The Tai-Ex opened down 93-points this morning from last Thursday's close, at

21,253 on turnover of 6.4-billion N-T.

The market bucked a regional upward trend on Thursday and ended the day

marginally lower.

That decline came despite other Asian indexes surging on the back of news

that a U-S court ruling has blocked President Donald Trump from imposing

sweeping tariffs on imports under an emergency-powers law.

The Ministry of National Defense is reportedly slated to take delivery of 42

more M-1-A-2-T Abrams main battle tanks later this month.

Sources are being cited as saying the tanks will participate (參加) in

live-fire drills scheduled to take place between June 18 and 27 at a base in

Hsinchu County.

The Army took delivery of it first batch of 38 Abrams tanks in December of

last year.

Another 28 tanks are expected to arrive in Taiwan in the first quarter of

next year.

The U-S State Department approved Taiwan's request to purchase 108 M-1-A-2-T

tanks and related equipment in 2019.

The Sports Administration is demanding an apology from the national table

tennis association after it banned Yeh Yi-tian from competing in the upcoming

World Table Tennis United States Smash tournament.

According to the administration, the Chinese Taipei Table Tennis Association

must explain why it withdrew (退出) Yeh from the tournament in Las Vegas.

The administration said it contacted the association about the matter after

receiving a complaint from Yeh's coach, Chuang Chih-yuan and will now suspend

all subsidies until an apology is issued.

The Sports Administration is also warning that it could take steps to replace

the Chinese Taipei Table Tennis Association's secretary-general if necessary.

The FBI says it's investigating an attack on pro-Israel protestors in

Boulder, Colorado as an act of terror.

One man was taken into custody (拘留) accused of throwing Molotov cocktails

at demonstrators and wounding several of them.

Our US Correspondent Simon Marks reports.

The death toll following floods in Nigeria is continuing to rise, with

officials now saying at least 200 have been killed in the catastrophe.

Rainfall on thursday unleashed the devastating flood on a market town in the

country, which is near a major trading and transit (運輸) hub.

Authorities say, they're calling off rescue efforts, as they don't believe

there are more survivors.

Another 11 people were injured in the floods, and more than 3000 displaced…

and two roads and bridges were also damaged in the floods.

Pope Leo XIV blessed the 159 cyclists competing in the Giro d’Italia as the

three-week race’s final stage began with an unprecedented ride through the

Vatican gardens behind St. Peter's Basilica.

Overall race leader Simon Yates and some other riders got off their bikes and

walked forward to shake hands with the pope.

The pope was presented with a replica (複製品) of the leader’s pink jersey.

He praised the riders as "role models for young people all over the world”.

Leo is honoring the event and bringing it inside the Vatican in memory of Pope Francis, who died in April this year.

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