The Tai-Ex opened up 79-points this morning from yesterday's close, at 22,841

on turnover of 8.2-billion N-T.

The market moved sharply higher on Wednesday after Wall Street posted more

record-high closes overnight.

Investors were buoyed by a strong showing by Nvidia on U-S markets overnight

- which allowed Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing to close above the 1,000

N-T mark - as the chipmaker led the rise on the local main board and other

AI-related stocks followed.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is expressing its thanks to U-S President Joe

Biden for his speech at the United Nations General Assembly - in which he

stressed the importance of peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait.

Speaking in New York Biden reiterated America's support for stability in the

Taiwan Strait, condemned military aggression (侵略) in the South China Sea

and stated the U-S' commitment to deepening security cooperation in the

Indo-Pacific region.

Biden's comments come after he hosted Japan's Prime Minister Kishida Fumio,

Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and India's Prime Minister

Narendra Modi at the Quad Leaders Summit in Wilmington, Delaware this past

weekend.

The leaders voiced their opposition (反對) to any attempt to change the

"status quo" in the Taiwan Strait.

More Chinese tourists have arrived in Kinmen.

According to China's Taiwan Affairs Office, 27 of them traveled to the

outlying island on Wednesday as independent tourists and more could travel

there in the future.

The office also called on the Lai administration to ensure the smooth flow of

tourism exchanges "for the well-being of people on both sides."

The arrival of the 27 Chinese Tourists in Kinmen comes after first

post-COVID-19 tour group from China's Xiamen City traveled to Kinmen for a

two-day trip this past Sunday.

That 22-member group traveled on direct ferry via the "mini-three links" from

Xiamen City.

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has told an estimated (估計，大約)10,000

Britons in Lebanon, "now is the time to leave," as Israel attacks Hezbollah

across the country.

Lebanese authorities believe well over 500 have been killed since airstrikes

began on Monday.

Stuart Smith reports from London.

The European Union is moving toward backing plans to remove some of its

protections for wolves on the continent as their population grows.

Ambassadors of the 27 EU nations reached a qualified majority Wednesday to

seek to loosen protection rules enshrined in the European Convention on the

Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats.

Farmers in many members countrieshave been increasingly angered by attacks on

their livestock by wolfpacks as the animals have taken hold in woods and

fields close to agricultural lands.

Wolves remain a “strictly protected” species in most of Europe, but their

numbers are estimated to have grown by 25% over the last decade.

Under the plans the EU backs, wolves would be downgraded (降級) from

“strictly protected” to “protected," allowing for more measures to keep

them at bay from farmers and the population.

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