The Tai-Ex opened down 45-points this morning from yesterday's close, at

21,492 on turnover of $2.9-billion N-T.

Mainland Affairs Council head Chiu Chui-cheng says Taiwan and China still

maintain some level of interaction, even though official dialogue has

stalled.

In an interview,Chiu said interactions with China are being carried out in

line with the Act Governing Relations between the People of the Taiwan Area

and the Mainland Area.

Chiu acknowledged that maintaining "normal dialogue" is currently difficult

because Taiwan will never accept China's demand to treat the "1992

Consensus," based on the "One China principle," as a precondition (前提).

Nevertheless, Chiu said some interaction continues between the MAC and

China's Taiwan Affairs Office, as well as between the semi-official SEF and

its Chinese counterpart, the Beijing-based Association for Relations Across

the Taiwan Straits.

Chiu also says individuals across the Strait, including Taiwanese

businesspeople, scholars and journalists, frequently travel between the two

sides and share information.

The closing ceremony of the 2025 World Masters Games will take place on the

evening of May 30 at the New Taipei City Art Museum, featuring a star-studded

lineup and spectacular visuals.

New Taipei officials said the ceremony will begin at 7:00 p.m. and blend

music, light, and live performances.

To complement (為…增色) the artistic setting, the outdoor area will feature

four major art installations highlighting the magic of light.

And a 4.5-minute fireworks display will also light up the night sky, with

popular band Energy headlining the event with a 20-minute finale performance.

A European Union official says he has had good trade talks with the Trump

administration.

AP correspondent Mike Hempen reports

Human rights group Amnesty International accused the M23 rebels in eastern

Congo of killing, torturing and forcibly disappearing civilian detainees in

two rebel-controlled cities.

Amnesty says “these acts violate (違反) international humanitarian law and

may amount to war crimes.”

The decades-long conflict in eastern Congo escalated in January.

The Rwanda-backed M23 advanced and seized the strategic city of Goma in North

Kivu province followed by Bukavu in February.

Amnesty said that between February and April it interviewed 18 civilians who

had been unlawfully detained by M23.

They reported suffering brutal beatings and harsh detention conditions while

their relatives were denied access to the detention sites.

Britain's King Charles III has arrived in Ottawa on a visit that Canada’s

leader says will underscore (強調) his nation’s sovereignty.

The king and Queen Camilla were greeted at the airport by Mark Carney,

Canada's new prime minister, along with Canada's first Indigenous governor

general, Mary Simon.

Aside from meeting privately with Carney, the king is scheduled to deliver

the speech from the throne, which outlines the government’s agenda for the

new Parliament.

The king is the head of state in Canada, which is a member of the British

Commonwealth of former colonies.

King Charles will return to the U.K. after today’s speech and a visit to

Canada’s National War Memorial.

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

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