The Tai-Ex opened up 497-points this morning from last Thursday's close, at

28,029 on turnover of 17-billion N-T.

The market was closed on Friday for a national holildy, by lost ground on

Thursday - after the tech heavy Nasdaq fell on Wall Street fell.

Members of the Taoyuan Flight Attendants Union are urging EVA Airways to make

a concrete commitment not to penalize employees in their performance

evaluations for taking sick leave.

The call come in the wake of the recent death of an EVA Air flight attendant

on October 10 - who fell ill while working a round-trip flight between Taipei

and Milan.

She had worked despite being ill, reportedly because of the company's strict

sick leave policy.

Union chair Steven Chang says flight attendants face time zone differences

and various occupational (職業性的) risks, and are often the ones caring for

others, but when they need care, they are afraid to take sick leave ..

.. and that fear is a consequence of EVA Airway's long-standing systemic

problems.

And,

Liu You-yun has won Taiwan's first gold medal in 10 years at the World

Taekwondo Championships.

She beat her Turkish opponent in the women's under-49 kilogram kyorugi final

in Wuxi, China.

The 18-year old also also won the women's under-49 kilogram titles at the

Swedish Open and the Charlotte World Taekwondo Grand Prix Challenge earlier

this year - cementing (加強，鞏固) her rise as one of Taiwan's top young

fighters.

The gold medal in China this weekend marks Taiwan's first at the biennial

championships since 2015 - when Zhuang Chia-chia won in the women's under67

kilogram division in Russia.

Hamas is expanding (擴大) its search for the remains of hostages in Gaza, a

day after Egypt sent a team with heavy equipment.

AP correspondent Julie Walker reports

A report says nearly 200 uncontacted Indigenous groups remain worldwide and

face growing threats.

The new report by Survival International, a London-based Indigenous rights

organization, identifies at least 196 uncontacted Indigenous groups in 10

countries, primarily in the South American nations sharing the Amazon

rainforest.

The report estimates that nearly 65% face threats from logging, about 40%

from mining and around 20% from agribusiness.

Survival’s research concludes that half of these groups “could be wiped out

within 10 years if governments and companies do not act.”

Advocates urge governments to enforce (執行) land rights, ban extractive

(提取的) projects in their territories and adopt a global “no-contact”

policy, stressing that their survival is vital for both human rights and

climate stability.

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

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