The Tai-Ex opened marginally higher this morning from Friday's close, at

22,550 on turnover of 2.1 -billion N-T.

The market closed down on Friday as uncertainties over U-S tariff policies

continued to impact investor sentiment after U-S President Donald Trump said

letters will be countries specifying what "reciprocal" tariffs they will face

without an extension of a 90-day pause.

The Central Weather Administration has downgraded typhoon Danas to a tropical

storm as it continues to move away from Taiwan.

The storm is currently located some 70-kilometers north-northwest of Taipei

and moving in a north-north-easterly direction at speeds of between 10 and

16-kilometers-an-hour.

Danas now has a radius of 100-kilometers and is packing sustained wind speeds

of 90-kilometers-an-hour, with gust of up to 119-kilometers-an-hour.

Land and seas warnings are still in effect - with the land warnings currently

covering Keelung, New Taipei, Taipei, Taoyuan, Hsinchu, Miaoli and Yilan.

The weather administration is expected to lift the remaining land warnings by

noon at the earliest, while the sea warning is expected to remain in place

until this evening.

The High Speed Rail Corporation has now resumed full services, while the

Taiwan Railway Corporation will resume regular services this afternoon.

Tai-Power says some 490,000 households lost power as the storm impacted

Taiwan proper - and some 380,00 of households in are still waiting for power

supplies to resume.

Most of those effected households are in the Tainan area.

Israel’s military launched airstrikes early today targeting ports and

facilities held by Yemen’s Houthi rebels, with the rebels responding with

missile fire targeting Israel.

The attacks came after a suspected Houthi attack targeting a ship in the Red

Sea that caught fire and took on water, later forcing its crew to abandon the

vessel.

The Israeli military said it struck Houthi-held ports at Hodeida, Ras Isa and

Salif.

The Houthis then responded with an apparent missile attack on Israel.

The Israeli military said it attempted to intercept (攔截) the missile, but

it appeared to make impact, though there were no immediate reports of

injuries from the attack.

more time for talks

The U.S. is putting the pressure (壓力) on trading partners to make a new

deal before a Wednesday deadline.

AP correspondent Donna Warder reports.

Tens of thousands of revelers have packed Pamplona’s town hall square in

northern Spain to celebrate the traditional firework blast that marks the

start of the San Fermin bull-running festival.

The highlight of the nine-day festival, which started on Sunday, is the early

morning bull runs, when thousands of runners sprint to avoid six bulls

charging along a winding cobblestoned route to the city’s bullring.

The festival is not without controversy, with gorings and injuries among

runners, as well as bull fights where animals that run int he morning are

slain by professional matadors (鬥牛士) each afternoon.

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

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