The Tai-Ex opened up 108-points this morning from yesterday's close, at

23,084 on turnover of $5.9-billion N-T.

Shares closed higher on Monday despite Chinese military drills around Taiwan.

Large-cap tech stocks appeared resilient amid optimism toward an investor

conference scheduled by TSMC Thursday, where the chipmaker could give

positive leads in the current boom of an artificial intelligence era.

The Mainland Affairs Council on Monday condemned China over its sanctioning

of Taiwanese businessman Robert Tsao and DPP Legislator Puma Shen, calling

the move detrimental to cross-strait relations.

In a statement, the MAC said the Republic of China is a sovereign country and

that attempts to undermine (破壞) a free and democratic society will only

drive the two sides further apart.

It made the remarks after China announced earlier in the day the imposition

of sanctions including an entry ban on Tsao and Shen for being "Taiwan

independence die-hards."

The Taiwan Affairs Office in China may have been referring to the Kuma

Academy, a war-preparedness organization established by Shen and supported by

Tsao, the founder of contract chipmaker United Microelectronics Corp.

In 2022, Tsao made aT$1 billion NT donation to the academy, a volunteer

civilian training organization with a mission to "prepare a pre-war mentality

for civilians and cultivate self-defense capability."

The U.N. Security Council expressed “strong concern” as Israel has fired on

and wounded U.N. peacekeepers in southern Lebanon during intensified

fighting.

It reiterated its support for their role in supporting security in the

region.

The statement Monday is the first by the U.N.’s most powerful body since

Israel began firing on the positions of the peacekeeping force.

The U.N. peacekeeping chief told reporters that Secretary-General Antonio

Guterres confirmed Monday that peacekeepers will remain in all their

positions even as Israel has urged the peacekeepers to move north.

Israel has been escalating its campaign against Hezbollah in Lebanon across a

U.N.-drawn boundary (邊界) between the two countries.

Hurricane relief workers in the US state of North Carolina have been

evacuated following threats from 'armed militia'.

This comes as US authorities are trying to stem a flow of false claims

circulating (散佈) about the government's response to recent storms -

including some made by former president Donald Trump.

Sally Patterson reports.

Dozens have rallied against a proposal to build Kenya’s first nuclear power

plant in one of the country’s top coastal tourist hubs.

Muslim for Human Rights led the march Friday in the town of Kilifi to the

county governor’s office where they handed him a petition (請願書,) opposing

the construction of the plant.

Kilifi County is also home to Arabuko Sokoke forest, which is on the

tentative list of the UNESCO World Heritage sites, as a significant natural

habitat for the conservation of rare and endangered species.

The construction of the plant is set to begin in 2027 and be operational by

2034, at a cost of about $3.8 billion US dollars.

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

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