The Tai-Ex opened down 86.9-points this morning from yesterday's close, at

22,894 on turnover of $8.4-billion N-T.

Shares in Taiwan took a beating Tuesday as the bellwether electronics sector

came under heavy pressure amid growing angst over United States-China trade

ties after Donald Trump becomes U.S. president in January.

Contract chipmaker Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. led the downturn as

investors feared Trump will impose more restrictions on chip shipments to

China, sending the Taiex below the 23,000-point mark by the end of the

trading session.

A Taiwanese singer who served as an anti-fraud ambassador for the Criminal

Investigation Bureau was recently questioned in a fraud investigation, though

police have said she is not a suspect.

Singer Shara Lin revealed in a video on social media that she had been

summoned (被召喚) for questioning by the Chiayi City Police Department, where

the alleged fraud victim lived.

Chiayi police say Lin was summoned because illicit cash flows from the

alleged fraud were connected to her bank account.

Lin says the case involved a suspect who had defrauded a victim of tens of

thousands of dollars, and then transferred the illicit money into several

different accounts, one of which belonged to her friend.

Lin did not explain why her friend had received money from the alleged

fraudster, but she urged viewers to be aware of potential scams and to use

the government's 165 hotline if they have any questions.

The Federal Aviation Administration is prohibiting U.S. airlines from flying

to Haiti for 30 days after gangs shot two planes.

The United Nations also said Tuesday that it temporarily (暫時地) suspended

flights to the capital, limiting humanitarian aid coming into the country.

Bullets hit a Spirit plane when it was about to land Monday in the country’s

capital, injuring a flight attendant and forcing the airport to shut down.

JetBlue and American Airlines said that their planes had also been shot while

leaving the airport.

The shootings were part of a wave of violence that erupted in Haiti as the

country swore in its new prime minister after a politically tumultuous

(混亂的) process.

A fire warning for much of America's northeast is back in effect, as a major

wildfire burns across the border of New York state, and New Jersey.

Rainfall has brought little relief (緩和) amid drought-like conditions and

high winds.

Mitch McCann reports:

British writer Samantha Harvey has won the Booker Prize for fiction with

“Orbital,” a short novel set aboard the International Space Station.

Harvey was awarded the $64-thousand US dollar prize for what she has called a

“space pastoral” about six astronauts circling the Earth, which she began

writing during COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns.

Harvey has written four previous novels and a memoir about insomnia.

She is the first British writer since 2020 to win the Booker.

Harvey beat five other finalists (入圍者) from Canada, the United States,

Australia and the Netherlands, chosen from among 156 novels submitted by

publishers.

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

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