The Tai-Ex opened down 57-points this morning from Friday's close, at 21,786

on turnover of 4.7-billion N-T.

This morning's decline comes after main board closed higher on Friday as

rotational buying in the non-tech sector lent support to the broader market.

However, many major electronics stocks, excluding Taiwan Semiconductor

Manufacturing weakened due to profit-taking.

The Taiwan Railway Corporation says normal services on East Coast Line in

Hualien will resume at noon today.

The statement comes after the Chongde-Renhe section of the line was

temporarily (暫時地) closed after after landslides caused by heavy rain swept

soil over the tracks.

The rail network operator says it sent work crews to the site yesterday

evening to carry out repair work.

Prmier Cho Jung-tai has taken to Facebook to say he's instructed the railway

corporation to put "safety first" as the top priority and restore normal

operation as soon as possible.

Police in Hualien have arrested a suspect wanted in connection with the

killing of a female junior high school teacher.

According to police, the suspect was arrested while attempting (企圖) to

commit suicide in a wooded along the coast.

The killing occured on Saturday - with police saying they received a report

about the suspected death of a tenant in a rental room in a dormitory of a

local church.

The suspect was also a member of the same church.

Authorities say they managed to track the man after reviewing surveillance

camera footage of the area around the dormitory.

Israel has retrieved thousands of items belonging to the country’s most

famous spy after a covert operation in Syria.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shared some of the 2,500 items from the

Syrian archive relating to Eli Cohen, an Israeli spy who infiltrated the

political echelon in Syria, with Cohen’s widow.

Sunday marked 60 years since Cohen was hanged in a square in Damascus.

The items recently spirited into Israel include documents, recordings,

photos, and items collected by Syrian intelligence after his capture in

January 1965, letters in his own handwriting to his family in Israel,

photographs of his activity during his operational mission (任務) in Syria

and personal objects.

Preparations are underway for a military parade to mark U-S leader Donald

Trump's birthday in June.

The event which will include 150 vehicles, 50 warplanes and the participation

(參與) of more than 6,600 soldiers -- is at the center of controversy…

Sagar Meghani reports.

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