**Tai-Ex opening **

The Tai-Ex opened up 64-points this morning from yesterday's close, at 13,865

on turnover of 2.1-billion N-T.

The market extended gains from a session earlier on Wednesday, rising more

than 200 points, as investors took cues from another surge on Wall Street

overnight.

Buying focused on top stocks in terms of market capitalization, in particular

those in the bellwether electronics sector, which pushed up share prices

across the board, as sentiment improved amid eased fears over aggressive U-S

Federal Reserve rate hikes.

**Over 50,000 New Coronavirus Cases Reported for the First Time Since June **

The Central Epidemic Command Center is reporting 54,874 new domestic

coronavirus infections.

That's the first time the daily number has exceeded (超過) 50,000 since late

June.

The daily tally has now risen week-on-week for 10 consecutive days.

Epidemic command center head Victor Wang says the increase shows that the

current wave of infections is peaking and could rise further.

However, Wang is insisting the rise in new cases will not affect the

government's plans to lift mandatory quarantine for arriving travelers from

next Thursday.

**Three Allies Call for Taiwan's Inclusion in ICAO **

The representatives of three of Taiwan's allies are calling for the island's

participation in the International Civil Aviation Organization.

Representatives from Belize, Eswatini and Tuvalu spoke up in support of

Taiwan during a plenary (全體出席的) session of agency's triennial assembly,

which is on-going in Montreal.

Belize's representative called for Taiwan to "be given the opportunity to

have meaningful participation" - arguing that "no country should be left

behind."

Eswatini's representative told delegates that his country believes that "all

international civil aviation stakeholders that administer any political

airspace should be part of such an organization."

While Tuvalu's representative said his country fully supports "the full

inclusion of all nations in assemblies as we need to advocate a joint

community for the betterment of our world."

**US Russia China Faceoff Over NKorea **

North Korea has launched another ballistic missile just days after sending

one over Japan for the first time in five years.

It came as members of the United Nations Security Council clashed over North

Korea's recent military activity.

The UN Secretary-General has called this week's missile launch reckless

(魯莽) and a violation of UN resolutions.

William Denselow has more from UN headquarters in New York.

**Nobel Prize Chemistry Announced **

This year's Nobel Prize in chemistry has been awarded to Americans Carolyn R.

Bertozzi and K. Barry Sharpless, and Danish scientist Morten Meldal for

developing a way of ``snapping molecules together`` that can be used to

design better medicines.

They were cited for their work on click chemistry, which has been used to

make cancer drugs, map DNA and create materials that are tailored (量身定制)

to a specific purpose.

A week of Nobel Prize announcements kicked off Monday, and will continue

today with literature.

The 2022 Nobel Peace Prize will be announced Friday and the economics award

on Monday.

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