travel alerts for Vietnam, Indonesia, India,

Angora, Mexico, Yemen and Pakistan, and placed 30 other countries on its

watch list.

Health authorities are advising parents to ensure their young children

receive their measles, mumps and rubella vaccine.

The Trump administration says it will end its immigration enforcement (執行)

operation in the state of Minnesota, claiming the state is now safer because

of their work.

This comes after the deaths of at least two people, both shot by immigration

or federal border agents.

Mitch McCann reports:

UNICEF says that the recruitment of children by armed groups in Haiti tripled

last year as poverty and violence deepens across the troubled Caribbean

country.

The surge reported Thursday comes as gang violence displaces a record 1.4

million people across Haiti.

More than half of them are children whom experts say are left exposed and

vulnerable (易受傷害的; 易受攻擊的).

The U.N. estimates that 30% to 50% of members of armed groups are children,

with recruiting (招募) starting as young as 9 years old.

UNICEF’s representative in Haiti, said boys generally act as spies, carry

ammunition and weapons while girls often face sexual violence and are tasked

with domestic work.

Paris prosecutors say police are detaining nine people in an investigation

into a long-running ticket fraud scheme at the Louvre museum.

Prosecutors say the arrests happened on Tuesday.

The museum had filed a complaint in December 2024.

Investigators found tour guides repeatedly reuse the same tickets for

different visitors.

Prosecutors say guides also split groups to avoid a required speaking fee.

Two Louvre employees allegedly helped skipping (略過) ticket checks in

exchange for cash.

The prosecutors' office estimates losses top 10 million euros over a decade.

Prosecutors also mentioned similar suspicions regarding a ticket fraud at the

Palace of Versailles, without providing details.

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

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