The Tai-Ex opened up 44-points this morning from yesterday's close, at 23,446

on turnover of $4.5-billion N-T.

Shares in Taiwan broke a two-session falling streak Wednesday, as artificial

intelligence stocks were boosted by expectations about an Nvidia Corp.

investor conference later in the day.

Analysts say after the index fell to the day's low of around 130 points, some

bargain hunters jumped into the trading floor to pick up AI stocks, helping

the broader market return to positive territory, and buying continued into

the end of the session.

A 2 year-old girl from Macau, who sustained severe head injuries in the

deadly gas explosion at a Taichung Shin Kong Mitsukoshi on February 13 has

been discharged from China Medical University Hospital.

She will be transported to Macau via a medical charter flight, according to

the hospital.

The girl's vital signs have stabilized after having been admitted in critical

condition and a deep coma, though intracranial (顱內的) pressure remains a

concern.

The family was visiting Taiwan as a group of 7 when the explosion occurred.

The girl's 85 year-old great-grandmother and 24 year-old uncle, who were both

injured in the gas explosion and later transferred to the hospital for

treatment, were also discharged Wednesday and are expected to return to Macau

on the same flight.

A child in the US state of Texas has died from measles (麻疹) amid a

worsening outbreak.

The death is the first in the country from the disease in more than a decade.

Nick Harper has more.

New Zealand’s foreign minister says China has agreed to consider concerns

that its military did not give enough notice before staging live-fire

exercises in the waters between New Zealand and Australia last week.

Foreign Minister Winston Peters said Wednesday in Beijing that his Chinese

counterpart Wang Yi took New Zealand's concerns on board.

Last Friday, passenger flights between Australia and New Zealand hurriedly

diverted (改變方向) after Chinese naval vessels warned pilots they were

flying above a live-fire exercise.

A Chinese Defense Ministry spokesperson said the drills were in compliance

with international law and did not affect aviation safety.

The Vatican says Pope Francis has shown further slight improvement as he

battles double pneumonia, but doctors still say his prognosis (預後) is still

guarded (警戒著的 ).

A CT chest scan taken Tuesday evening showed the “normal evolution” of an

infection as it is being treated.

And the Vatican's latest update says tests have confirmed an improvement.

The slight kidney insufficiency detected a few days ago has receded, and

Francis is continuing to receive respiratory physiotherapy.

It was the first time the Vatican has said Francis was receiving

physiotherapy to help him expel (排出) fluid from his lungs.

Francis resumed work in the afternoon, after receiving the Eucharist in the

morning.

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

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