**Tai-Ex opening **

The Tai-Ex opened up 45-points this morning from yesterday's close, at 15,856

on turnover of $1.7-billion N-T.

The market lost ground on Thursday, as investors turned their attention to

upcoming earnings reports and other economic indicators.

**Leofoo Village Fined Following Baboon Escape **

The Hsinchu County Government says it has fined the Leofoo Village Theme Park

50,000 N-T for negligence that resulted in the escape of one of its baboons.

The county government's Agriculture Bureau says the theme park's operator

failed to realize that an animal had escaped, failed to notify local

authorities after discovering the baboon was missing and also failed to

properly assist authorities in their search for the animal.

The fine comes after the Forestry Bureau announced that it has given the

Leofoo Village Theme Park one month to improve its baboon facility and six

months to finish microchipping and registering all of its baboons

The case is also still being investigated by prosecutors - and the park could

face further fines and charges.

**New Round of Online Monkeypox Vaccines Registration to Begin on Monday **

The Centers for Disease Control says online registration for a new round of

monkeypox vaccine will begin next Monday.

According to C-D-C Deputy Director-General Philip Luo, the online

registration service will be available from Monday through Friday and the

vaccine doses will be administered at 48 designated hospitals islandwide.

As of Thursday, the C-D-C had recorded 23 confirmed cases, of which 16 were

locally transmitted and seven imported.

**Nigeria Village Clashes Leave 50 Dead **

Authorities say at least 50 people have died after two attacks on a village

in north-central Nigeria.

Local officials say three people had been killed on Tuesday, then gunmen

returned to thei village in Benue state and killed 47 others when they opened

fire at a market.

While there was no claim of responsibility, authorities said suspicion fell

on local herdsmen, who have clashed in the past with farmers over land

disputes in north-central Nigeria.

Benue state has been one of the hardest hit in the decades-long clashes

between agrarian communities and nomadic cattle herders in the West African

country.

**US Republicans Oust Dem for Gun Protest **

Tennessee Republicans have voted to expel their Democratic colleague Justin

Jones from the state's House of Representatives after he, and two other

Democrats, joined a protest in favor of stronger gun regulation on the

chamber floor last week.

The demonstration came just days after six people, including three children,

were killed at a Nashville elementary school.

Lawmaker are now debating expelling the other two lawmakers.

Toni Waterman has more.

**Montenegro Elections Oust Djukanovic **

Official results have confirmed a crushing defeat for Montenegro’s long-time

leader Milo Djukanovic in a weekend presidential election.

That marks his departure from the small Balkan state’s political scene after

more than 30 years in power.

The state electoral commission said Thursday that Jakov Milatovic, an expert

in economics but a political novice, won Sunday's presidential runoff.

Djukanovic led Montenegro to independence from Serbia in 2006 and to NATO

membership in 2017, despite strong opposition from former Slavic ally Russia.

Milatovic won around 59% of Sunday's vote, while Djukanovic had about 41%,

according to the final official results.

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