The Tai-Ex opened up 240-points this morning from yesterday's close, at

26,121 on turnover of 9.8-billion N-T.

The market closed at another record high on Monday, rising more than 300

points, as Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing hit a record high on the back

of ample (充足) liquidity.

The Central Weather Administration has lifted its land warning for Super

Typhoon Ragasa.

The weather administration is expected to lift its sea warning this evening

at the earliest.

Ragasa is continuing to move in a westerly direction into the South China Sea.

However, rain advisories remain in effect for much of the island.

Extremely torrential rain warnings have been issued for mountainous areas of

Hualien and Taitung.

Torrential rain alerts are in effect for lowlying areas of Hualien and

Taitung as well as for mountainous areas (多山，山區) of Kaohsiung and

Pingtung.

While extremely heavy rain alerts are in effect for all of Yilan, lowlying

areas of Pingtung as well as for mountainous areas of New Taipei, Taoyuan,

Taichung and Nantou.

All of those rain advisories are currently expected to be be effect through

tonight.

The Taipei City Government has announced that this week's Taipei-Shanghai

City Forum will not take place as scheduled due to "unresolved details."

According to the city government, both sides have agreed that the annual

forum should be well-prepared rather than rushed.

City Hall is still working on two memoranda of understanding with the central

government and its Shanghai counterpart.

Deputy Mayor Lin Yi-hua says the city government sent those M-O-Us to the

central government about a month ago to comply (遵守) with regulations.

One is still awaiting approval from several agencies, while details of the

other are still under negotiation.

Fighting between the Congolese army and the M23 rebels erupted in the east of

the Democratic Republic of Congo over the weekend leaving a trail of death

and destruction.

Chris Ocamringa has more from Kinshasa…

Pro-democracy activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah was released from prison after

being granted a presidential pardon.

He and five other prisoners had been pardoned Monday after the National

Council for Human Rights acted on behalf of their families and urged

President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi to consider (考慮) the prisoners’ situation

on humanitarian grounds.

His campaign said el-Fattah was released after being imprisoned almost all of

the past 12 years and was now in his home in Cairo.

He was arrested 2014 for participating in an unauthorized protest and

allegedly assaulting a police officer.

el-Fattah was one of the most prominent Egyptian activists in the 2011 Arab

Spring uprising.

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

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