The Tai-Ex opened up 177-points this morning from yesterday's close, at

25,032 on turnover of 15-billion N-T.

The market closed at yet another record high on Tuesday, as investors took

cues from gains posted by the tech-heavy Nasdaq overnight to buy large-cap

electronics stocks.

The Taipei District Prosecutors' Office is appealing a decision by the Taipei

District Court to release Taiwan People's Party founder and former chairman

Ko Wen-je on bail, pending his trial on corruption charges.

Ko was released from the Taipei Detention Center on Monday on bail of

70-million N-T.

He is required to wear an ankle monitor, banned from leaving his residence

and prohibited from contacting codefendants or witnesses in the case.

According to the prosecutors' office, it's appealed (上訴) Ko's release as it

has arranged to question several witnesses in October.

And prosecutors are arguing that a defendant should be detained until witness

questioning is complete.

The Taipei City Government says it will begin removing the Gongguan

roundabout (圓環) and filling in the bus underpass (地下道) on September 13

as scheduled.

The statement comes as civic groups are planning a protest on Friday they

hope will stop the city from beginning work to demolish the roundabout and

bus underpass

City transportation officials says the project is expected to be completed in

late November.

When completed it will replace the roundabout at Roosevelt and Keelung roads

and its three lanes with a standard four-way junction controlled by traffic

lights.

global uncertainty

The European Commission leader Ursula von der Leyen is preparing for her

annual setpiece (具有強烈效果的片斷，事先佈置好的戰術) speech, which comes at

a time of global uncertainty, and political instability in France.

The speech is usually an hour-long address to mark the start of the new

policy agenda after the summer vacation.

Ross Cullen reports.

French President Emmanuel Macron has appointed Defense Minister Sebastien

Lecornu as France’s new prime minister.

The 39-year-old Lecornu is the youngest defense minister in French history.

A former conservative who joined Macron’s centrist movement in 2017, he has

held posts on local authorities, overseas territories and during Macron’s

yellow vest “great debate,” where he managed mass anger with dialogue

(對話).

Macron's quick decision to name Lecornu comes ahead of a day of mass

disruption planned today by a protest movement called ‘’Block Everything''

that prompted the government to deploy (調動) an exceptional 80-thousand

police to keep order.

Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency have signed an agreement in

Cairo to open the way for resuming cooperation, including on ways of resuming

inspections of Iran’s nuclear facilities.

Egypt's foreign minister met Tuesday with his Iranian counterpart.

They discussed developments involving Iran’s nuclear capabilities.

The meeting came at a sensitive time as France, Germany and the United

Kingdom on Aug. 28 began the process of reimposing (重行) sanctions on Iran.

Iran’s president had signed a law July 2 suspending all cooperation with the

U.N. nuclear watchdog.

It followed Israel's 12-day war on Iran in June, during which Israel and the

U.S. struck Iranian nuclear sites.

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

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