The Tai-Ex opened down 295-points this morning from Friday's close, at 21,750

on turnover of 4.4-billion N-T.

The market rose on Friday, after crude oil prices have rebounded, but

investors remain wary about whether the U-S will launch an attack on Iran

within the next two weeks.

C-S-B-C is refuting reports that have been appearing on the internet claiming

its Narwhal indigenous submarine prototype showed signs of hull deformation

during its initial sea trials last week.

The shipbuilder says protrusion on the port side of the bow of the Narwhal,

houses the submarine's passive ranging sonar system, and was not a

deformation as has been alleged by some internet users.

According to C-S-B-C, the sonar dome protects the sonar system, and the

protrusion (凸起) is due to the installation of high-precision electronic

sonar components inside the dome.

Reports say the posts on the internet are believed to be part Beijing's

campaign to spread military disinformation targeting Taiwan.

And,

First-time competitor Lee Guang-hsin slashed 23-minutes off the men's

5,000-meter record to claim victory in the 23rd Cross Penghu Bay Swim's

marquee (大牌的) race.

Lee led from start to finish, completing the crossing from Da-Guo-Ye Columnar

Basalt on Xiyu Island to Guanyin Temple on Penghu's main island in 1-hour,

17-minutes and 51-seconds.

Organizers say more than 2,300 took to the water for the two-day multisport

festival - which began on Saturday with 600 amateur swimmers braving changing

currents and jellyfish to make the 500-meter crossing of Penghu Bay.

A suicide bomber has killed at least 20 in a Greek Orthodox church in Syria

AP correspondent Donna Warder reports

Turkish state media say authorities have formally arrested a prominent

journalist on Sunday for allegedly "threatening" President Recep Tayyip

Erdogan online.

The detention of Fatih Altayli, whose daily commentaries on YouTube attract

hundreds of thousands of viewers, comes amid a widespread crackdown on the

opposition.

State-run Anadolu Agency said he was questioned after his detention late

Saturday over a comment he made following a recent poll that showed more than

70% of the public opposed (反對) a lifetime presidency for Erdogan, who has

been in power for more than two decades.

Local media says Altayli denied the accusation during police questioning.

Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez says that Spain reached a deal with NATO to be

excluded from a 5% of GDP defense spending target.

The deal was reached days before the military alliance’s leaders will gather

at a summit in The Hague.

Sanchez said that Spain would be able to keep its commitments to the

32-nation military alliance by spending 2.1% of GDP on defense needs.

In letters exchanged on Sunday between NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte and

Sanchez, Spain was granted the exemption (免除，豁免) and the language around

the 5% spending target was adjusted (調整) to no longer include all 32

allies.

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

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