The Tai-Ex opened up 340-points this morning from yesterday's close, at

33,062 on turnover of 9.5-billion N-T.

The market tumbled over 800 points on Monday as investors reacted to claims

by U-S President Donald Trump's that he plans to "obliterate" Iran's power

plants if the Strait of Hormuz was not reopened by Monday evening.

The Control Yuan is calling on courts to hand down tougher sentences for

military personnel convicted of spying for China and violating national

security laws.

It comes after the government watchdog investigated two cases involving

military personnel.

The investigations were carried out by the Control Yuan's Foreign Affairs and

National Defense Committee and Judiciary and Prison Administration Committee.

According to the committees, such sentences handed down by district courts

averaged 12.8 months, those handed down by the High Court averaged 18.1

month, while the average sentence handed down by the Supreme Court stood at

27.8 months.

And the government watchdog says the light sentences for violating national

security laws do not act as deterrent (威懾力、阻嚇物).

Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung says President Lai Ching-te has been invited

to make a state visit to Eswatini.

Speaking at the opening ceremony of the Eswatini Cultural Fair in New Taipei,

Lin said the Kingdom has invited Lai to attend events marking the 58th

anniversary of Eswatini's independence and King Mswati III's 58th birthday.

Lin also said this year marks 58th anniversary of Eswatini's establishing

ties with Taiwan.

According to the foreign minister, he was hugley impressed when he visited

the Southern African country in April of last year - and that trip took place

as the two sides are expanding trade and investment and Taiwan establishes an

industrial innovation park there.

The Presidential Office has not released any information concerning (有關)

Lai's possible trip to Eswatini.

Flights are slowly resuming at New York City's LaGuardia airport after an Air

Canada jet struck a fire truck on the runway late Sunday night, killing the

plane's pilot and co-pilot.

During a press briefing, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy reiterated

(重申) that he's been asking Congress for more money for air traffic control.

Mitch McCann has more from LaGuardia.

The European Union and Australia have agreed on the final text of a free

trade agreement.

This comes two years after negotiations broke down over Australian demands

for more red meat market access and complaints about Australian products

labeled with traditionally European names.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Australian Prime

Minister Anthony Albanese signed the agreement today at the Australian

Parliament House after protracted (延長的) negotiations that began in 2018.

The breakthrough comes as both the EU and Australia seek to diversify

(多樣化) their trading networks and reduce their economic reliance on China

and exposure to uncertain U.S. tariffs.

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

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