The Tai-Ex opened down 155-points this morning from yesterday's close, at

23,744 on turnover of 10--billion N-T.

The market closed slightly higher on Tuesday, as the electronics sector

continued to make solid gains on the back of a record high posted by the

tech-heavy Nasdaq overnight.

Despite the gains, market sentiment still saw some volatility (易變)

following recent strong rallies, as investors await the conclusion of

congressional testimony by U-S Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell.

The Taoyuan District Court has refused to revoke Cheng Wen-tsan's bail after

rejecting (拒絕) a detention request from prosecutors investigating

allegations of corruption against the former vice premier.

Cheng was released on bail of 5-million N-T this past weekend.

However, the High Court ordered the district court to review that ruling

after prosecutors lodged an appeal.

The Taoyuan District Court has now released Cheng for a second time - but his

bail has been increased to 12-million N-T.

The court has also imposed an exit ban and limits on Cheng's movements.

President Lai Ching-te has presented the official flag to Taiwan's Olympic

team at a ceremony in Kaohsiung.

Speaking at the National Sports Training Center, Lai congratulated the 60

athletes on earning tickets to the Olympics - saying that was the result of

their tireless (不知疲倦的) training.

Lai emphasized the government's commitment to supporting Taiwanese athletes

as they pursue their achievements and said that support provided for the

national team in Paris will be "more extensive" than ever before.

The team for Paris consists of 26 male and 34 female athletes who will be

participating in 49 events in 16 sports categories.

In international news,

Moscow is claiming that it wasn't responsible for (是…的原由) an attack on

a children's hospital in Kyiv.

Jody Jacobs reports from the United Nations in New York.

The Vatican says its doctrine office will be preparing a document on women in

leadership roles in the Catholic Church.

The move is part of a new initiative to respond to longstanding demands by

women to have a greater say in the church's life.

The document will be written by the Dicastery of the Doctrine of the Faith as

its contribution (貢獻) to Pope Francis' big church reform process.

The process is entering its second main phase with a meeting of bishops in

October.

The Vatican announced the details of the doctrinal document shortly after a

press conference on the preparatory work for the October meeting ended.

And finally,

Europe's newest rocket has been launched into orbit successfully on its maiden

flight.

The Ariane-6 was launched from French Guiana on a demonstration mission to

put a clutch of satellites in orbit.

The rocket was developed at a cost of 4-billion euros and is intended to be a

workhorse (工作重的，負荷重的) rocket that gives European governments and

companies access to space independently from the rest of the world.

It already has a backlog of launch contracts, but there are worries its

design could limit future prospects.

Like its predecessor, the new model is expendable and a new rocket is needed

for every mission.

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

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