The Tai-Ex opened up 135-points this morning from yesterday's close, at

24,235 on turnover of $8.1-billion N-T.

Shares in Taiwan closed moderately higher Wednesday as large-cap tech stocks

stayed resilient, helping the broader market recoup earlier losses and shrug

off overnight declines on Wall Street following a spike in U.S. Treasury

yields.

But analysts say the local index still stayed in consolidation, with turnover

reduced as investors await more economic data for clues about how the U.S.

Federal Reserve will implement a rate cut cycle.

The Tourism Administration says, total visitors to Taiwan in the first half

of the year saw a 10% increase from the same period last year.

Most visitors to Taiwan are Japanese people, with over 680,000 Japanese

tourists coming to Taiwan in this period, accounting for (佔有、構成) over

16% of all visitors.

Visitors from Hong Kong and Macau make up nearly 15%, while about 13% are

from South Korea.

Next up, about 9% are from the US, 7% from the Philippines, and 7% from

China.

In June, Taiwan received over 606,000 visitors, marking a 6% rise from in

2024.

In particular Japanese visitors in june increased by 22%, while Chinese

visitors increased by nearly 50%…

many of whom came through the Mini Three Links connecting Kinmen and Matsu.

The Administration says, it's holding overseas campaigns to boost visitors

numbers in the fourth quarter of the year, which is usually the peak season

for travelers to visit Taiwan.

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Portuguese emergency services say an electric streetcar that is one of

Lisbon’s big tourist attractions has derailed, killing 15 people and

injuring 18 others.

Emergency response officials said five of the injured are in serious

condition and a child is among the injured.

It said an unknown number of the injured are foreigners.

The yellow-and-white streetcar, which goes up and down a steep downtown hill

in tandem with (與……同時) one going the opposite way, was lying on its side

on the narrow road after Wednesday's accident.

Eyewitnesses said the streetcar careened down the hill, apparently out of

control.

The City Council suspended operations of other streetcars in Lisbon and

ordered immediate inspections.

More than 1,000 current and former employees of the US Department of Health

and Human Services are demanding the resignation (辭職) of Secretary Robert

F. Kennedy Jr.

In a letter they claim RFK Jr's leadership has "put the health of all

Americans at risk,".

Kate fisher reports from Washington

An Argentine federal court has announced the recovery of the long-lost

“Portrait of a Lady,” an 18th-century painting by Giuseppe Ghislandi.

The Nazis looted the artwork during World War II.

The painting, not seen publicly for 80 years, surfaced in an online real

estate listing last month.

Dutch journalists discovered it while investigating Friedrich Kadgien, the

Nazi officer accused of stealing it.

Authorities have detained Kadgien's daughter and her husband on charges of

concealment (隱瞞) and obstruction of justice.

The painting is now stored in a special chamber to prevent damage.

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

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