The Tai-Ex opened up 204-points this morning from yesterday's close, at

22,246 on turnover of $6.6-billion N-T.

The market gained more than 360 points on Thursday to close above the 22,000

point mark as investors reacted positively to moves by the U-S Federal

Reserve to cut interest rates for the first time in four years.

Investors rushed to pick up large-cap stocks across the board, led by the

bellwether electronics sector, which managed to rebound from a wobbly

(變來變去的) start to the trading day.

The Cabinet has passed an amendment to the Amusement Tax Act.

The move will reduce tax rates on most entertainment activities by at least

half, with the exception of (除了) golf.

Amusement taxes are levied on tickets sold or fees charged by amusement

facilities or activities and collected by local governments.

The Ministry of Finance says the amendments are aimed at assisting local

governments to develop local cultural events and competitions, boost regional

economic development and retain financial autonomy.

European Union and Chinese trade representatives have agreed to intensify

(強化) efforts to resolve a dispute over electric vehicles.

The EU has imposed tariffs of up to 35 percent on electric vehicle's from

China accusing Beijing of imposing unfair subsidies and flooding the European

market.

William Denselow reports from Brussels.

The African health agency says that Rwanda has started a vaccination campaign

against mpox with 1,000 doses it obtained from Nigeria.

The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention says vaccination

started Tuesday targeting seven districts with high-risk populations who

neighbor Congo.

Congo has been at the epicenter (震央) of an outbreak on the African

continent, where nearly 3-thousand new mpox cases and 14 new deaths have been

recorded in the last week.

This brings the total number of cases to over 6-thousand, with 738 deaths

since the beginning of the year.

A ceremony at the Canadian Embassy in Rome has marked the successful recovery

of a stolen photo portrait of Winston Churchill, known as “The Roaring

Lion,” after a two-year search.

Italy's police handed over the portrait to the Canadian ambassador to Italy,

who praised the cooperation between Italian and Canadian investigators that

led to the recovery.

The 1941 portrait of the British leader was taken by Ottawa photographer

Yousuf Karsh.

Canadian police say it was stolen from the Fairmont Chateau Laurier hotel in

Ottawa sometime between Christmas 2021 and Jan. 2022, and replaced with a

forgery (偽造品).

The original was found to have been sold at auction and the Italian buyer has

returned it.

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