The Tai-Ex opened up 137-points this morning from yesterday's close, at

22,569 on turnover of 8.9-billion N-T.

The market gained more than 140-points on Tuesday as Taiwan Semiconductor

Manufacturing recouped early losses, which helped the broader market return

to positive territory by the end of the session.

Other heavyweights in the old economy sector, in particular those in the

transportation industry also moved higher, adding momentum (衝力、動量) to

the local main board -- which pushed the index past stiff technical

resistance ahead of the 60-day moving average.

A legislative review of the 2025 central government budget remains stalled

after opposition lawmakers demanded the Cabinet revise its spending plan.

The move effectively stops any further reviews of the budget outside of the

Procedure Committee.

D-P-P lawmaker Shen Fa-hui is describing the move as

"unprecedented"(史無前例) arguing that the main task of the new legislative

session is to review and pass the budget bill.

However, K-M-T lawmaker Chen Yu-ren has been quick to point out that

President Lai Ching-te and Premier Cho Jung-tai employed the same procedural

tactic in the D-P-P's failed move to hold up the central government budget

bill when they were lawmakers in 2008.

Defense officials say the Air Force's fleet on Mirage-2000 fighter jets has

returned to normal operations.

The aircraft had been grounded (（飛機）停飛) for safety checks following a

crash earlier this month.

The resumption of normal flight operations came after the Air Force lifted

the grounding order for all of Taiwan's 50-plus Mirage-2000s following the

completion of a round of safety checks in the wake of the September 10 crash.

The Air Force has said that preliminary indications are that one of the

crashed fighter jet's engines lost thrust before the aircraft crashed.

However, a full investigation into the incident is ongoing.

The U.S. has unveiled its latest military aid package worth about $375

million for Ukraine.

This comes as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy embarks (出發) on a

visit to the United States…

Sagher Meghani reports from Washington.

Thailand’s landmark marriage equality bill has been officially written into

law, allowing same-sex couples to legally wed.

The law was published in the Royal Gazette after endorsement by Thailand's

king, and will come into effect in 120 days.

This means LGBTQ+ couples will be able to register their marriage in January

next year, making Thailand the third place in Asia, after Taiwan and Nepal,

to allow same-sex marriage.

The bill, which grants full legal, financial and medical rights for marriage

partners of any gender, sailed through (順利通過) both the House of

Representatives and the Senate in April and June respectively.

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