The Tai-Ex opened up 104-points this morning from yesterday's close, at

25,543 on turnover of 5.8-billion N-T.

The market lost ground on Wednesday as investors locked in profits from the

previous session ahead of the conclusion of the U-S Federal Reserve's two-day

policymaking meeting.

Analysts says the downturn came as no surprise, as investor sentiment turned

cautious following a lackluster performance on Wall Street overnight.

K-M-T lawmakers are proposing creating a two-round absolute majority system

for choosing Taiwan's president in time for the 2028 election.

According lawmaker Lo Chih-chiang, the proposal has two parts ..

… one being to amend the Constitution to change the presidential election

system to an absolute majority two-round system, and the other to revise

election laws to resolve the difficulties of minority presidents.

Lo is criticizing the current relative majority (絕對多數決) system saying it

results in candidates working to split the opponent's camp and manipulating

strategic voting - making voters afraid to support their favorite candidate.

Minister Without Portfolio and former health minister Chen Shih-chung says a

government birth subsidy program will take effect on January 1 of next year.

According to Chen, the program is aimed at addressing payout discrepancies

for subsidies across government insurance programs and will provide payments

of up to 100,000 N-T.

Participants in any national insurance program will be eligible (有資格的)

for the payment for every new child they have and the program is also

expected to benefit some 7,000 people who are not covered by any government

insurance programs.

Chen says the subsidies will also cover couples undergoing artificial

fertilization procedures.

European officials have warned Iran that it needs to take specific actions to

avoid the return of United Nations sanctions over its nuclear program.

The warning Wednesday after a call between Iran, France, Germany, the United

Kingdom and the European Union's top diplomat.

Iran hasn't commented on the call.

The "snapback" process is part of Iran’s 2015 nuclear deal.

It is set to take effect at the end of September unless the U.N. Security

Council intervenes.

It would freeze Iranian assets (資產) abroad and halt arms deals, further

impacting Iran's economy.

From the US….

Police are awaiting (等待) autopsy results for Black student found hanged at

Mississippi university.

AP correspondent Haya Panjwani reports

Nigeria’s president has lifted emergency rule in Rivers State and reinstated

the local governor and lawmakers.

This decision comes after a six-month emergency rule due to a political

crisis and vandalism of oil pipelines.

President Bola Tinubu stated the emergency was necessary to prevent anarchy

(無政府狀態，混亂狀態).

The crisis began with a confrontation (衝突) between a governor and state

lawmakers, who accused him of illegal actions.

This is the first emergency declared in Nigeria in over a decade.

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

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