The Tai-Ex opened marginally higher this morning from yesterday's close, at

40,708 on turnover of 8-billion N-T.

The market posted a record daily gain of more than 1,700 points on Monday to

close above the 40,000-point mark for the first time.

Analysts says buying in the semiconductor industry was sparked by massive

spending proposed by major U-S cloud service providers last week and Taiwan

Semiconductor Manufacturing was the largest beneficiary of that on Monday ..

… and saw its share price rose 6.56-per cent to close at a high of 2,275

N-T.

Premier Cho Jung-tai has instructed government agencies to coordinate

assistance for Taiwan shipping company whose vessels are stranded due to the

blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.

According to the Cabinet, the directive was issues after the Ministry of

Foreign Affairs released data showing of the about 1,600 vessels from various

countries currently stranded (受困), eight are operated by Taiwan firms.

The Cabinet says Cho has asked the Ministry of Transport to coordinate with

the foreign ministry in contacting foreign governments and Taiwan shipping

firms, to offer assistance measures to enable the vessels to resume normal

operations as soon as possible.

However, the Cabinet has not released any details concerning how such

measures could be adopted.

Two second-generation satellites developed by Hon Hai has been launched

successfully into orbit from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.

According to Hon Hai, the low-Earth orbit satellites PEARL-1A and PEARL-2B

have entered their intended orbits for expected on-orbit mission durations of

between one to three years.

The satellites have been primarily designed for payload technology

verification (驗証，確認) in communication and space science.

Hon Hai co-developed the satellites with the National Central University.

State media in China says an explosion at a fireworks plant in a central

Chinese province has killed at least 21 people and injured 61 others.

China’s official news agency Xinhua says the blast occurred at a fireworks

plant in Changsha city of Hunan province on Monday afternoon.

Nearly 500 rescuers were deployed to the scene and evacuations were conducted

in danger zones.

Authorities are investigating the cause of the blast.

19 people in France received jail terms for facilitating (促進) a network of

migrant smugglers operating along the northern French coasts.

Prosecutors at the trial in the northern city of Lille (LEEL) said those

convicted worked as lookouts, masterminds, and drivers for smuggling gangs.

Ross Cullen reports.

Two female opposition lawmakers in Mauritania have been sentenced to four

years in prison for insulting the president and inciting (煽動) violence.

Their lawyers say Monday that the charges stem from social media posts

accusing the president of discrimination against Black people and descendants

(後人) of slaves.

Last month, Marieme Cheikh Dieng and Ghamou Achour were charged with

“attacking the symbols of the state.”

Mauritania outlawed slavery in 1981 but human rights groups report around

149-thousand people remain in modern slavery in the country.

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