The Tai-Ex opened down 107-points this morning from yesterday's close, at

22,362 on turnover of 5.1-billion N-T.

The market closed higher on Wednesday, as it broke through stiff technical

resistance ahead of the 240-day moving average of 22,300 points.

That came on the back of extended gains for Taiwan Semiconductor

Manufacturing and amid investor optimism over US-China trade talks.

Former President Ma Ying-jeou is slated to attend the 17th Straits Forum in

the Chinese city of Xiamen early next week.

According to the Ma Ying-jeou Foundation, he will be leading a group of

students from the Da Jiu Academy to the event as part of a two-week trip to

China.

Foundation C-E-O Xiao Xu-cen says after attending (出席) the forum, Ma and

the students will travel to Gansu Province for a series of cultural

activities and to learn about the Silk Road.

Xiao says the visit is aimed at reducing hostility (敵意) across the Taiwan

Strait by showing people on both sides the willingness of young people to

engage and interact with each other.

The Central Weather Administration says it's monitoring a tropical depression

that formed yesterday evening east of the Philippines.

It's currently located some 500-kilometers southeast of Eluanbi at the

island's southernmost tip and moving in a north-northwesterly direction at

33-kilometers-an-hour.

The weather administration says the weather pattern is moving towards Taiwan.

It's forecast to bring thunderstorms or heavy rain to much of the island.

A weather front brings rain, snow, and now deadly flooding to South Africa.

The AP's Jennifer King reports.

Kosovo says it has agreed to a request from the United States to temporarily

accept up to 50 third-country migrants a year.

The Balkan country’s government said “over the course of a year, up to

fifty individuals may be temporarily relocated, with the aim of facilitating

(促進) their safe return to their home country."

Immediately upon returning to office in January, President Donald Trump

started plans for mass deportation to make good on campaign promises to crack

down on illegal immigration.

It was not clear when Washington made the request or whether it made similar

(相似的) requests to other countries in the region.

Japan’s Princess Kako of Akishino, a niece of Emperor Naruhito, was welcomed

by Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva at a private ceremony.

The younger daughter of Crown Prince Fumihito and Crown Princess Kiko is at

the tail end of her 11-day trip to the South American nation.

The princess also spoke before lawmakers at Congress, and thanked Brazilians

for hosting (當宿主) Japanese immigants for more than a century.

Her trip also marks the 130th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the

two countries.

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

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