The Tai-Ex opened up 78-points this morning from yesterday's close, at

21,696 on turnover of $6.5-billion N-T.

Taiwan and the Marshall Islands has signed security pact - that both sides

say will pave the way for the deepening of a security partnership amid

growing hybrid threats in the region.

The letter of intent was signed by National Security Bureau head Tsai

Ming-yen and the Marshall Island's top diplomat, Kalani Kan-eko.

Kaneko is part of a delegation being led by Marshall Islands President Hilda

Heine that is visiting Taiwan this week.

According to the National Security Bureau, the pact aims to help the Pacific

island state enhance its security through collaborations in areas such as

"maritime domain awareness, cybersecurity and countering foreign malign

(惡意的;) influence."

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs says the Marshall Islands' delegation is

visiting Taiwan until Saturday.

The Food and Drug Administration says food courier companies could face fines

if their employees smoke, fail to keep the food items securely packaged, or

demonstrate other behavior that could contaminate the orders.

The statement comes after the F-D-A formally implemented (實施) revisions to

the Regulations on Good Hygiene Practices for Food.

According to the revisions, delivery containers must be sealed and insulated.

Before delivering food, equipment should be inspected to ensure cleanliness

and hygiene.

While during transportation, the food must be fully wrapped, with measures in

place to prevent contamination and avoid drastic temperature fluctuations.

The F-D-A says companies found to be in violation of the regulations face

fines of between 60,000 and 200-million N-T.

North Korea says that leader Kim Jong Un told a top Russian official that his

country will “unconditionally support” Russia’s war against Ukraine.

The official Korean Central News Agency says Kim made the remarks (發言)

during a meeting with Russian Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu.

The agency says the two discussed how to solidify strategic partnership

between North Korea and Russia and reached a consensus on the Ukraine issue

and other unspecified international situations.

In April, the two countries confirmed North Korean soldiers were fighting

alongside Russian forces to repel a Ukrainian incursion into Russia’s Kursk

border region.

The Trump administration has ended a policy that requires hospitals to

perform emergency abortions if the mother's health is in danger…even in

states where the procedure is banned.

Nineteen states have either banned or restricted (限制) abortions since Roe

v. Wade was overturned in 2022.

Toni Waterman has more.

Three unexploded U.S. bombs from World War II were defused on Wednesday in

Cologne after the German city's biggest evacuation since the end of the war.

More than 20,000 residents were evacuated from the city center earlier

Wednesday after the bombs were unearthed on Monday during preparatory

(準備性的) work for road construction.

City authorities say experts defused the bombs within about an hour.

Even 80 years after the end of the war, unexploded bombs dropped during

wartime air raids are frequently (常常) found in Germany.

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

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