The Tai-Ex opened up 107-points this morning from yesterday's close, at

21,631 on turnover of 4.4-billion N-T.

The market moved sharply lower on Monday amid investor concerns about

volatility on Wall Street after Moody's Ratings downgraded the sovereign

credit rating for the United States - citing the Trump administration's

growing budget deficit.

The National Human Rights Museum has held a ceremony for White Terror

Memorial Day.

The event was held at the Jing-mei White Terror Memorial Park in New Taipei

and marked the 76th anniversary of the declaration of martial law in 1949 by

Chiang Kai-shek's Nationalist government.

More than 100 people attended the ceremony and the event included a

dramatization (戲劇化) of victim experiences and readings of names, along

with a recitation of the "519 Prayer of Remembrance" written by White Terror

victim Chen Lieh.

Guest laid flowers at the monument in tribute to the victims and

pro-democracy activists and women's rights also used the occasion to call on

the government to designate May 19 as a national holiday.

Nvidia C-E-O Jensen Huang has announced that his company has selected "Beitou

Shilin" in Taipei for its new new overseas headquarters.

He announced the decision during his keynote Computex speech at the Taipei

Music Center - saying it will be called the "Nvidia Constellation."

The statement brings to an end months of speculation regarding where Nvidia

would locate (定位) its new oversea headquarters.

The Taipei City Government had offered the company other sites, while the New

Taipei and Taoyuan governments were also hoping the tech giant would choose

locations in their cities.

US President Donald Trump says negotiations between Russia and Ukraine will

begin "immediately (立即地)" on ending the war in Ukraine.

Sagher Meghani reports

The World Health Organization chief has appealed to member countries to

support its “extremely modest” request for a $2.1 billion annual budget.

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus made the point by putting

that sum into perspective next to outlays for ad campaigns for tobacco or the

cost of war.

He told the WHO’s annual assembly on Monday that $2.1 billion is the

equivalent (相等的，等值的) of global military expenditure every 8 hours, or

the price of one stealth bomber.

WHO has presented a budget for the next two years that is 22% less than

originally planned, largely in response to U.S. and other Western funding

cuts.

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

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