The Tai-Ex opened up 53-points this morning from yesterday's close, at 27,742

on turnover of 11-billion N-T.

The market moved sharply higher on Monday, as it notched up yet another

closing record after the bellwether electronics sector staged a rebound from

Friday's slump amid lingering investor optimism toward artificial

intelligence development.

The K-M-T's chair-elect says she is willing to do everything to promote peace

across the Taiwan Strait, including meeting China's Xi Jinping.

According to Cheng Li-wun, she's will take any steps and and meet anyone as

long as it addresses cross-strait conflicts and disagreements, promotes peace

and cooperation, and brings about common prosperity (繁榮).

Citing a United Daily News survey on cross-strait relations released in late

September, which showed that 63-per cent of respondents were dissatisfied

with President Lai Ching-te's related policies - Cheng says the D-P-P's

"anti-China card" had led Taiwan into a dead-end.

Cheng won more than 50-per cent of the vote in Saturday's K-M-T leadership

election to become the party's second elected female chair.

The Kaohsiung's Economic Development Bureau says Blackpink's concerts this

past weekend helped the city generate over 300-million N-T in tourism

revenue.

City officials say more than 120,000 people came to see the all girl K-pop

group at the National Stadium over two days.

Many vendors in night markets saw their sales jump by at least 30-per cent on

both Saturday and Sunday.

The city's Transportation Bureau says, including ticketholders and tailgaters

(停車場聚會者), as many as 63,000 people were present within and around the

stadium on Saturday, while as many as 59,000 were at there on Sunday.

Kaohsiung was the first Asian stop of Blankpink's "Deadline" world tour.

US President Donald Trump is welcoming Australian Prime Minister Anthony

Albanese for his first visit to the White House since the start of the

president's second term.

Charlotte North reports from Washington.

Myanmar's military says it has shut down a major online scam operation near

the Thailand border.

State media reported Monday that more than 2,000 people were detained, and

dozens of Starlink satellite internet terminals were seized.

Myanmar is known for cyberscam operations that defraud people worldwide.

These scams often involve fake romantic schemes and bogus (虛假) investments.

The army raided KK Park starting in early September.

The area is on the outskirts of Myawaddy, a trading town under the influence

of ethnic minority militias.

Brazil’s government has approved exploratory drilling by state-run oil-giant

Petrobras near the mouth of the Amazon River.

The decision comes only weeks before the United Nations climate conference in

Belem, COP30, where efforts to reduce the use of fossil fuels will be

discussed.

Petrobras said in a statement Monday that the drilling could start right away

and take up to five months.

The Equatorial Margin deposit off the coast of Brazil is believed to be rich

in oil and gas.

The biodiverse area is home to little-studied mangroves and a coral reef, and

activists and experts have said the project risks leaks that could be carried

widely by tides and imperil (威脅) the sensitive environment.

Petrobras has long argued it has never caused spills in its drillings.

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

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