**Tai-Ex opening **

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

16,715 on turnover of $2.5-billion N-T.

Shares in Taiwan closed lower after coming off earlier highs as tech

heavyweights gave up their earlier gains in the wake of a lackluster

performance on the U.S. markets overnight,.

Market sentiment stayed cautious as investors anxiously waited for the

release of the U.S. August consumer price index for a better guess about the

next move the Federal Reserve will make in its monetary policy

**Taiwan military to showcase new Indian Challenger motorcycles at base **

opening

Taiwan's Military Police is scheduled to debut its newly purchased heavy

motorcycles in an upcoming military base opening event later this month.

The Military News Agency announced Wednesday that the Taipei-based 202nd

Military Police Command's Quick Response Company will showcase its new Indian

Challenger motorcycles at the Sept. 24 opening of the army base in Hukou

Township, Hsinchu County.

The MNA report said the company will hold a round of motorcycle performances

during the opening event, which is expected to be attended by tens of

thousands of civilian participants.

The 202nd Military Police Command's Quick Response Company is the only

military unit in Taiwan equipped with heavy motorcycles.

The military police said the motorcycles are highly mobile

(可動的，移動式的), explaining that a rider would be able to hold a locally

developed Kestrel anti-armor rocket and get to where they need to be much

quicker than on other military vehicles.

**NKorea: China VicePremier to Visit for Founding Anniversary **

North Korea says a Chinese delegation led by Vice-Premier Liu Guozhong will

visit the country to help celebrate the North's 75th founding anniversary,

which is on Saturday.

The report in state media today didn't say how the Chinese delegation would

be participating in the anniversary events or say if the delegates would meet

with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

The report came amid speculation (猜測) that Kim will visit Russia soon for a

meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Such a meeting could involve discussions of North Korean arms sales to refill

Russian reserves drained by its war on Ukraine.

**Trump trial in Georgia **

The judge overseeing the Georgia case that accuses former President Donald

Trump and others of illegally trying to overturn (翻倒) the 2020 election in

the state… has denied requests by two of the 19 defendants to be tried

alone,

Prosecutors say the trial would take four months and include approximately

150 witnesses.

Ed Donahue reports.

**Mexico Removes Federal Penalties for Abortion **

Mexico’s Supreme Court has thrown out all federal criminal penalties for

abortion.

The sweeping ruling issued Wednesday declared that national laws prohibiting

the procedure are unconstitutional and violate women’s rights.

The high court ordered that abortion be removed from the federal penal code

(刑法).

The decision will require the federal public health service and all federal

health institutions to offer abortion to anyone who requests it.

Some 20 Mexican states, however, still criminalize abortion.

While judges in those states will have to abide by the court's decision,

further legal work will be required to remove all penalties.

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