The Tai-Ex opened down 25-points this morning from yesterday's close, at

18,610 on turnover of 3-billion N-T.

The market closed slightly higher on Monday as buying rotated to non-tech

stocks, as the bellwether electronics sector came under heavy pressure

following losses seen in artificial intelligence development-related stock on

Wall Street at the end of last week.

The new Legislative Yuan has formed two parliamentary friendship groups to

promote closer exchanges with France and Poland via their respective

lawmaking bodies.

Both of the parliamentary friendship groups are being headed by (為首) D-P-P

lawmaker Lin Chu-yin.

According to Lin, the establishment of the groups is aimed at continuing and

also further developing wide-ranging exchanges with the French and Polish

parliaments.

The new Legislature is expected to announce the establishment of another

parliamentarian friendship group later today to promote exchanges with ASEAN

member countries.

The Centers for Disease Control has reported Taiwan's first locally acquired

case of measles since September of 2022.

According to C-D-C Deputy Director General Philip Luo, the infected

individual was a man in his 30s who sought emergency treatment at hospital on

February 13 and was diagnosed with measles two days later.

He remains in a hospital isolation ward.

The C-D-C deputy director says the origin of the infection is still being

investigated.

A total of 199 people, including family members and those whose hospital

visits overlapped (重疊) with the man's have been identified as close

contacts.

The crew of a British registered cargo vessel have abandoned (棄船) ship,

after reportedly being hit by two missiles off the coast of Yemen.

John Bevir reports.

Gaza’s Health Ministry says more than 29-thousand Palestinians have been

killed in the territory since the start of the Israel-Hamas war.

The ministry in Hamas-ruled Gaza said on Monday that 107 bodies were brought

to hospitals in the last 24 hours.

The ministry does not distinguish between civilians and combatants (戰鬥人員)

in its records, but says most of those killed were women and children.

The war began when Hamas-led militants stormed into southern Israel from Gaza

on Oct. 7, killing some 1,200 people and taking around 250 hostage.

After a round of exchanges for Palestinians imprisoned by Israel in November,

around 130 remain captive, a fourth of them believed to be dead.

Visitors to the Eiffel Tower are being turned away because of a strike over

poor financial management at one of the world’s most-visited sites.

Visits to the hugely popular landmark in central Paris have soared in the

lead-up to the Summer Olympics in the French capital.

But tourists planning to visit the Eiffel Tower on Monday were warned of

disruptions (中斷、擾亂) in multiple languages on its website.

Visitors were advised to check the website before heading to the monument or

to postpone their trip.

In December, the Eiffel Tower was closed to visitors for an entire day during

Christmas and New Year’s holidays because of a strike over contract

negotiations.

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