The Tai-Ex opened up 136-points this morning from yesterday's close, at

33,575 on turnover of 10.6-billion N-T.

The market moved sharply higher by 826 points on Wednesday after U-S

President Donald Trump claimed peace talks with Iran were underway.

The rally was the seventh largest point gain in the Tai-Ex's history and

helped it overcome (克服) technical resistance ahead of the five-day moving

average of 33,201.

The Taipei District Court is slated to hand down its verdict (判決) in former

Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je's corruption case.

The court session has been scheduled for 2:30PM.

Prosecutors are seeking a prison sentence of 28 years.

The case centered on allegations Ko accepted 17.1-million N-T in bribes from

Core Pacific Group Chairman Shen Ching-jing to approve the expansion of the

floor area ratio at his Core Pacific City project.

Ko has faces charges of embezzling political donations and of campaign

finance irregularities.

He has persistently denied any wrongdoing is all of the cases brought against

him.

And,

The Ministry of Finance says a 39 N-T receipt for two bottles of tea at a

FamilyMart was among the 10-million N-T special prize winners in the

January-February uniform invoice lottery.

The winning lottery numbers were released yesterday.

FamilyMart says two of the 10 million N-T winning receipts, two 2-million

grand prize winning receipts and three 200,000 N-T first-prize winning

receipts were issued (發出) at its stores.

While 7-Eleven is reporting that three 10-million N-T winning receipts and

three 2-million N-T grand prize winning receipts were issued at its stores.

Airports in the United States are experiencing "the highest wait times in

history" according to the acting head of the Transportation Security

Administration.

During congressional testimony, Ha Nguyen McNeill said more than 480 agents

have quit after more than a month without pay under the partial (部分的)

government shutdown.

To try to address the airport lines President Trump has reassigned

Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers to support the TSA.

Kate Fisher reports

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said her country would continue to have

Cuban doctors work in Mexico.

It comes a time when other nations across the Americas have ditched their

agreements with Cuba’s government in the face of mounting U.S. pressure.

The leader’s support of the Cuban medical program comes as President Donald

Trump has sought to isolate the Caribbean nation in an effort to push for

regime change.

The U.S. wants to end such missions, with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio

calling it “forced labor” and a “form of human trafficking.”

Sheinbaum on Wednesday defended the program, pointing to all the help Cuban

doctors have offered during the COVID-19 pandemic and in rural (鄉下的) areas

across the country.

It's unclear exactly how many Cuban doctors currently work in Mexico.

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

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