The Tai-Ex opened up 1.6-points this morning from yesterday's close, at

21,732 on turnover of $3.5-billion N-T.

The Mainland Affairs Council has denied two Chinese nationals registered for

the upcoming World Masters Games entry onto Taiwan - citing concerns that

they intended to disrupt the event with political messages.

According to the council spokesperson Liang Wen-chieh, his office received

reports of such planned actions from members of the public here in Taiwan,

who have said some Chinese participants plan to use the event to push

political agendas.

Liang says the two banned individuals are suspected of planning to display

the Chinese national flag and advocate (主張、提倡) for unification with

Taiwan by force - and as such, his office had no choice but to reject their

entry.

However, the council spokesman also says that despite the two athletes being

denied entry, it has approved entry permits for 371 other Chinese nationals

to take part in the Games.

The World Masters Games begins tomorrow in Taipei and New Taipei.

A federal judge has dismissed charges against nearly 100 migrants arrested

for trespassing (非法侵入) on a newly declared US military zone on the border

of the state of New Mexico.

The ruling adds to the growing legal uncertainty surrounding President

Trump's expansion (擴張) of military authority at the southern border.

Ira Spitzer reports.

Over a thousand disarmed Congolese soldiers and police officers, along with

their families have safely been transferred from the rebel-controlled city of

Goma in eastern Congo to the capital Kinshasa over the last two weeks.

On Thursday, the International Committee of the Red Cross said it helped

escort the 1,359 disarmed members of the government forces.

The soldiers and police officers had been taking refuge at a United Nations

base since January, when the decades-long conflict in eastern Congo escalated

(加劇) as the Rwanda-backed M23 rebels seized the strategic Goma.

The news of the successful transfer comes amid persistent tensions in eastern

Congo, where fighting between Congo’s army and M23 continues.

Pope Leo XIV has met at the Vatican with the head of the Greek Catholic

Church in Ukraine.

It was one of his first audiences as pontiff that reaffirmed his appeal

(上訴) for a peaceful, negotiated end to Russia’s war.

His Beatitude Sviatoslav Shevchuk said he invited Leo to visit Ukraine and

presented the pope with a list of prisoners held by Russia.

The Vatican under Pope Francis had worked for prisoner exchanges, as well as

for the return of Ukrainian children taken to live in Russian-occupied

territories.

The Vatican didn’t release any statement after the audience, one of the

first private audiences held by Leo since his election May 8.

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

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