The Tai-Ex opened up 27-points this morning from yesterday's close, at 16,699

on turnover of $4.5-billion N-T.

Shares in Taiwan ended more than 150 points higher on Wednesday, the first

trading day after the prolonged Oct. 10 National Day holiday, amid eased

fears over an aggressive Federal Reserve in the wake of war breaking out

between Israel and militant group Hamas.

On the back of the gains posted by tech stocks on the U.S. markets during the

holiday in Taiwan, large-cap electronics stocks, in particular in the

semiconductor industry, attracted strong buying throughout the session, with

the financial sector also enjoying significant (顯著的) gains.

Four people who allegedly helped a businessman convicted of insider trading

and stock manipulation flee to the Philippines in early September have turned

themselves in to the police.

According to the Central News Agency, the case involves Chu Guo-rong,

president of Global Funeral Service Corp., who fled Taiwan while in home

confinement as he appealed his convictions to Taiwan's Supreme Court and was

later listed as a wanted fugitive (通緝要犯) on Sept. 28-th.

CNA quotes sources as saying that Chu's business partner and race car driver

George Chou, along with the captain and two crew members of a fishing boat

who allegedly helped Chu flee to the Philippines turned themselves in to the

Criminal Investigation Bureau at the end of September.

The Taipei District Prosecutors Office said Wednesday that it could not

confirm or comment on details of the case as their investigation was still

underway.

US President Joe Biden has given a direct warning to Iran to "be careful"

following Hamas' attack on Israel.

The American leader is under pressure to refreeze $6 billion in Iranian

assets (資產) amid Tehran's support of the terrorist organization.

Nick Harper reports from Washington.

The French military says it's begun withdrawing from Niger following the July

coup when mutinous soldiers toppled (推翻) the country’s democratically

elected president.

More than 100 troops left in two flights from the capital on Tuesday in the

first of what will be several rounds of departures between now and the end of

the year.

All are returning to France.

Also Tuesday, Niger’s junta said it was giving the United Nations resident

coordinator in Niger 72 hours to leave the country.

It cited “underhanded maneuvers” by the U.N. secretary-general to prevent

its full participation in last month’s General Assembly in New York as one

of the reasons.

Finnish police say they have launched a criminal investigation into possible

sabotage (破壞) of an undersea gas pipeline between Finland and Estonia that

was shut down over the weekend following a leak.

Finland says it has started gathering evidence at the location of the leak,

which was detected Sunday on the Balticconector pipeline connecting the two

NATO allies.

A telecommunications cable was also damaged.

The purpose of the probe is to establish whether the damage to the

Balticconector pipeline resulted from sabotage or an accident.

Finnish authorities have already ruled out an operational mishap, saying the

damage was caused by “external activity.”

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