The Tai-Ex opened down 366-points this morning from yesterday's close, at

33,216 on turnover of $16-billion N-T.

The Ministry of Transport says it plans to phase out faster-paced walking

animation on some pedestrian signals islandwide by the end of this year.

According to the ministry, the move is aimed at discouraging pedestrians to

run across intersections.

The ministry's Department of Railways, Highways and Road Safety says the

decision was made during a road safety briefing at the Cabinet earlier this

week.

Department head Wu Dong-ling says while the flashing green signal that

appears in the final seconds of a pedestrian light will remain, the

faster-paced walking animation used in some areas will be removed.

Wu also says the Cabinet has asked the transport ministry to coordinate with

local governments on the adjustments and ensure that signal designs are

standardized nationwide by the end of the year.

Only Chiayi County, Kinmen and Matsu don't use the fast-walking signal.

As the War in Iran continues to disrupt global oil flows, Iraq is trying to

strike a deal that would allow its oil to flow through the autonomous

Kurdistan Region.

But Iraqi Kurds want something in return.

Olly Barratt explains from the region's capital -

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney says he is putting an additional $32

billion into military forward operating locations in the North to assert

sovereignty over the increasingly contested region.

The prime minister made the announcement in Yellowknife, the capital city of

Canada’s Northwest Territories, before he takes off for his planned visit to

Norway where he will observe a NATO exercise.

The additional funds comes as U.S. President Donald Trump called earlier this

year for the U.S. to take control of Greenland, the Inuit self-governing

territory of the kingdom of Denmark.

Trump has also talked about making Canada the 51st state.

Cuba’s government says it will release 51 people from the island’s jails in

an unexpected move.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the release in the upcoming days stems

from a spirit of goodwill and close relations with the Vatican.

The government did not identify who it would release (釋放), except to say

that “all have served a significant (相當長的時間) part of their sentence

and have maintained good conduct in prison.”

The government said it has granted pardons to 9-thousand-905 inmates since

2010.

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

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