The Tai-Ex opened down 18-points this morning from yesterday's close, at

16,434 on turnover of $2.46-billion N-T.

The market closed slightly higher on Thursday as tech heavyweights staged a

technical rebound from a the previous session, as investors opted to shrug

off a plunge on Wall Street overnight.

However, turnover remained capped, as investors remained cautious about

escalating tensions in the Middle East after the U-S vetoed a draft

resolution at the United Nations Security Council urging a humanitarian pause

in the Gaza Strip.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs says a delegation of officials and business

representatives from Lithuania will visit Taiwan next week.

The visit will be focusing on discussions aimed at advancing bilateral

exchanges in financial technology and other fields.

According to the foreign ministry, the delegation will also meet with

President Tsai Ing-wen and other senior government officials during its

four-day stay.

The delegation will be led by the speaker of the Lithuanian parliament, and

will include her foreign policy advisor and the country's deputy finance

minister.

The foreign ministry says members of the delegation will participate in a

financial technology forum and visit the Ultrafast Laser Technology Research

and Innovation Center in Tainan.

While the speaker of the Lithuanian parliament is scheduled to address the

Legislative Yuan.

Canada's foreign minister says the country has recalled 41 of its diplomats

from India after the Indian government said it would revoke their diplomatic

immunity, escalating ( 惡化、 加劇) a spat over the slaying of a Sikh

separatist in Canada.

The moves come after Canadian allegations that India may have been involved

in the June killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar in suburban Vancouver.

India has accused Canada of harboring separatists and “terrorists."

But it has dismissed the allegation of its involvement in the killing as

“absurd” and has taken diplomatic steps to express its anger over the

accusation.

Two prominent ex-governors are first to put their hats in the ring (宣佈參選)

for the race to become Indonesia's next president.

The southeast Asian nation goes to the polls in February next year in the

world's largest direct presidential vote.

Patrick Fok reports.

The European Union has demanded Meta and TikTok detail their efforts to curb

illegal content and disinformation during the Israel-Hamas war.

The 27-nation bloc’s executive branch on Thursday formally requested that

the social media companies provide information on how they’re complying

(遵守) with pioneering new digital rules aimed at cleaning up online

platforms.

Meta and TikTok were asked to explain what they've done to reduce the risk of

spreading and amplifying terrorist and violent content, hate speech and

disinformation.

The Israel-Hamas war is putting the new digital rules to the test.

Elon Musk’s social media platform X faced the EU's first formal request

under the rules last week.

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