The Tai-Ex opened up 247-points this morning from yesterday's close, at

34,020 on turnover of 14-billion N-T.

The market closed higher on Monday, as the market reopened following its

11-day Lunar New Year holiday, but the gains were capped amid concerns over

U-S tariff policies.

Opposition parties are calling for cross-party negotiations over how

President Lai Ching-te should deliver a national affairs report at the

Legislative Yuan.

The statement comes after Lai announced that he's willing to deliver (發表) a

national affairs report at the Legislative Yuan "in accordance with

constitutional procedures" following a meeting with the heads of the five

branches of government at the Presidential Building.

K-M-T and Taiwan People's Party lawmakers are seeking a question-and-answer

format.

Legislative Speaker Han Kuo-yu proposed a questions-first-answers-second

format after Lai hosted the meeting - saying he invited the president to

personally explain issues of concern to lawmakers.

According to Han, Lai "gladly accepted" the invitation.

The Ministry of Health says visits to emergency rooms over the Lunar New Year

period were down from last year as more clinics stayed open and urgent care

centers expanded capacity.

According to the ministry, data shows there were 232,397 visits to hospital

ERs from February 14 to 21 - and that total was down by 22.5-per cent from

the number of visits reported during the same holiday period of last year.

Visits to the hospital ERs over the holiday period this year were closely

watched after what happened last year - when ERs across Taiwan became so

overcrowded that the Taiwan Society of Emergency Medicine called the

situation "unprecedented (史無前例的)".

The government spent 1.6-billion N-T in funding to encourage medical

providers to stay open during this year's holiday.

US president Donald Trump has threatened (威逼) to put higher tariffs on

countries that want to "play games" after a key U.S. Supreme Court tariff

ruling.

Kate Fisher report from Washington

The Canadian government has called representatives of ChatGPT-maker OpenAI to

Ottawa.

The company says it considered but did not alert Canadian police about the

activities of a person who months later committed one of the worst school

shootings in the country’s history.

Canada's artificial intelligence minister says he expects the company’s top

safety representatives to explain its protocols and how it decides to forward

cases to law enforcement when he meets with them today.

OpenAI said last June that the company identified the account of Jesse Van

Rootselaar via abuse detection efforts.

The 18-year-old killed eight people in a remote (偏僻的) part of British

Columbia this month and died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

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

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