The Tai-Ex opened down 68-points this morning from Friday's close, at 23,314

on turnover of 5.3-billion N-T.

The market gained solid ground on relativily strong turnover on Friday, after

Wall Street rose to more records overnight following better than-expected

updates on America's economy and a mixed set of profit reports from several

leading U-S companies.

Police in Taipei say they're investigating incidents of eggs being thrown at

the D-P-P headquarters building.

Eggs were reportedly thrown at the building on Beiping East Road during an

anti-recall rally organized by the Taiwan People's Party.

Speaking at the event, T-P-P Chairman, Huang Kuo-chang called on voters to

turn out (出席) in support of five of the K-M-T candidates facing recalls

this coming Saturday.

The event was attended by all eight members of the T-P-P legislative caucus

and the five Taipei K-M-T lawmakers being targeted by the recall.

Taiwan's new representative to Thailand, Peter Lan has arrived in Bangkok to

take up his post.

Lan and his wife were greeted by his deputy and staff at the Taipei Economic

and Cultural Office in Thailand, as well as Taiwanese businesspeople and

expats on their arrival at Bangkok's main international airport.

Speaking briefly there, Lan said he plans to promote (推動) cooperation and

build connections between Taiwan and Thailand in trade, technology,

education, labor and culture.

Lan arrived in Thailand after serving as the head of the foreign ministry's

Department of East Asian and Pacific Affairs since July of 2023.

Indonesian rescuers evacuating people from a passenger ferry that caught fire

at sea say more than 560 were rescued and three died.

The ferry was making a regular half-day journey to Manado, the capital of

North Sulawesi province, from a port in the same province Sunday when the

fire started about midday.

Rescue crews pulled many people from the sea, and local fishermen also saved

some survivors (倖存者) as they were drifting in the choppy waters.

Authorities previously said five people died, but revised it to three Monday

after two passengers initially reported as dead were saved in a hospital.

ex-prosecutors say

A former prosecutor says a request to unseal the Epstein grand jury

transcripts (文字記錄) are likely to disappoint.

AP correspondent Julie Walker reports

Decontaminated but slightly radioactive soil from Fukushima has been

delivered to the Japanese prime minister’s office to be reused in an effort

to showcase its safety.

Officials say the soil meets safety standards set by the Environment Ministry

and the International Atomic Energy Agency.

It will be covered with topsoil in a lawn garden to keep radiation levels

negligible and monitored regularly.

Saturday's delivery marks the first reuse of such soil outside Fukushima

experiments (實驗).

The government hopes this move will reassure the public of its safety as it

seeks to reduce the massive volume of contaminated soil stored near the

nuclear plant.

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

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