The Tai-Ex opened up 57-points this morning following an 11-day Lunar New

Year holiday, at 33,663 on turnover of 37.9-billion N-T.

The Ministry of National Defense says it closely monitors the skies and

waters around Taiwan and that the Taiwan Strait is an international waterway

for which all countries enjoy the right of freedom of navigation.

The statement comes after an Australian warship sailed through the Taiwan

Strait.

Reports are citing sources as saying that the Royal Australian Navy

Anzac-class frigate, Toowoomba conducted a routine (常規) transit through the

Taiwan Strait" on Friday and Saturday as part of a "Regional Presence

Deployment in the Indo-Pacific region."

The defense ministry says it will not proactively disclose the movements of

aircraft and ships of friendly allied countries.

The Grand Hotel in Taipei is warning customers a possible data breach.

The statement comes after the hotel discovered unauthorized access to its

information systems last week.

According to the hotel, it has issued the notice as a precaution (範圍), as

the scope and targets of the attack have yet to be fully assessed.

The hotel has also issued apology to the members of the public for any

concern caused by the situation.

The hotel says it activated its highest-level cybersecurity response measures

after discovering the attack.

Customers are being urged to remain on the alert against suspicious emails

and to verify any messages requesting payment or personal financial

information.

Secret service agents and other law enforcement officials shot and killed an

armed man who entered the perimeter (防衛線 / 外圍) of US President Donald

Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida in the early hours of Sunday morning.

Ira Spitzer has more.

The Mexican army says it has killed the powerful leader of the Jalisco New

Generation Cartel in a military operation.

On Sunday, troops targeted Nemesio Ruben Oseguera Cervantes, known as “El

Mencho,” in the western state of Jalisco.

The operation set off hours of roadblocks (路障) and burning vehicles in

Jalisco and other states.

Officials say cartels often use these tactics to slow down or block military

moves.

The U.S. State Department has offered a reward of up to $15 million dollars

for information leading to El Mencho's arrest.

The twin Olympic cauldrons in Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo have been

extinguished, signaling the end of the Winter Games.

International Olympic Committee President Kirsty Coventry declared the 2026

Games over in remarks to the closing ceremony in Verona.

A total of 116 medal events have been held in eight Olympic sports across 16

disciplines, including the debut of ski mountaineering this year, over the

course of 17 days of competition.

The next Winter Games will be held in neighboring (鄰接) France, which

received the Olympic flag in the official handover earlier in the ceremony.

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

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