**Tai-Ex opening **

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

12,913 on turnover of $4.2-billion N-T.

The market lost ground to fall below the 13,000-point mark on Wednesday on

the back of futures-led selling throughout the session despite a rise on Wall

Street overnight.

The decline came as foreign institutional investors opted to once again to

dump Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing shares in the spot market in a bid to

profit in futures trading.

T-S-M-C's share price fell below 400 N-T, after losing 2.83-per cent to drop

to 395.5 N-T during the trading day.

**27 Undocumented Migrant Workers and 3 Employers Arrested in Hsinchu **

The National Immigration Agency says 27 undocumented migrant workers have

been detained in Hsinchu County as they were about to leave their homes to go

to work.

According to the agency, they were living in rented units in small secluded

(僻靜) alleys in the county's Zhubei City and Hukou Township, and they were

hiring private vehicles to take them to work.

Along with detaining the undocumented migrant workers, three of their

employers have also been arrested.

The immigration agency says the undocumented migrants were illegally employed

at construction sites, and the employers are facing charges of violating the

Employment Service Act.

Arrangements are currently being made to deport the 27 undocumented migrant

workers.

**Gov and Enterprises Celebrate Sanitation Workers **

Several local governments and businesses celebrated their sanitation workers

yesterday.

New Taipei held a ceremony yesterday and thanked its 5-thousand sanitation

staff, with New Taipei Mayor Hou You-yi personally awarding over 100 workers

for excellence on the job.

The Changhua County government also expressed gratitude for its cleaning

crews, and held a competition for sanitation-related (與衛生有關的) designs,

such as remote-controlled trash compactors, and creating fertilizer from

garden waste.

(NS)

**Ukraine Accuses Iran of Violating UN Ban **

Ukraine is accusing Iran of violating a U.N. Security Council ban on the

transfer of drones capable of flying 300 kilometers.

Ukraine’s U.N. Ambassador invited U.N. experts to visit the country to

inspect Iranian-origin drones being used by Russia against civilian targets.

Russia and Iran denied Wednesday that the drones are Iranian.

The UN reportedly held a closed council meeting yesterday, requested by

Britain, France, and the United States on Iran's sale of drones to Russia.

Russia is believed to have sent waves of Iranian-made Shahed drones into

Ukraine to strike at power plants, residential buildings and other

infrastructure (公共建設) in Kyiv and other cities.

**US Trump Knowledge of Capitol Riot Claims **

From the US…..

A judge says Trump knew his voter fraud claims were false.

AP correspondent Lisa Dwyer reports.

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