The Tai-Ex opened up 174-points this morning from yesterday's close, at

21,531 on turnover of $6-billion N-T.

The Executive Yuan named new representatives to St. Kitts & Nevis and

Thailand yesterday.

Edward Tao will be the new ambassador to St. Kitts and Nevis, one of 12

countries which maintains formal diplomatic relations with Taiwan.

Tao is a career diplomat who most recent overseas posting was in Brisbane,

Australia.

He will replace outgoing Ambassador Michael Lin, who took up the post in July

2021.

Meanwhile, Peter Lan will be Taiwan's top representative to Thailand.

Lan is the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Department of East Asian

and Pacific Affairs, and will replace current (目前的) envoy to Thailand,

Chang Chun Fu.

Lan previously served as ambassador to St. Vincent and the Grenadines from

2021 to 2023.

He also served in Indonesia and acted as spokesperson for Taiwan's

representative office in Thailan.

(AH-CNA)

The search for a lost boy and his rescuer is continuing of the coast of

Taitung's Taimali.

Yesterday a boy was swept out to sea while playing in a river, and he still

hasn't been found.

Also missing is a fisherman, surnamed Chen, who was nearby and jumped in to

rescue the boy.

Chen managed to grab hold of the boy and tried to swim back to shore, but

they were both engulfed (吞噬) by a wave and disappeared, according to

witnesses.

Rescuers searched for the two last night, unsuccessfully, but paused

overnight.

The search continues this morning, with firefighters, coast guard,

helicopters, and drones all dispatched to help out in the search.

Those who know Chen describe him as someone always willing to help out, and

say, they're hoping for a miracle.

Elon Musk has criticized Donald Trump's 'big, beautiful" spending bill,

saying it would increase the deficit.

The Tesla CEO leads the Department of Government Efficiency, which has been

trying to slash (削減) federal spending.

Ira Spitzer reports.

Colombia’s unions have begun a 48-hour strike to support a referendum

proposed by President Gustavo Petro to let voters to decide whether to

overhaul the country’s labor laws.

The work stoppage that began Wednesday was in response to a direct call from

Petro.

He has argued that Congress is working against the interest of workers by

repeatedly blocking his efforts to reform labor regulations.

The referendum, whose questions would include whether workdays should be

limited to eight hours, has become the crux (難點，關鍵) of long-running

tensions between the executive and legislative branches.

In the capital, some workers blocked public bus lanes, impeding the movement

of thousands of people.

The Canadian province of Manitoba has declared a province-wide state of

emergency over a series of wildfires, and Prime Minister Mark Carney has

agreed to send in the military to help.

Manitoba's premier says the fires have forced 17-thousand people across

several communities to flee.

He calls it the largest such exodus (大批人的）退出，離開) in living memory

in the province.

Canada’s wildfire season runs May through September. Its worst-ever wildfire

season was in 2023, when fires choked much of North America with dangerous

smoke for months.

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

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