The Tai-Ex opened down 17-points this morning from yesterday's close, at

20,215on turnover of 4.1-billion N-T.

The market moved higher on Tuesday, extending momentum from a session earlier

as a technical rebound continued.

Buying focused on non-tech stocks, while the electronics sector saw its gains

capped after reports that Huawei Technologies is ready to test its newest

artificial intelligence chip to rival Nvidia.

Navy Chief of Staff Qiu Chun-rong has admitted the first domestically built

submarine prototype willl likely miss the date that sea trials were scheduled

to begin.

The Ministry of National Defense's timeline for the Narwhal to carry out sea

trials was supposed to begin in April month and be completed by late

September.

However, Qiu says the Navy is currently still working on improvements and

focusing on reaching the "technology readiness level" required for the vessel

(船隻) to carry out sea trials.

That statement followed reports of potential testing delays due to voltage

surges from a land-based power supply used in testing causing some components

in the submarine to fail.

The Centers for Disease Control is warning in a rise in the number of COVID

infections.

According to the C-D-C, infections have now risen for three consecutive

(連續的) weeks and are likely to peak between May and June.

Figures show the number of people visiting hospitals with COVID symptoms

increased by 19-per cent last week from the previous (前) week.

While 21 cases of severe COVID and seven deaths have been confirmed over the

past seven days.

C-D-C Deputy Director-General Philip Luo is advising people to get vaccinated

and more than 3-million doses of government-funded COVID vaccines are

currently available.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, who has just won re-election to

officially replace former leader Justin Trudeau has warned that the US

president is trying to break Canada.

Kate Fisher reports from Washington

The European Union’s enlargement commissioner has urged Serbia’s new

government to push forward democratic reforms (改革，改進) needed for

membership in the bloc, saying that the Balkan nation’s protesting citizens

have been seeking similar changes.

Marta Kos says the EU wants to embrace Serbia and other candidate countries

in the Western Balkans.

But she said Serbia must first reform the judiciary in order to fight

corruption, ensure freedom of the press and free and fair elections.

Marta Kos spoke after meeting Serbia’s new prime minister who has taken over

the government earlier this month facing monthslong anti-corruption

demonstrations triggered by a train station concrete canopy collapse that

killed 16 people in November.

Many in Serbia blamed the crash in the northern city of Novi Sad on alleged

rampant (猖獗) corruption in the government’s infrastructure deals with

China, staging almost daily street protests demanding justice for the

victims.

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

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