**Tai-Ex opening **

The Tai-Ex opened up 127-points this morning from last Thursday's close, at

14,711 on turnover of 3.5-billion N-T.

The market gained ground on Thursday ahead of the Mid-Autumn Festival holiday

three-day weekend - closing up 173-points as investor optimism got a boost

from a rally on Wall Street, as it was on track to break a three-week losing

streak.

**Typhoon Muifa 10AM **

The Central Weather Bureau says the periphery of Typhoon Muifa will bring

heavy rain to the north and center today, as its passes the island.

New Taipei and Taoyuan could see "extremely heavy rain," while "heavy

rainfall" is expected in Taipei, Taichung, Keelung, Yilan, Hsinchu County,

Miaoli, and Nantou.

The weather bureau says the storm is not forecast to make landfall here and

will be closest to the island today and tomorrow.

Muifa is currently located some 300-kilometers south-southeast of Taipei and

is moving in a northerly direction at 7-kilometers-an-hour.

Muifa is forecast to have moved away from Taiwan tomorrow evening at the

earliest, as it moves into the East China Sea to threaten (威脅) the Shanghai

area.

**Tsai Lauds U18 Women's Basketball Team **

President Tsai-Ing-wen is lauding the performance of Taiwan's Under 18

women's basketball team for its performance at the Asian Youth Women's

Basketball Tournament in India.

Writing on her Facebook page, Tsai described the team's performance as

"brilliant (傑出的)" -- saying although they failed to beat Australia and

Japan, she believes the squad will do better next year at the under 19 Youth

Women's World Cup next year.

Tsai went on to say the team is the "pride of Taiwan."

Taiwan finished second in Group B with a 2-1 record, and beat New Zealand

77-67 in the semifinal match.

However, they lost 70-61 to Australia in the semi-final.

**US Marks 9/11 **

Events are taking place across the United States marking the 21st anniversary

of the attack on 9/11.

William Denselow has more from New York.

**Mexico Fireworks Explosion Leaves Dead and Injured **

One person is dead and 39 are injured after a stray fireworks explosion at a

town festival just west of Mexico City.

The township of Tianguistenco said Sunday the blast occurred late Saturday

during an annual village celebration.

The municipal government said at least five people were in serious condition,

and seven others were still hospitalized.

The remaining 27 people injured in the blast were treated (治療) and

released.

**Sweden Election Votes Counting **

An exit poll projected that Sweden's ruling left-wing Social Democrats have

won the most votes in a general election while a right-wing populist party

had its best showing yet.

The exit poll published by Swedish public broadcaster SVT projected (預計)

that the left had a slight edge over the right, with 176 seats to 173.

The center-left Social Democrats are Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson's

party.

There are eight parties running to win seats in Sweden's 349-seat parliament.

The final outcome will only be known once votes are counted.

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