The Tai-Ex opened up 140-points this morning from Friday's close, at 33,541

on turnover of 13.5-billion N-T.

The market closed lower on Friday due to the ongoing military conflict in the

Middle East, but losses were capped as bargain hunters turned active to pick

up large-cap tech stocks.

Taichung Mayor Lu Shiow-yen has visited New York City as she continues her

11-day trip to the U-S.

Speaking in the city this past weekend, Lu said her trip has three main goals

- deepening city-to-city exchanges, engaging with overseas Taiwanese

communities, and reinforcing (強化) Taiwan-US relations.

Lu arrived in New York following a stop in Boston.

She visited the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association in Manhattan's

Chinatown and later traveled to Columbus Park to lay flowers at a statue of

Sun Yat-sen.

Lu is scheduled to travel to Washington, D.C. this week.

And,

Twin brothers Lee Fang-ren and Lee Fang-zhi beat their Danish opponents

21-18, 21-13 to win the men's badminton doubles title at the BWF Super 300

Swiss Open in Basel.

The Taiwan pair started the first set trailing 4-7 but quickly stabilized and

took the lead.

After a brief break, the twins maintained at least a two-point advantage and

closed out the set 21-18.

In the second set, they quickly pulled ahead 5-1 and despite some errors, the

brothers responded with six consecutive (連續的) points, shutting down the

Danish pair's comeback and clinching their first title of the year.

The twin brothers won their first BWF Super 300 men's doubles title at last

year's Canada Open.

Iran's Foreign Minister is rebuffing any suggestion his government has asked

the United States for a ceasefire, as the conflict in the Middle East enters

its third week.

It follows President Trump posting on social media at the weekend that Iran

was beaten and completely decimated (毀滅) militarily, economically, and in

every other way.

Mitch McCann reports:

Mexico City set a world record on Sunday with the largest soccer class ever,

with 9,500 participants in the capital’s Zocalo square as the country

prepares to host the opening match of the World Cup in June.

The city’s main square became a massive open-air training ground with crowds

practicing soccer drills under the guidance of instructors.

Participants kicked balls and followed coordinated exercises to promote

(推動) sport and community engagement.

A Guinness World Records official confirmed the new historic mark during the

event.

Organizers said the turnout surpassed (超越) the previous Guinness record set

in Seattle in June 2025, when a soccer class brought together 1,038

participants.

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

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