The Tai-Ex opened up 44-points this morning from yesterday's close, at 22,757

on turnover of $4.5-billion N-T.

The Ministry of Digital Affairs says it will officially place Threads under

its anti-fraud regulatory framework from September 15.

According to the ministry, the text-based social media app is being included

under regulatory management as it has a growing number of users in Taiwan and

poses the risk of it being used to publish fraudulent advertisements.

It's the seventh online advertising platform to have regulated under the

Fraud Crime Hazard Prevention Act - which went into effect in July of last

year.

The Act was introduced as part of efforts to push major online platform

operators Meta, Line, Instagram, TikTok, Youtube, and Google to implement

stronger anti-fraud measures.

The law requires platforms to verify (核實) advertisers, develop anti-fraud

strategies, and promptly remove fraudulent content upon request.

They must also publish transparency reports detailing their efforts at

combating online fraud.

Taiwan freediver Zhan Kai-xiang has won three gold medals and broken two

Asian records at the 34th AIDA Freediving Pool World Championship in

Wakayama.

Zhan won gold in the Dynamic With Fins and Dynamic Without Fins events -

swimming 300-meters with fins and 240-meters without, both in a single

breath.

His 300-meter swim also set a new Taiwan national record.

He also won silver in the Dynamic With Bifins event, covering 270-meters in

one breath, and set another national record in the Static Apnea by holding

his breath for 8-minutes and 41-seconds.

Zhan was crowned the overall men's champion.

It was his third gold medal at the AIDA competition (競賽).

South Korea’s military says an unidentified North Korean man crossed the

heavily fortified land border separating the two Koreas and is in custody.

The South’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said today that the military identified

and tracked the individual near the military demarcation line and conducted

(實施) a guiding operation to take the person into custody.

It said authorities plan to investigate the border crossing and did not

immediately say whether they view the incident as a defection attempt.

The Joint Chiefs said it wasn’t immediately detecting any signs of unusual

military activity by the North.

US President Donald Trump and Russia's leader Vladimir Putin have had "a

detailed discussion" about the war in Ukraine and Iran in an almost hour-long

phone call according to (據…所說) the Kremlin.

Ukraine's President Volodomyr Zelensky is also planning to speak to Mr Trump

as soon as Friday, after Washington announced it would stop sending some

weapons to Kyiv.

Jagruti Dave reports from Washington.

Ethiopia’s prime minister says the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on the

Nile has been completed.

Egypt has long opposed (反對) the dam as a potential threat to its water

supply.

Egypt relies almost entirely on the Nile for agriculture and its population

of over 100 million.

Ethiopia disputes these concerns and plans to officially inaugurate (發動)

the dam soon.

On Thursday, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said Ethiopia's growth would not come

at the expense of Egypt and Sudan.

The dam, on the Blue Nile near the Sudan border, already generates power and

ultimately (最終) is expected to double Ethiopia's electricity output.

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

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