**Tai-Ex opening **

The Tai-Ex opened down 10 -points this morning from yesterday's close, at

17,130 on turnover of 4-billion N-T.

The market extended its gains from a session earlier on Tuesday - as

investor interest remained focused on artificial intelligence-related stocks

after tech stocks led Wall Street earlier this week.

Although the local main board has fallen into consolidation (合併) mode,

analysts says artificial intelligence server suppliers remain the target of

investor interest, as the sector continues to dominate the trading floor.

**CDC Reports First Severe Dengue Fever Cases in 3 Years **

The Centers for Disease Control is reporting the island's first domestic

severe (嚴重) cases of dengue fever in three years.

According to health authorities, four of the 101 cases reported between June

27 and July 3 have been classed as severe.

All of the severe cases involve people living in Tainan, where a majority of

this year's cases have been recorded.

The C-D-C says 241 cases of the mosquito-borne disease have been reported so

far this year.

Of that total, 53 are imported, and some 188 other cases are domestic

infections, with 177 of them being reported in Tainan.

**Army Conducts Stinger Missile Firing Drill **

The Army's precision weapon live-fire exercise is on-going in Pingtung - with

troops on Tuesday firing Stinger surface-to-air missiles.

The drills include troops from the 11 Army units, including the 21st

Artillery Command, the Kinmen and Penghu defense commands and the Marine

Corps Air Defense Garrison Group.

Defense officials say the precision weapon live-fire exercise is aimed at

test the military's asymmetrical warfare (不對稱作戰) capabilities.

The military earlier this week tested fired Sky Horse surface-to-surface

missiles, the Thunderbolt 2000 multi-tube rocket system and Sky Bow

surface-to-air missiles as part of the "Mighty Bow" exercise.

**Tel Aviv Car Attack Leaves Injured **

Seven people have been injured, three seriously, after a car-ramming and

stabbing attack in Tel Aviv.

The attack happened as Israeli forces entered the second day of the ongoing

raid in Jenin in the occupied West Bank, which has drawn condemnation (譴責)

from the United Nations and Washington.

Ten people have died, including 3 children, and 120 have been injured.

Mia Alberti has more.

**Netherlands Luxembourg Leaders Call for Ties Btwn KosovoSerbia **

The leaders of the Netherlands and Luxembourg say normalizing ties between

Kosovo and Serbia would serve not only regional peace and stability but also

their prospects of further integration into the European Union.

Prime Ministers Mark Rutte of the Netherlands and Xavier Bettel of Luxembourg

on Tuesday were on a trip to Pristina after visiting Belgrade on Monday.

They called on Pristina and Belgrade to de-escalate recent tensions that have

threatened to push the Balkan region into instability (不穩定) as Europe

faces Russia’s aggression in Ukraine.

Pristina and Belgrade were also told to re-engage in EU-facilitated dialogue.

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