The Tai-Ex opened up 119-points this morning from yesterday's close, at

23,498 on turnover of 5.7-billion N-T.

The market lost ground on Monday as selling was triggered by a decline on

Wall Street at the end of last week.

And analysts say U-S indexes dictated the local main board yesterday as it

came under heavy pressure in a knee-jerk reaction to Friday's losses and U-S

tariff announcements.

The governor of Alaska says Taiwan is close to finalizing a deal to purchase

6-million tons of liquefied natural gas from the U-S state.

According to Mike Dunleavy, when completed, it will mark the largest such

sale in Alaska's history.

The purchase will reportedly account for about 30-per cent of the Alaska

L-N-G Project's planned annual output of 20-million tons.

The government has not commented on Dunleavy's remarks.

However, C-P-C says no information is available on the purchase volume or

total cost of the deal as it's still waiting for the finalized (敲定) details

from the seller.

According to the Energy Administration, the U-S currently supplies 10-per

cent of Taiwan's L-N-G, making it the country's third-largest source after

Australia and Qatar.

The Central Emergency Operation Center has increased the death toll due to

the torrential rains that have battered much of the south since July 28 to

five.

The center says a total of 78 rain related injuries have been reported and

three people remain missing.

According to the Central Weather Administration, it recorded accumulated

rainfall of 292-centimeters in Kaohsiung's Maolin District and

236-centimeters in Pingtung's Wutai Township between 12AM on July 28 and 4PM

yesterday.

The Ministry of Agriculture is reporting estimated agricultural losses of

260-million N-T.

Premier Cho Jung-tai says the Cabinet is set to pass a special bill with more

than 30-billion N-T earmarked for rebuilding in the aftermath of Typhoon

Danas.

India's foreign ministry has described US President Trump's declaration that

he would "substantially" raise tariffs on imports from India, as "unjustified

and unreasonable."

President Trump claimed that India is profiting (獲利) by reselling cheap

Russian oil on the open market.

Kate Fisher reports from Washington

A zoo in Denmark is asking for people to donate small pets as food for its

predators.

The Aalborg Zoo says it is trying to mimic the natural food chain of the

animals housed there and offers assurances the pets will be “gently

euthanized” by trained staff.

The zoo in northern Denmark explained in a Facebook post that “if you have a

healthy animal that needs to be given away for various (各種各樣的) reasons,

feel free to donate it to us.”

The zoo points to guinea pigs, rabbits and chickens as possible donations.

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

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