The Tai-Ex opened up 214-points this morning from yesterday's close, at

21,341 on turnover of 5.5-billion N-T.

The main board gained ground on Tuesday despite large-cap semiconductor

stocks losing some early gains amid ongoing investor concerns over the U-S'

tariff policies.

Market watchers say although the index staged a technical rebound from

Monday's downturn, investors remain cautious about the U-S introducing

possible tariffs on semiconductors.

Guatemala's President Bernardo Arevalo is visiting Taiwan today.

It is his first visit to Taiwan since taking office in 2024 and the trip is

part of an Asian tour that will also take him to Japan.

Arevalo has said the trip to Taiwan is aimed at strengthening bilateral

relations and attracting foreign investment, and he will be meeting with

President Lai Ching-te.

The Guatemalan president is being accompanied (陪伴) during his visit by the

country's economics and foreign ministers as well as his wife.

Digital Minister Huang Yen-nan says Meta, LINE, TikTok and Google will be

required to publish transparency (透明性，公開處理) reports before the end of

the year as part of government-led efforts to combat fraud.

According to Huang, the move means the four companies will be subject to

formal regulatory supervision.

Huang says the companies submitted fraud prevention plans in May.

The transparency reports are part of the Fraud Crime Hazard Prevention Act,

which took effect at the end of July of last year.

It means that social media companies must verify the identities of

advertisers and sponsors, create fraud prevention plans, and remove any

fraudulent advertisements within a set timeframe after receiving a

notification from authorities.

The family of the man accused of carrying out an "antisemitic attack" with a

makeshift (暫時代替，臨時湊合) flamethrower in the US state of Colorado has

been detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody.

US Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem confirmed the news on Tuesday.

Nick Harper reports from Washington.

Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has signed a new law to expand

the country’s affirmative action policies.

The law signed on Tuesday increases the quota for government jobs reserved

for Blacks from 20% to 30% and adds Indigenous people and descendants of

Afro-Brazilian enslaved people to the group of beneficiaries.

The changes apply to permanent (長久的，永久的) and public employment

positions across Brazil’s federal administration, agencies, public

foundations, public companies and mixed-capital companies run by the

government.

As approved by Congress, the quota will be revised in 2035.

Brazil's government said 55% of the country's population is made up of Black

or mixed-race people.

It added that more than 70% of Brazilians living below the poverty line are

also Black or mixed race, while only 1% of people from those ethnicities are

in leadership positions in the private sector.

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

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