The Tai-Ex opened up 10-points this morning from Friday's close, at 23,042 on

turnover of 4.4-billion N-T.

The market moved higher on Friday as the main board jumped over technical

hurdles ahead of the 23,000 point mark by the end of the session.

Both Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing and Hon Hai made solid gains and

served as an anchor for the broader market.

Taiwanese singer and activist Panai Kusui says China's censoring of her

remarks about the Tiananmen Square Massacre in 1989 at the Golden Melody

Awards ceremony has highlighted Taiwan's value.

Speaking after the 35th Golden Melody Awards ceremony at the Taipei Arena,

Panai told reports that the "value of freedom can be felt at this moment -

and she "hopes everyone will cherish what we have now."

Panai's agent also cited her as saying that China's "actions further

underscored (強調) the precious freedom in Taiwan."

The Indigenous singer won the Best Taiwanese Album category for "Ia-Po."

The Central Weather Administration says it recorded a temperature of

41-degree in Taitung on Sunday.

That was the hottest in Taiwan so far this year.

The high temperature was recorded in Tai-Ma-Li Township at 1:35PM.

According to the weather administration, the high temperature was driven by

the occurrence of foehn winds in the county.

Similar heat also affected northern and central parts of the island - with

Taipei recording a high of 39.1-degrees and a high of 37.3-degrees being

recorded in Yunlin County.

The weather administration's forecast center says the current heat wave due

to foehn winds will last until tomorrow, when the wind direction will change

to mostly southeasterly winds and the foehn winds in the southeast will

weaken.

The US Supreme Court is expected to give its ruling on Monday on the case

concerning Donald Trump's claims of presidential immunity (主權豁免).

The former US President faces four charges related to attempts to subvert

(顛覆) the results of the 2020 election.

Our Washington Correspondent Jagruti Dave has the details

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte has urged his country to support Ukraine and

international cooperation in his final address to his compatriots.

The 57-year-old Rutte said from his office in The Hague that it is "crucial"

that the Netherlands "is embedded in the European Union and NATO", and said

the countries are stronger together than alone.

His farewell speech on Sunday came as a new government is set to take over

the Netherlands on Tuesday.

Rutte, who led the country for 14 years, will take over as NATO’s new

secretary-general later this year.

The new Dutch government has pledged (保證) to maintain assistance for

Ukraine.

But far-right populist Geert Wilders whose party won last year’s election

has expressed pro-Russia views and Kremlin backers cheered his victory at the

polls.

That was the I.C.R.T. news,

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