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

21,952 on turnover of $6.9-billion N-T.

Shares in Taiwan closed slightly higher Tuesday following a reduced turnover

amid caution ahead of key U.S. economic data due out later this week.

Because of the lower turnover, many large-cap tech stocks fell into

consolidation mode throughout the session.

iPhone assembler Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. attracted bargain hunters

which helped boost the broader market.

Premier Cho Jung-tai announced that Taiwan's government has decided to

recognize the bronze medal won by Taiwanese boxer Lin Yu-ting at the 2023

World Boxing Championships, despite her later disqualification by the

International Boxing Association.

Cho made the announcement in a media interview, saying he has instructed the

Ministry of Education to work out a plan to present a National Glory Medal

and prize money of $900-thousand NT to Lin, in recognition of her outstanding

performance in international competitions.

The Cabinet says Taiwan experts and medical authorities have already verified

(核實) Lin's eligibility, and the International Olympic Committee allowed her

to compete in the 2024 Paris Games, with the IOC and its President Thomas

Bach repeatedly backed her eligibility to compete in the women's event.

The Cabinet says this shows that Lin's disqualification at the 2023 World

Championships was illegitimate.

Deputy Education Minister Chang Liao Wan-Chien also announced that Lin will

be appointed an anti-bullying Public Welfare Ambassador.

A team of United Nations investigators warns that war crimes committed by

Myanmar's military government has escalated (加劇、惡化) at an alarming rate.

In the past six months the UN estimates that over three million people have

been forced to flee their homes.

East Asia correspondent William Denselow reports.

The Russian Defense Ministry says its forces have checked an effort by

Kyiv’s troops to expand a stunning weeklong incursion into Russia’s Kursk

region.

A Ukrainian Foreign Ministry official said Tuesday that Kyiv has no intention

of occupying Russian territory in the operation that has been shrouded in

(籠罩在) secrecy.

The Russian Defense Ministry said army units, fresh reserves, army aircraft,

drone teams and artillery forces stopped Ukrainian armored mobile groups from

moving deeper into Russia.

A Ukrainian Foreign Ministry spokesperson said the cross-border operation was

aimed at protecting Ukrainian land from long-range strikes launched from

Kursk.

He said that Ukraine isn't interested in taking the territory of the Kursk

region.

Workers arriving at the London Zoo were surprised to discover an unexpected

exhibit that suggested the animals were being set free.

A mural by elusive street artist Banksy showed a gorilla holding up the

entrance gate as birds took flight and a sea lion waddled away.

Three sets of eyes peered out (向外看) from the darkness inside.

The painting may explain why Bansky-created creatures, including a mountain

goat perched on a building and a rhinoceros mounting a car, have been showing

up around London for nine straight days.

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