**Tai-Ex opening **

The Tai-Ex opened up 19 points-points this morning from yesterday's close, at

15,628 on turnover of $2.3-billion N-T.

**Cabinet approves NT$16 billion youth employment program **

The Cabinet on Thursday approved the second phase of a cross-agency youth

employment program.

Under the new phase, $16 billion NT will be earmarked to help 800,000 young

people obtain (獲得) jobs over the next four years in industries experiencing

labor shortage.

The Ministry of Labor says the second phase will kick off in May and run

until 2026, targeting people aged 15 to 29.

The MOL says as part of 12 strategies and 48 measures devised jointly by

various government agencies, career guidance sessions will be held on school

campuses to help final-year students find opportunities that can eventually

become full-time jobs.

And the ministry says in addition, under the plan, training will be offered

to young people to sharpen their professional skills.

**Serbia DriveBy Shooting Leaves Dead and Wounded **

Serbian state television says at least eight people have been killed and 13

wounded in a drive-by shooting in a town close to Belgrade.

State media reports that the suspected killer used an automatic weapon to

shoot randomly at people near a town some 50 kilometers south of the capital.

The report says the shooter is on the run.

No other details are immediately available.

This is the second mass killing in Serbia in two days.

On Wednesday in Belgrade, a 13-year-old boy used his father’s guns in a

school shooting rampage (狂暴行為) that killed eight of his schoolmates and a

school guard.

**Ｍore convicted over January 6 attack **

From the US…

Four members of the far-right Proud Boys group, including their former

leader, have been found guilty of seditious (煽動性的) conspiracy.

Kate Fisher reports from Washington.

**Canada Considers China Dipomats Expulsion **

Canada’s foreign minister said Thursday the country is considering the

expulsion of Chinese diplomats over an intelligence agency report saying one

of them plotted (密謀) to intimidate the Hong Kong relatives of a Canadian

lawmaker.

Foreign Minister Melanie Joly said her department was summoning China’s

ambassador to a meeting to underline that Canada won’t tolerate such

interference.

She said the intelligence agency report indicated that opposition

Conservative lawmaker Michael Chong and his Hong Kong relatives were targeted

after Chong criticized Beijing’s human-rights record.

Chong warns that not taking action would send a signalt that Canada is "open

to foreign interference targeting Canadian citizens."

Trudeau has ordered Canada’s intelligence agencies to immediately inform

lawmakers of any threats against them, regardless of whether those threats

are considered credible.

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