The Tai-Ex opened up 99-points this morning from Friday's close, at 19,972 on

turnover of 4.3-billion N-T.

The market gained nearly 400-points on Friday as investors were buoyed

following a third consecutive rally on Wall Street overnight, driven by hopes

for the U-S Federal Reserve to cut interest rates.

Former Vice President Chen Chien-jen has attended the funeral of Pope

Francis' and is expressing his hope President Lai Ching-te will be invited to

the new pope's inauguration ceremony.

Speaking to reporters, Chen said he spoke with former U-S President Joe

Biden, Japan's Foreign Minister and the delegation (代表團) heads from

Paraguay and Guatemala following the funeral.

Chen also says he believes he had completed his mission as Lai's special

envoy to Pope Francis' funeral service.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs says Chen was seated next to Thailand's

representative, as delegations at the funeral were arranged in alphabetical

order according to French, the official language of diplomacy.

Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung has wrapped-up his trip to Eswatini with a

pledged donation to support local rhinoceros conservation efforts.

Lin returned to Taiwan on Sunday after a five-day visit to the African

kingdom to attend King Mswati III's 57th birthday celebration as President

Lai Ching-te's special envoy.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs says Lin pledged a 55,000 U-S dollar donation

to the Eswatini-based nonprofit trust that manages four game parks in the

country, on the final day of the visit.

According to the ministry, Lin also named a new baby rhino recently born in

one of the parks under the Big Game Parks "Formosa" to symbolize (象徵)

friendship between the two countries.

Iran's president visits those injured in port explosion that killed at least

28 people

AP correspondent Julie Walker reports

New Greenlandic Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen says that the U.S.

isn’t showing Greenlanders proper respect.

Nielsen said Sunday that the mineral-rich Arctic island “will never, ever be

a piece of property that can be bought by just anyone.”

Nielsen made the remarks in defiance of U.S. President Donald Trump’s

interest in taking control of the strategic (有戰略優勢的、關鍵的) territory

as he stood side by side with Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen on the

second day of a three-day official visit.

Greenland is a semi-autonomous territory of Denmark.

South Korea’s main liberal opposition party has tapped its former leader Lee

Jae-myung as presidential candidate in the June 3 vote.

The Democratic Party said Sunday that Lee has won nearly 90% of the votes

cast during the party’s primary.

He defeated two competitors.

Lee is a liberal who wants greater economic parity in South Korea and warmer

ties with North Korea.

He has solidified his position as front-runner to succeed recently ousted

(罷免，逐出) conservative President Yoon Suk Yeol.

A Gallup Korea poll released Friday said 38% of respondents preferred Lee

while all other aspirants (有志者) obtained single-digit ratings.

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