The Tai-Ex opened up 130-points this morning from yesterday's close, at

23,009 on turnover of 4.4-billion N-T.

The market lost almost 180-points as investors rushed to lock-in gains in the

bellwether electronics sector.

Hon Hai led the downturn in the electronics sector, falling by 2.85-per cent,

as its share price failed to return to its prior ex-dividend level.

While Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing also moved lower, as it saw profit

taking following recent solid gains on the back of investor interest in

artificial intelligence development-related stocks.

The Ministry of Environment says it expects sales of domestic carbon credits

on the Taiwan Carbon Solution Exchange to begin by late September or early

October.

The statement comes after the exchange listed its first green carbon project

earlier this week.

That project was a reforestation initiative in eastern Paraguay and carbon

credits for the project are now available for purchase.

The government has also now publicly released the regulations on the trade

and transfer of domestic carbon credits from voluntary (自主性) emission

reduction projects - which are set to be introduced on August 15.

The Centers for Disease says a total of 932 new COVID-19 cases with

complications (併發症) were reported last week - and that's the highest

weekly level for this year.

According to the C-D-C, the number of confirmed local cases reported between

June 25 and July 1 was up 14-per cent from the previous week.

Data shows there were approximately 100,000 COVID-19-related visits to

emergency and outpatient departments made last week.

The C-D-C says the pandemic will continue to rise and weekly visits to

emergency rooms for COVID-19-related illnesses are expected peak in mid-July

at 120,000 before subsequently declining slowly.

Locals in Japan’s Okinawa region are protesting two cases of alleged sexual

assault (性侵害) by US military personnel.

The Pentagon says it’s closely tracking the cases which have fueled local

anger.

Chris Gilbert reports from Tokyo.

A 13-year-old Southern white rhinoceros has delivered a newborn calf in a

rare zoo birth for the almost endangered species.

The arrival of the male calf, named Silverio, just over a week ago was the

third time that a white rhino had ever been born in South America.

The zoo in Chile’s capital of Santiago presented Silverio to the public on

Tuesday as he took his first steps after 12 days of medical care in

confinement (限、禁閉).

The zoo hailed his birth as a “big achievement” for efforts to conserve the

threatened species.

Southern white rhinos, have been classified as “nearly endangered”, and

there are just over 10-thousand individuals left in the world, the vast

majority of them in zoos.

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