The Tai-Ex opened up 581-points this morning from yesterday's close, at

32,692 on turnover of 12.7-billion N-T.

The market posted heavy declines on Monday, as the main board plunged nearly

1,500 points on the back of investor concerns over major spikes in

international crude oil prices amid the US-Israel war with Iran.

Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung has met with an Australian lawmaker during a

stopover in Australia on his way home from Tuvalu.

Taking to Facebook, Lin said he met with Hugh McDermott of the Australian

Labor Party.

McDermott also took social media to say he was pleased to meet with the

foreign minister alongside (與…一起) parliamentary colleagues and

representatives from the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Australia …

… and he also posted a photo of himself shaking hands with Lin in Australia

last Friday.

However, neither McDermott or Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs have

specified where the meeting took place in Australia during Lin's transit

stop.

Lin Chun-yi has won the men's singles competition at the 2026 All England

Open Badminton Championships.

The 26-year old, who is currently ranked world No. 11, beat his Indian

opponent 21-15, 22-20 in a 57-minute final at the Utilita Arena in the city

of Birmingham.

The result means Lin has become the first Taiwanese male shuttler to top the

podium (領獎台，前三名) in the men's singles event at the annual tournament.

Lin's world ranking is expected to break into the top 10 for the first time,

when the Badminton World Federation updates its standings later this week.

He is ranked as Taiwan's No. 2 male badminton player.

Artificial intelligence firm Anthropic has sued the Trump administration

after it placed the artificial intelligence company on a national security

blacklist (黑名單).

The Pentagon has designated Anthropic as a supply chain risk, after it

refused to remove guardrails against using its AI for autonomous weapons or

domestic surveillance.

Kate Fisher reports from Washington

Australian Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke says that Australia has granted

asylum to five members of the Iranian women’s soccer team who were visiting

the country for a tournament.

The women were transported from their hotel in Gold Coast, Australia “to a

safe location” by Australian federal police officers in the early hours of

Tuesday morning local time.

There, they met with Burke and the processing of their humanitarian visas

finalized (完成), the minister told reporters in Brisbane hours later.

An official team list numbered 26 players, plus coaching and other staff.

Burke didn’t detail what threats the players faced in Iran.

The Iranian team arrived in Australia for the Women’s Asian Cup last month,

before the Iran war began.

The team was knocked out of the tournament over the weekend and faced the

prospect (可能) of returning to a country under bombardment.

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

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